Christopher Hanson
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| Name at Enlist | Christopher Hanson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Hansen |
| Lived | ca. 1824 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Waterford, Racine County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 2 Dec 1861 |
Christopher Hanson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Bear Hunters,” but they were also known as the Color Company because the regimental Color Guard was attached to their company.
The army listed Hanson as living in Waterford, Racine County, WI, age 35, and married. He enlisted for three years on October 24, 1861 at Waterford, and mustered on December 2, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was sick at Murfreesboro, TN on April 2, 1863. He served as an escort with the provision transport from Stevenson, AL on October 13, 1863. He was sick in Chattanooga, TN on November 24 until December 28, 1863. He mustered out with C Company on January 1, 1865 at Chattanooga. In 1880, Christopher Hanson filed a pension.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-5; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.46; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.415; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.298; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_198.