Ole T. Mork
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| Name at Enlist | Ole T. Mork |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Morck |
| Lived | ca. 1843 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Mitchell County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
Ole T. Mork joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI.
The army listed Mork as living in Mitchell County, IA, age 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on February 3, 1862 in Mitchell County, and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). Mork was left behind sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on June 11, 1862. He was sick again in Nashville, TN on December 26, 1862. On September 20, 1863, he was taken prisoner at Chickamauga, GA and was last heard from on February 14, 1864 as being a prisoner of war at Andersonville.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-12; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.146; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, IA, 1894), p. 634; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.310; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.317; National Park Service website http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-prisoners-andersonville-detail.htm?prisonerId=7B466A41-A444-46CD-A020-AC8C363B8F5A&prisonerLocation=A.