Paul M. Paulson
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| Name at Enlist | Paul M. Paulson |
| Birth Name | Paul Mikkelsen Slaatten |
| Other Names | Peter Michelsen Paulsen Slatten; Paul Mikkelson |
| Lived | 29 Sep 1842 – Mar 1864 |
| Birth Place | Slaaten, Ål parish in Hol, Buskerud fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Worth County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Libby Prison, Richmond, VA |
| Mother | Thuri Knudsdatter Sletto |
| Mother Lived | 1819-1905 |
| Father | Mikkel Paulsen Slaatun |
| Father Lived | 1812-1903 |
| Immigration | 1853 |
Paul M. Paulson was born “Paul Mikkelsen Slatten” about 1842 in Hol, Hallingdal, Norway. He was a grandson of Dannebrogsman Paul Mickelsen Slaaten. His parents were Mikkel Paulsen Slaatten and Thuri Knudsdatter Sletto. His siblings were Guro, Kari, Helge, Knute, Engebret, Anne, Guri (Julia), and Inga (Helga).
He came to America in 1853. Paulson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI.
The army listed him as living in Worth County, IA, age 19, a farmer, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, red hair, fair complexion, and stood 5’6”. He enlisted for three years on December 10, 1861 in Worth County and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). Paulson was on Military Police duty in October 1862. He was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, GA on September 19, 1863, and died of disease in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA sometime in March 1864. He is entered on the Roll of Honor for the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps. After his death, his parents had a second son who they named Paul.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-12; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.148; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p. 638; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 321; Regina Gibson; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 284, photo, p. 319; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway; Civil War Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Ål parish register #I5, born and baptised, p. 118, #I6, out-migrated, p. 234, digitalarkivet.no.