Narve Pederson
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| Name at Enlist | Narve Pederson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Peterson |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – 19 Nov 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Freeborn County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Corporal |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Edgefield Junction, Davidson County, TN |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson County, TN |
Narve Pederson 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 Freeborn County, MN, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 18, 1862 and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862. He was designated Corporal (Korporal) on February 1, 1862. On June 11, 1862, he was left sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10; sick in the hospital in Farmington, MS, in July; and sick in Corinth, MS in October. He died of disease in Edgefield Junction on November 19, 1862 and buried in National Cemetery in Nashville, TN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-12, 77-8; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.140; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.639; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.265; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.319; Freeborn County Historical Society, Albert Lea, MN, GAR records.