Edwin Hadley
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| Name at Enlist | Edwin Hadley |
| Birth Name | Even Hadlesen Fjøsne |
| Other Names | Edwin Holly |
| Lived | 29 Apr 1843 – 27 May 1864 |
| Birth Place | Fjøsne, Etne parish, Hordaland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Perry Township, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Jun 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Death Location | Dallas, Paulding County, GA |
| Mother | Anne Marie Johansdatter Fjøsne |
| Mother Lived | 31 Jul 1820-ca 1861 |
| Father | Hadle Evensen Testdal |
| Father Lived | 5 Sep 1816-12 Jul 1903 |
| Immigration | 1846 |
Even Hadlesen was born on the Fjøsne farm, Etne parish Hordaland and left the parish with his parents and brother in 1846, settling in Dane Co, WI.
As Edwin Hadley, he joined WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed Hadley as living in Perry Township, age 19, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion, and stood 5’7”. He enlisted for three years on October 18, 1861, at Madison, WI, and mustered there on June 11, 1862, as a Private (Menig). He was promoted to Corporal (Korporal) on November 1, 1862. He was on police duty on December 20, 1862. Hadley was left sick in Knoxville, TN, on February 24, 1863 and was on escort duty with the provision transport from Stevenson, AL on October 13, 1863. He was sick in Chattanooga, TN, on November 28, 1863, and again on Nashville, TN, in February 1864. He was killed in the fighting around Dallas, GA, on May 27, 1864 by a gunshot through his heart. There is no official record of his burial.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 72; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 263; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 223 photo, p. 303; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 477; A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States, George T. Flom, 1909, privately printed, Iowa City, IA, p.296; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; Norwegian Immigrants to the United States, A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850, Volume Two 1844-1846, Gerhard B. Naeseth, edited by Blaine Hedberg, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, p. 225, ID 350; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com.