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T. I. Widney

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

T. I. Widney

Birth Name
Lived

Company at Enlistment

K

Rank at Enlistment

Lieutenant

T.I. Widney joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K as a Lieutenant (Løytnant). The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI.

Sources: Lonn, p.132,132f.