Jens Jacobson
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| Name at Enlist | Jens Jacobson |
| Birth Name | Jens Jacobson |
| Lived | ca. 1824 – 16 Feb 1864 |
| Birth Place | Christiania (Oslo), Norway |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Bath township, Freeborn County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Sergeant |
| Muster Date | 1 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | chronic diarrhea |
| Death Location | Libby Prison, Richmond, VA |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery at Danville, Pittsylvania County, VA |
Jens Jacobsen joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K as a Sergeant (Sersjant). The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI. The army listed him as living in Bath Township, Freeborn County, MN. He died of chronic diarrhea in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He was buried in National Cemetery, Danville, VA.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-12, -18; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol 20, p 140; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1895, p 628; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p 260; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p 318; Freeborn County Historical Society, Albert Lea, MN.