Ole J. Lorensen
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| Name at Enlist | Ole J. Lorensen |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Lorentzen; Lorentson |
| Lived | ca. 1818 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Chicago, Cook County, IL |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| 2nd Company | A |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 15 Nov 1861 |
Ole J. Lorensen joined the 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 him as living in Chicago, IL, age 43, and married. He enlisted on October 28, 1861, and mustered on November 15, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). Lorensen was assigned to Company I and transferred to Company A on April 7, 1862. He was discharged from the service due to disease, on December 15, 1862 at Nashville, TN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.20; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.361; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.307; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.293, p.315.