Torgrim Mikkelson
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| Name at Enlist | Torgrim Mikkelson |
| Birth Name | Torgrim Mikkelsen Grimsrud |
| Other Names | Mikkelsen |
| Lived | 24 Jan 1835 – 31 Dec 1862 |
| Birth Place | Grimsrud, Hedalen parish in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Black Earth, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Corporal |
| Muster Date | 20 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Death Location | Battle at Stones River, TN |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery, Stones River, TN; section H, grave 97 |
| Mother | Guri Torgrimsdatter |
| Father | Mikkel Iversen |
Torgrim Mickelson was born in Hedalen, Valders, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet.
The army listed Mickelson as living in Black Earth, Dane County, WI, age 26, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 17, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 20, 1861 as a Corporal (Korporal). His brother, Ole Mikkelson, also served. Torgrim was killed in the Battle at Stones River, TN on December 31, 1862. He was buried in National Cemetery there; section H, grave 97.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-4, 77-8; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.32; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.389; Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol I & II, Office of the Adjutant General, Madison, WI, 1886, p.809; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.264; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire,WI, p.296; Sør-Aurdal parish register #3, born and bapatised, p 126, digitalarkivet.no.