Peder Olson
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| Name at Enlist | Peder Olson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1829 – 27 May 1864 |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Greenfield, La Crosse County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 26 Feb 1864 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Death Location | Battle of New Hope Church, GA |
Peder Olson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.”
The army listed him as living in Greenfield, La Crosse County, WI, born in Norway, age 39, and a farmer. He had hazel eyes, dark brown hair, dark complexion, and stood 5’3”. Olson enlisted for three years on February 26, 1864 at La Crosse, WI, and mustered there the same day as a Private (Menig). He joined Company E in Knoxville, TN. On May 27, 1864, he was killed in the Battle of New Hope Church, GA.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-13; 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, Iowa, 1894), p.490; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.305.