Photograph
Peter Ofstedal
![Vignetted quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Peter Olson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and Regimental Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Peter Ofstedal on card backing of portrait], a private in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Christiana, Wisconsin. On December 10, 1861, he enlisted and was mustered into service in Madison, Wisconsin on November 16, 1862, at the age of 19. After spending a number of months in hospitals in Mississippi he was discharged on September 26, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri for disability and mustered out of service on September 20, 1862.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700010190010/1019000182-l.jpg "Peter Ofstedal")
| Vignetted quarter-length cabinet card portrait of Peter Olson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and Regimental Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Peter Ofstedal on card backing of portrait], a private in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Christiana, Wisconsin. On December 10, 1861, he enlisted and was mustered into service in Madison, Wisconsin on November 16, 1862, at the age of 19. After spending a number of months in hospitals in Mississippi he was discharged on September 26, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri for disability and mustered out of service on September 20, 1862. |
| Image ID: | 80709 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Jacobs, S. S. |
| City: | Ettrick |
| County: | Trempealeau |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Oberst Heg og hans gutter photographs, circa 1862-circa 1920 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2361 1/22 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.25 x 6.25 inches |
| Coats |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Portraits |
| Soldiers |
| Aged |
| Beards |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portrait photography |
| War casualties |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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