Anfin Sivertsen
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| Name at Enlist | Anfin Sivertsen |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Syverson, Sjurson |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Windsor, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 14 Nov 1861 |
Anfin Sivertsen joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet.
The army listed him as living in Windsor, Dane County, WI, born in Norway, a laborer, age 23, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 6’7”. He enlisted for three years on November 11, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 14, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Stones River, TN on December 31, 1862. He mustered out on December 2, 1864 at the expiration of his term of service.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-15; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.36; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.328; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.297; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL.