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Peter Hansen

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Peter Hansen

Birth Name

Peter Hansen

Other Names

Peter Hansen Barstad

Lived

22 Nov 1820 – 15 Jul 1902

Birth Place

Stavanger

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI

Company at Enlistment

A

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

20 Dec 1861

Death Location

Bridgewater, McCook County, SD

Immigration

1852

Spouse

Karen Tonetta Kolbensdatter

Married On

1854

Peter Hansen was born “Peter Hansen Barstad” on November 22, 1820 at Stavanger. He came to America to Coon Prairie in 1852. He  was married in 1854 to Karen Tonetta Kolbensdatter. They had nine children.

Hansen joined WI 15th Infantry, Company A. The men of the company called themselves the “St. Olaf’s Rifles.” They were also known as the “Sailor Company” because of the large number of seamen in its ranks, and as the “Chicago Company” because so many of its members were residents of that city. The army listed Hansen as living in Bad Ax County, WI, age 40, and married. He enlisted for three years on December 16, 1861 in Bad Ax County, and mustered on December 20, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He was detached to the Pioneer Corps (construction engineers) on November 26, 1862. Hansen was assigned to Chattanooga, TN waterworks on September 14, 1864. He mustered out with the company on December 20, 1864. After the war, he lived at Bridgewater, McCook County, SD. He died there July 15, 1902.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, box 76-3; Regimental Muster and DescriptiveRolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, vol. 20, p. 16; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, compiled circa 1885, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, vol. 20, p. 14; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1895, Decorah, IA, p. 353; Oberst Heg og hans Gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 273, photo, p. 292.