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Ole W. Wiste

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Ole W. Wiste

Birth Name
Lived

Birth Place

Valdres

Birth Country

Norway

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Death Location

Andersonville Prison, Macon County, GA

Ole W. Olsen Wiste is from Valdres, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry as a Private (Menig). He died in Andersonville Prison.

Sources: Martin Ulvestad, Nordmændene i Amerika, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.340.