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