Photograph
Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Colunteer Infantry at the Camp Randall Memorial Arch
Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colonel Hans Heg). Those in the photograph: Front row, left to right, are Anon Kjelsvik (Blanchardville, Wisconsin), Lieutenant Nils Gilbert (Eleva, Wisconsin), S.A. Anderson (Dawson, Minnesota), Otto Steen, Captain Joseph Mathisen (Evansville, Minnesota, regiment's only Danish officer), Captain Rosing (Decorah, Iowa), A.A. Tofte, Lewis Rolfson, and the Honorable Oley Nelson (President of the Scandinavian Veterans Association). |
Image ID: | 77060 |
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Creation Date: | circa 09 07 1917 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
Genre: | Photograph |
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The original caption read September 7 1937, however due to the age of the men in the photo and genealogical information on some of the men in the photograph the original date was thought to be incorrect. |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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