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By the outbreak of the War Between the States, there were some 1261 Danes, of all ages and both sexes, residing in the Southern states . The following served in the Confederate army and Militia (in parenthesis is noted birthplace in Denmark, if known).

Note that all names are indexed here in the spelling most frequently used on the muster rolls (more or less radically changed from the original Danish spelling). Full Danish name is given in connection with date and place of birth in the roster.

Name
Birthplace
Unit of Service
1. BAHNSON, C.F
Salem,N.C
2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
2. BAHNSON, H.TH
Salem,N.C
2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
3. BRANDT, Thomas
? 1)
CSS Savannah
4. BROWN, John
? 1)
8th Louisiana Infantry
5. BUNCKEN, L.C
København
Capt, 20th Louisiana Infantry
6. HANSON, Jacob
? 1)
CSS Shenandoah
7. HEIDE, A.S
Maribo
5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry
8. HEIDE, R.S
Maribo
1st North Carolina Infantry
9. HOLST, Chr.M
Møen
1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
10. HOLST, J.B
Møen
1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
11. LOVENSKIOLD, Charles G.T *
København
Colonel, Provost-Marshal,Texas
12. MILLER, John B.
? 2)
1st Tennessee H. Artillery,Jackson's
13. MILLER, Charles
? 2)
1st Tennessee H. Artillery,Jackson's
14. MULBACH, Barton M.
? 1)
8th Louisiana Infantry
15. NELSON, Henry
Slesvig
1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
16. NELSON, William F.
Salem,N.C
21st North Carolina Infantry
17. NISSEN, George
Salem,N.C
21st North Carolina Infantry
18. OLSEN, James ***
?
1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
19. PETERSON, J.E
Salem,N.C
26th North Carolina Infantry
20. PETERSON, Peter
? 1)
8th Louisiana Infantry
21. REIERSON, Oscar **
København
35th Virginia Cavalry
22. SCHMIDT, David
? 1)
8th Louisiana Infantry
23. SCHREEFLE, Gaspard
? 1)
8th Louisiana Infantry
     

* = No National Archives service records exist, but reliable statements of said
person's service has been located elsewhere (pension records, obituaries, family histories, letters,
etc.).

** = Oscar Reierson have been listed in several books as Norwegian, because his father was Norwegian and that he lived in Norway until he went to America.

*** = He has not been identified as " Dane", but his lastname and that there were several other Danes in the unit does indicate that the possibility he is of Danish origin, are high.

1) = These men have been identified by rosters as Danes, but birthplace in Denmark are not noted.

2) = These men have been identified thru P.S Vigs book from 1917, "Danske i kamp i og for Amerika". Bithplace not known.

See also the page of Louisiana Militia and State Troop Service, which is not enumerated above. The men in this unit has not been identified with different nationalities, but by a statement by one of the Danish members of the unit, do state the unit consisted of Scandinavians.



JUDAH, Benjamin Phillip, born 1811, Christiansted, St.Croix, Denmark
Secretary of State - CSA


His parents was English. Did study at Yale and New Orleans. Attorney in New Orleans. Became Supreme Court Attorney in 1848. Senator for Louisiana in 1852, re-elected in 1857. Became a member of the Confederate Government in 1861, and served as Attorney-General and Secretary of War.But, but spendt most of his service as Secretary of State until 1865.
He is known as "The Brain of the Confederacy".
Read more about hm here .

 

IVERSON, Alfred Jr, born 1829, Clinton, Georgia
Brigadier - General - CSA
Commanding the Iverson Brigade - 23rd North Carolina, 20th North Carolina, 12th North Carolina, and 5th North Carolina Infantry.
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA - EWELL'S CORPS - RODES' DIVISION

The Iversons from Georgia, do decend from Denmark, but that is as far back as the 1600-1700s. His father was a Georgia Senator, Alfred Iverson, well known in the State. Alfred Iverson Jr. did served in the battles of 7-Days, South Mountain,Sharpsburg,Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In 1864 he was in command of Georgia State Troops. In 1864, he did command a brigade of cavalry in Martins Division, Wheelers Corps. The most famous raid was when he captured General Stoneman and several hundred of his men at Sunshine Church.
Read more about Iversons brigade here .


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