15th Wisconsin Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
 
 
 In Brief
DESIGNATIONS
* Flotilla Brigade, Army of Mississippi, to April, 1862
* Garrison at Island No. 10 to July, 1862
* 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862
* 31st Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862
* 31st Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862
* 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863
* 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1863
* 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, to October, 1863
* 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864
* 2nd Brigade, 1st Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865
SERVICE
1862
* Organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered in February 14, 1862
* Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., March 2, thence to Bird's Point, Mo., March 5, and to Island No. 10 via Columbus and Hickman, Ky., March 14-17 
* Operations against Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 17-April 8
** Expedition to Union City, Tenn., March 30-April 2
*** Union City March 31 
*** Four Companies detached for duty at Bird's Point, Mo., March 5 to April 16; rejoined at Island No. 10 
* Garrison duty at Island No. 10 until June 
** Companies "G" and "I" until October
* Moved to Union City, Tenn., June 12, thence to Humboldt and Corinth, Miss 
* Moved to Jacinto July 20, thence to Florence, Ala., August 21-24
* March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 26-September 26
* Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16
** October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
** Stanford October 14
* Companies G and I to Island No. 10 October 17 
* March to Nashville, Tenn., October 19-November 7, and duty there until December 26
** Expedition down the Cumberland River toward Clarksville after Morgan's guerrillas November 15-20
** Wilson's Creek Pike December 25
* Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30
** Nolensville December 26-27
** Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863
1863
* Duty at Murfreesboro until June
** Reconnaissance from Murfreesboro March 6-7
*** Methodist Church, Shelbyville Pike, March 6
** Reconnaissance to Versailles March 9-14
* Operations on Edgefield Pike and Shelbyville Pike June 4
* Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7
** Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16
* August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
** Caperton's Ferry, near Bridgeport, August 29
** September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
* September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
* November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
** Orchard Knob November 23-24
** Mission Ridge November 25
* March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8
* Charleston, Tenn., December 28
* Operations in East Tennessee until April, 1864
1864
* May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
** May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
** May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
** May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
** Near Cassville May 19
** May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
** Pickett's Mills May 27
** Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2
*** Pine Hill June 11-14
*** Lost Mountain June 15-17
*** Assault on Kenesaw June 27
** Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4
** Chattahoochie River July 5-17
** Peach Tree Creek July 19-20
** July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
** Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30
** Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1 
** Lovejoy Station September 2-6
* Duty at Atlanta until September 29
* Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 29, thence to Whiteside Station October 17 and guard bridge and railroad until February, 1865
* Companies A, B, and E mustered out December 1, 1864
1865
* Company C mustered out January 1
* Companies F and G mustered out January 14
* Companies I and K mustered out February 11 
* Companies D and H mustered out February 13, 1865
 
 
 1862
* Organized at Madison, Wisconsin February 14, 1862 and mustered into Federal Service with the following roster of officers:
Hans C. Heg - (Colonel)Kiler K. Jones - (Lieutenant Colonel)Charles M. Reese - (Major)Hans Borchsenius - (Adjutant)Ole Heg - (Quartermaster)Stephen O. Himoe - (Surgeon)Soren J. Hansen - (1st Assistant Surgeon)G.F. Newell - (2nd Assistant Surgeon)Claus L. Clauson - (Chaplain)	Hans C. Heg - (Colonel)Kiler K. Jones - (Lieutenant Colonel)Charles M. Reese - (Major)Hans Borchsenius - (Adjutant)Ole Heg - (Quartermaster)Stephen O. Himoe - (Surgeon)Soren J. Hansen - (1st Assistant Surgeon)G.F. Newell - (2nd Assistant Surgeon)Claus L. Clauson - (Chaplain)	Hans C. Heg - (Colonel)Kiler K. Jones - (Lieutenant Colonel)Charles M. Reese - (Major)Hans Borchsenius - (Adjutant)Ole Heg - (Quartermaster)Stephen O. Himoe - (Surgeon)Soren J. Hansen - (1st Assistant Surgeon)G.F. Newell - (2nd Assistant Surgeon)Claus L. Clauson - (Chaplain)	Hans C. Heg - (Colonel)Kiler K. Jones - (Lieutenant Colonel)Charles M. Reese - (Major)Hans Borchsenius - (Adjutant)Ole Heg - (Quartermaster)Stephen O. Himoe - (Surgeon)Soren J. Hansen - (1st Assistant Surgeon)G.F. Newell - (2nd Assistant Surgeon)Claus L. Clauson - (Chaplain)
Company 	Captain 	1st Lieutenant 	2nd Lieutenant
A 	Andrew Torkildson 	Emanuel Engelstad 	Oliver Thompson
B 	Ole C. Johnson 	Ole G. Thompson 	George Wilson
C 	Frederick R. Berg 	none 	James Larson
D 	Charles Campbell 	Nels G. Tufte 	Christian E. Tandberg
E 	John Ingmundsen 	Iver William Tjentland 	John M. Johnson
F 	Charles Gustaveson 	Thor Simonson 	Svend Samuelson
G 	John A. Gordon 	Henry Hauff 	Wm. A. Montgomery
H 	Knud J. Sime 	Cornelius E. Williams 	John L. Johnson
I 	August Gasman 	Reynard Cook 	Martin Russell
K 	Mons Grinager 	Ole Peterson 	Olaus Solberg
 
 
 1863
 
 
 1864
 
 
 1865
 
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== Regimental Roster ==
 
 
 Field and Staff Officers
 
 
 Company A
 
 
 Company B
 
 
 Company C
 
 
 Company D
 
 
 Company E
 
 
 Company F
 
 
 Company G
 
 
 Company H
 
 
 Company I
 
 
 Company K
 
 
 Unassigned
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== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 241 Enlisted men by disease. Total 336.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
Norwegian-Americans numbered about 20,000. Trempealeau and Racine counties, among others, had considerable numbers of these Scandinavians.
pg. 6 Wisconsin and the Civil War by Frank L. Klement
The Fifteenth also claimed a special distinction. It was composed almost exclusively of Norwegians -- 115 of the men in the regiment were named Ole. Colonel Hans C. Heg, who had twice been elected as commissioner of the State Prison, resigned that post to take command of the "Norwegian Regiment." The regiment took part in 26 major engagements and came to be called "the Fighting Fifteenth." It won a citation "for bravery and coolness under fire" at Murfreesboro (Stone River). At Chickamauga it again exhibited "true courage" and its gallant colonel lost his life on that battlefield. Colonel Ole. C. Johnson succeeded Heg. He led the Fifteenth in the Atlanta campaign, taking part in one battle after another.
pg. 80 Wisconsin and the Civil War by Frank L. Klement
 
== Sources == 
* (Pages 701, 704, 705, 707, 715, 733, 860, 862, 866, 1679-1680)
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