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Hans Andriens

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Hans Andriens

Birth Name
Lived

ca. 1827 –

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Windsor, Dane County, WI

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

29 Aug 1864

Hans Adriens was born in Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry as an unassigned recruit and Private (Menig). The army listed Adriens as living in Windsor, WI, age 37, and a farmer. He had gray eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’6½”. He enlisted for one year on August 23, 1864 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on August 29, 1864. As a recruit, he was entitled to bounty of $100.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-13.