Niels Halvorson
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| Name at Enlist | Niels Halvorson |
| Birth Name | Niels Halvorson |
| Other Names | Neils Holverson, Nils Halvorson, Nils Holverson, N |
| Lived | ca. 1835 – |
| Birth Place | Valders |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 12 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Brandon, Moe Township, Douglas County, MN |
| Burial Location | West Moe Cemetery, Douglas County, MN |
Niels Halvorson was born in Valders, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves KK Protectors in honor of the 15th’s first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. “F” was also known as the Valdres Company because a large number of its members hailed from the Valdres region of Norway.
The army listed Halvorson as living in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI, a farmer, unmarried, and age 26. He had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’10”. He enlisted for three years on October 23, 1861 at Manitowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 12, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was assigned to Pioneer Corps on 26th and 27th of November 1862. He mustered out with the company at Chattanooga, TN on January 13, 1865.
The 1890 Veterans and Widows Census shows him living at Brandon, Moe Township, Douglas County, MN. Hedied “at his home Thanksgiving evening”. He is buried in West Moe Cemetery.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-8,15; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1895, p.505; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.307; Douglas County (MN) Historical Society card file; Obituary, Park Region Echo, Alexandria, MN, 10 Dec 1914, p.8, col.4; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL.