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15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist
Birth Name
Lived

ca 1844 –

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

18 Oct 1862

Spouse

Mary Danielsdatter

Married On

1866

Marriage Location

Sioux City, IA

Ole Iverson was born in Iowa. He joined Iowa 6th Cavalry Company D. The army listed him as living in Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA and age 18.

Iverson enlisted on October 8, 1862, and mustered on October 18, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He mustered out on October 17, 1865 in Sioux City, IA. After the war, he married in 1866 to Mary Danielsdatter.

Sources: Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, publ 1908, Iowa General Assembly Roster Board, Des Moines, IA, VolIV, p 1182; Winneshiek County Marriage Records) [The Iowa records suggest a connection with Ole Iverson of the WI 15th Infantry Co H].