Helge Erickson
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| Name at Enlist | Helge Erickson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – 26 Sep 1862 |
| Birth Place | Ringerike |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Fillmore County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | hospital in Jackson, MS |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery at Corinth, MS |
Helge Erickson was born in Ringerike, Norway. He 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 Erickson as living in Fillmore County, MN, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 22, 1862 in Fillmore County, and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was left behind sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 in June, and in Iuka, MS in August. He died of disease at a hospital in Jackson, MS [TN?] on September 26, 1862. He was buried in National Cemetery at Corinth, MS.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office boxes 76-12, 77-8, 259-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.142; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.622; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.317; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.279.