Albert Nelson
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| Name at Enlist | Albert Nelson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Milson |
| Lived | ca. 1838 – 4 Aug 1863 |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Stoughton, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Winchester, Franklin County, TN |
Andrew Nelson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet.
The army listed Nelson as living in Stoughton, Dane County, WI, born in Norway, age, 23, and unmarried. He worked as a laborer, had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’7”. He enlisted for three years on October 17, 1861 at Madison, WI, and mustered there on November 16, 1861 as a Private (Menig). He died of disease in hospital at Winchester, TN on August 4, 1863.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-4,15; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.32,34; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.391; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.311; Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol I & II, compiled under direction of the Adjutant General, Madison, WI, 1886, p.809; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.296.