Peter Jorgensen
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| Name at Enlist | Peter Jorgensen |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1837 – 17 Apr 1881 |
| Birth Country | Denmark |
| Resident of Muster-In | Randolph, Columbia County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 10 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Odessa, Lafayette County, MO |
| Burial Location | Odessa Cemetery, Odessa, Lafayette County, MO |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mary McCarthy |
| Spouse Lived | 15 Feb 1843- 5 Nov 1931 |
Peter Jorgensen was born in Denmark in 1837. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Bear Hunters,” but they were also known as the Color Company because the regimental Color Guard was attached to their company. The army listed him as living in Randolph, Columbia County, WI, age 31, and married. He enlisted for three years on December 2, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on December 10, 1861 as a Private (Menig). Jorgensen was wounded at Stones River, TN on December 30, 1862, and sent to hospital at Nashville, TN. He was then on to the camp at Denison, OH; Cincinnati, OH; and on to Louisville, KY. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on December 1, 1863. Jorgensen mustered out on December 31, 1864.
After the war, Jorgensen moved to MO. He and his wife, Elizabeth Mary, had at least three children: Mary (1871), Wallace (1872), and Daniel (1875). Peter died on April 17, 1881 in Odessa, MO. He and his wife, along with their two sons, are buried in Odessa Cemetery, Lafayette County, MO. Elizabeth filed a pension in his name in 1892.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-5; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin; Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.46; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.420; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.300; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.299; The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p.621; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_251; findagrave.com.