Lars Ingebretson
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| Name at Enlist | Lars Ingebretson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Lars Ingebrigtsen |
| Lived | ca. 1826 – 21 Dec 1863 |
| Birth Place | Hurdalen |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Hamburg, Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | Chattanooga, TN |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery at Chattanooga, section D, grave 324 |
Lars Ingebretson was born in Hurdalen, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.”
The army listed him as living in Hamburg, Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI, carpenter, age 35, and unmarried. Ingebretson had blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion, and stood 5’6”. He enlisted for three years on December 1, 1861 in La Crosse County, WI, and mustered on December 8, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was sent to Convalescent Camp near Murfreesboro, TN on May 21, 1863. He was later moved to the hospital in Chattanooga, TN where he died of disease (intermittent fever and diarrhea) on December 21, 1863. He was buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, section D, grave 324.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7,17; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.74; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.481; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.304; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, pp.263, 278, 293.