Ole W. Olson
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| Name at Enlist | Ole W. Olson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1835 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Jan 1862 |
Ole W. Olson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves “KK’s Protectors” in honor of the 15th’s first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. “F” was also known as the Valdres Company because a large number of its members hailed from the Valdres region of Norway.
The army listed him as living in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI, age 26, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 8, 1862 at Manitowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI on January 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was promoted to Corporal (Korporal) on September 18, 1862 and then promoted to Sergeant (Sersjant) on May 1, 1863. On September 20, 1863, he was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, GA. It was said he survived the battlefield, but he likely died among the Rebels because he was never mustered out, and there were no reports about him after he was taken prisoner.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-8; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.84; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.515; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.260; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.308.