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The 1860 census shows 188 Norwegians residing in the
future 11 Confederate States, Texas excepted. There were
63 in Louisiana and 51 in Alabama - for the most part
in New Orleans and Mobile -, with a small number scattered
in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Georgia,
Arkansas, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Only 46 individuals have been identified as Confederate
soldiers or sailors, but this number must probably be
multiplied by 3 in order to arrive at a reasonable estimate
of the total number of Norwegians who served in the Confederate
military forces outside of Texas. Not all the records
of the individuals listed below have yet been examined,
thus there may be one or two Swedes or Danes among them.
Very much research remains to be done with regard to this
subject.
Note that all names are indexed here in the spelling
most frequently used on the muster rolls (in parenthesis
is noted birthplace in Norway, if known). Full Norwegian
name is given in connection with date and place of birth
in the roster, if known.
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| Name |
Birthplace |
Unit |
| BROWN, Peter William |
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5th Louisiana Infantry |
| BROWN, Charles |
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CSS Tennessee |
| CLARK, Charles |
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CSS Tennessee |
| CRONANDER, S. M. |
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8th Louisiana Infantry |
| GUNDERSON, Edward |
Solør |
6th Louisiana Infantry |
| HELDT, William H |
N.C. |
2d North Carolina Artillery
1st North Carolina Artillery
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| HENNINGSON, F |
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10th Louisiana Infantry |
| HEYER, August |
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CSS Livingston |
| JOHNSON, William E |
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41st Virginia Infantry
CSS Virginia (Merrimack)
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| KNUDSEN, Ole |
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17th Tennessee Infantry |
| KNUDSON, Andrew |
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* |
| LEWIS, Carl |
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10th Louisiana Infantry |
| MARTIN, Samuel |
Kragerø |
CSS Florida |
| MODIEN, John |
Christiania (Oslo) |
6th Louisiana Infantry |
| NELSON, Frank |
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8th Louisiana Infantry |
| OHLSON, Charles M |
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CAPTAIN,
4th Arkansas Infantry |
| OLSEN, Charles |
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CSS Alabama |
| OLSEN, C. M. |
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1st South Carolina Rifles (Militia) |
| OLSEN, Gabriel |
Kristiansand |
24th Alabama Infantry |
| OLSEN, James |
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1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Infantry |
| OLSEN, James |
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1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters |
| OLSEN, Knude |
Tysvœr |
10th Tennessee Infantry |
| OLSEN, Lars |
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3rd South Carolina Reserves |
| OLSON, Alexander |
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1st South Carolina State Troops |
| OLSON, C. F. |
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37th Alabama Infantry |
| OLSON, H.J |
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QM - CSS
VIRGINIA II |
| OLSON, John |
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11th Mississippi Infantry |
| OLSON ,Lars |
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1st South Carolina State Troops |
| OLSON, P.B |
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37th Alabama Infantry |
| OMBERG, William F |
Floyd Co,GA |
8th Georgia Infantry |
| REISERSON, Oscar |
Lillesand |
35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion |
| THOMPSON, Nicolai |
Mandal |
Alabama ? * |
| THORDALSEN, Thomas |
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8th Louisiana Infantry |
| THURSTON, Ole |
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9th Louisiana Infantry |
| WITTER, McMillan |
AR |
3rd Mississippi Infantry |
| AADLAND, Lars |
Tysvœr |
* |
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| * = UNIT UNKNOWN. 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.) |
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| Additional names that has not been examined
closely yet |
| GHERKEN, E.G |
Co A, 4th Regt, European Brig., GA Militia |
| JOICE, John |
Co C, 14th Louisiana Infantry |
| JOHNSON, William |
Co F, 43rd Alabama Infantry |
| KETTELSON, O |
Co B, 1st Louisiana Special Batt. |
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| POULSON, James |
Co A, 46th Virginia Infantry |
| RANDOLEN, Ole O. |
Louisiana* |
| RAGLAND, J.T |
Co I, 51st Alabama Cavalry (?) |
| PETERSON, J.P |
Co I, 51st Alabama Cavalry ( ass.surgeon
CSA) |
| WANG, Fredrick Jr. |
1st LT
- Co G, 5th Louisiana Infantry |
| WANG, George W. |
AQM
- 5th Louisiana Infantry |
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| There is always stories bound to research, and we
have one funny that happend here: |
| One day we got a mail from a researcher
who was looking for Chinese WBTS-soldiers (!), and he
had stumbled over the Wang-brothers in 5th Louisiana Infantry.
For many of you, it may sound right that these men should
be just "Chinese", but in Norway their names
are not written with " W ", but with a single
" V ". Vang is a county in central Norway, and
is located in the heartland of the area that many Norwegians
emigrated from. You can take closer look of the county
here . (webcam) |
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