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Brown Syverson
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Waist-up portrait of Brown Siverson [as written on portrait; also written as Brown Syverson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and publish roster: Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (1914); also Brown Syvertson Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [Vol. 1] (1886); Brown Syvortsen (Department of Veterans Affairs: Grave Site Locator], a sergeant in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform, holding a musket across his chest. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20: He resided in Deerfield, Wisconsin. On October 22, 1861, he enlisted in Madison, Wisconsin and on November 11, 1861, he was mustered into service in Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 28. When he first enlisted he held the rank of corporal and was promoted to sergeant in June/July 1863. On October 13, 1863, he was sent to serve as a guard with a supply train to Stevenson, Alabama. He was wounded in the head on May 27, 1864, in the Altoona Hills near New Hope Church, Georgia. He died of his wounds on June 6, 1864, in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Section E, Grave 536.
1861
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Brown Siverson
circa 1860-1869
Waist-up portrait of Brown Siverson [as written on portrait; also written as Brown Syverson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published roster: Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-18...
Louis Nelson Bolstad
circa 1860-1869
Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Louis Nelson Bolstad [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Louis Nelson on Regimental Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published rosters:...
Andrew Torguson
circa 1890-1899
Vignetted quarter-length head and shoulders profile cabinet card portrait of Andrew Torguson [as written on portrait; also written as Andrew Torkelson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; written as An...
Carl Tjorbjornsen
1862
A seated studio portrait of Carl Tjorbjornsen [as written on the photograph backing and Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20; also written as Carl Torbjorson published roster: Wisconsin Volunteers (1914); ...
Erik Nelson Basness
circa 1860-1869
Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Erik N. Basness [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [Vol. 1] (1886); also written as Erik N. Basnes o...
Edward Thorson
circa 1860-1869
Quarter-length oval portrait of Edward Thorson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Edward Thoreson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 ("Blue Books") and published roster: Wisconsin ...
