Elling Iverson
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| Name at Enlist | Elling Iverson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Iversen Fladager |
| Lived | 24 Sep 1829 – 20 Dec 1862 |
| Birth Place | Ål, Buskerud |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Norway Township, Racine County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | Bowling Green, Warren County, KY |
| Burial Location | National Cemetery, Nashville, TN, Section N, grave 526 |
| Mother | Ragnild Ellingsdtr Fladager |
| Father | Iver Knudsen |
| Immigration | left on 17 Apr 1861 |
| Spouse | Guri Gundersdtr |
| Spouse Lived | 1821- |
| Married On | 4 Jan 1860 |
| Marriage Location | Ål, Buskerud, Norway |
Elling Iverson was born on September 24, 1829 in Ål, Buskerud, Norway. His parents were Iver Knudsen and Ragnild Ellingsdatter Fladager. He married Guri Gundersdtr in Ål on January 4, 1860. They left for America on April 17, 1861 and came to WI.
Shortly after arriving in WI, Iverson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of his 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 him as living in Norway Township, Racine County, WI, age 30, and married. Iverson enlisted for three years on December 10, 1861 at Waterford, WI, and mustered on December 11, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He died of disease at Bowling Green, KY on December 20, 1862. He was buried in Nashville, TN, National Cemetery; Section N, grave 526. Guri filed a pension on March 30, 1864 in his name.
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.417; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p 294; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.298; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_237; Norway Digital Archives, Ål, Buskerud, Ministerialbok, p.155, 281, and 31.