Henry Lewis
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| Name at Enlist | Henry Lewis |
| Birth Name | Helje Larsen Tysdal |
| Other Names | Helgelandshougen |
| Lived | 24 Nov 1825 – ca. 1870 |
| Birth Place | Tysdal, Årdal parish, Hjelmeland, Rogaland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Perry, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Corporal |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
| Mother | Anne Heljesdatter Riskedal |
| Mother Lived | 1807-3 Apr 1888 |
| Father | Lars Larsen Brevig |
| Father Lived | 1793-21 Jun 1877 |
| Immigration | 1853 |
| Spouse | Gurie Olsdatter/Julia |
| Married On | 1 May 1855 |
| Marriage Location | Dane County, WI |
Helje Larsen was born on the Tysdal farm and left the Årdal parish in April 1853, from the Helgeslandshougen farm. His parents and siblings followed in 1854, 1855, and 1856.
Henry Lewis joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed him as living in Perry, Dane County, WI, age 36, and married. He enlisted for three years on October 28, 1861, in Dane County, and mustered on December 8, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Corporal (Korporal). He was discharged from the service for disability at Camp near Murfreesboro, TN, on April 9, 1863, by order of Major General Rosecrans.
Helge Larson marired Gurie Olsdatter in Dane County, WI, in 1855. They had at least two children, Anne/Annie H. (1855-1935) and Ole H. (1860-1928). His widow, Julia, filed a pension in his name in 1872.
Sources: WHS Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 70; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th E Company, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing;Det Femtende Regiment Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 487; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 264; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 305; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_281; ancestry.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #33377; digitalarkivet.no.