Martin Fieldstad
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| Name at Enlist | Martin Fieldstad |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Fjeldstad |
| Lived | ca. 1840 – 18 Nov 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Waupun, Fond du Lac County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| Rank at Enlistment | Sergeant |
| Muster Date | 1 Jan 1862 |
| Cause of Death | nerve fever |
| Death Location | Bowling Green, KY |
| Burial Location | Nashville National Cemetery; section N, grave 440 |
Martin Fieldstad joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company D. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Wolf Hunters.” They were also known as the “Waupun Company” because so many of its members were from Waupun.
The army listed Fieldstad as living in Waupun, Fond du Lac County, WI, age 22, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 23, 1861 at Waupun, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 10, 1861. He was appointed Sergeant (Sersjant) on January 1, 1862. He died of nerve fever in a hospital in Bowling Green, KY on November 18, 1862. He was buried in Nashville National Cemetery; section N, grave 440.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-6, 77-8, 78-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.56; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.440; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.259; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.300.