Ole H. Milesteen
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| Name at Enlist | Ole H. Milesteen |
| Birth Name | Ole Halvorsen Milesten |
| Other Names | Ole Halvorsen Milesten |
| Lived | 6 Feb 1840 – 20 Sep 1863 |
| Birth Place | Milstenen farm, Lunner parish, Oppland fylke, Hadeland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Perry, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 1 Jan 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Death Location | Battle of Chickamauga, GA |
| Mother | Else Larsdatter Olimb |
| Mother Lived | 30 Oct 1817- 2 Jul 1890 |
| Father | Halvor Olsen Milesten |
| Father Lived | 18 Nov 1809- 16 Aug 1892 |
| Immigration | 1848 |
Ole H. Milesteen was born “Ole Halvorsen Milesten” on February 6, 1840, son of Halvor Olsen Milestenen and Else Larsdatter Olimb of Hadeland, Norway. He came with his parents and two siblings from Jevnaker parish, Oppland fylke in 1848. They came to Springfield Township, Dane County, WI, and moved by 1850 to Perry Township, Dane County.
He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed Milesteen as living in Perry, Dane County, WI, age 22, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on December 23, 1861 in Dane County, and mustered on January 1, 1862 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was seriously wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, TN on December 31, 1862 and paroled. He was in parole camp at Annapolis, MD before being moved to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO. After he returned to his company, he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. He was entered on the Roll of Honor for the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office box 76-7; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.76; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, IA, 1894), p.488; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.305; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.310; Norwegian Immigrants to the United States. A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume Three. 1847-1848, Gerhard B. Naeseth, 2000, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, p. 217, ID 1619; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; Jevnaker, parish register #6, born and baptised, p. 12, in- and out-migrated, p. 300, digitalarkivet.no; findagrave.com.