Jacob Jordahl
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| Name at Enlist | Jacob Jordahl |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Norway Township, Racine County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 12 Dec 1861 |
Jacob Jordahl 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 him as living in Norway Township, Racine County, WI, age 20, and unmarried. Jordahl enlisted for three years on December 10, 1861 at Milwaukee, WI, and mustered on December 12, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was wounded at Stones River, TN on December 30, 1862 and sent to hospital in Nashville, TN. He served as an escort with the provision transport from Stevenson, AL on October 13, 1863. Jordahl mustered out with the Company on January 1, 1865 at Chattanooga, TN.
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, Iowa, 1894), p.420; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.299; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.299; The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p.621.