Halvor J. Halvorson
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| Name at Enlist | Halvor J. Halvorson |
| Birth Name | Halvor Olsen |
| Other Names | Halvor O. Halvorson |
| Lived | 8 Mar 1846 – |
| Birth Place | Gjerpen, Telemark |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 10 Dec 1861 |
| Mother | Johanne Marie Johannesdtr |
| Mother Lived | 1819- |
| Father | Ole Halvorsen |
| Father Lived | 1822- |
| Immigration | 1855 |
| Spouse | Caroline T. Oleson |
| Spouse Lived | 4 Aug 1855 |
| Married On | 8 Oct 1876 |
| Marriage Location | New Ulm, Brown, MN |
Halvor J. Halvorson was born in Gjerpen, Telemark, Norway on March 8, 1846 to Ole Halvorsen and Johanne Marie Johannesdtr. They immigrated to the U.S. in 1855. In 1860, he was living in Oconomowoc, WI with his parents and siblings, Ingeborg (1838), Anna (1844), John (1850), Clemmen (1854), and Niels (1860).
Halvorson 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 Halvorson as living in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, WI, age 15, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 30, 1861 at Oconomowoc, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 10, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He was assigned as Musician. He was sick in Nashville, TN on December 1, 1862. He became unfit for service and was discharged from the service for disability on February 7, 1863 at Nashville.
In 1870, Halvorson, his parents, and siblings were living in Linden, Brown County, MN. He was helping on the family farm. On October 8, 1876, Halvorson married Caroline T. Oleson in New Ulm, Brown, MN. Their children were: Oscar Theodore (1877), Betsey Josephine (1880), Lorens (1883), Emma L. (1885), Ella M. (1887), H. Clarance (1889), and Albert (1891). Halvor and Caroline continued to live in Linden, MN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office boxes 76-6, 78-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol 20, p 58; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] by Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p 442; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p 301; Digital Archives, Gjerpen, Telemark, Ministerialbok, 1846; Minnesota Marriage Records, Batch #: M73680-4, GS Film #1309453, Ref ID: p.321; 1860 Census, Roll: M653_1436, Page: 946, Image: 640, Family History Library Film: 805436; 1870 Census, Roll: T132_1, Page: 1008, Image: 525, Family History Library Film: 830421; 1880 Census, Roll: 616, Family History Film: 1254616, Page: 36D, Enumeration District: 023, Image: 0077; 1910 Census, Roll: T624_691, Page: 1A, Enumeration District: 0043, FHL microfilm: 1374704; MN 1895 Census, Roll #V290_51.