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Hans Christian Heg Statue, Madison, Wisconsin
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Norwegian-born Colonel Hans Christian Heg of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry was mortally wounded at Chickamauga on 19 September 1863 and died the next day. This statue of Heg by Norwegian-American sculptor Paul Fjelde was erected in 1926 and still stands at the King Street approach (northeast corner) to the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.
1990
Potter, James T.
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WHi 44095
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Hans Christian Heg Statue, Madison, Wisconsin
Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, by Paul Fjelde, at the King Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, Heg was fatally wounded at the battle of ...
Hans Christian Heg Statue, Madison, Wisconsin
Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, by Paul Fjelde, at the King Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol. Commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, Heg was fatally wounded at the battle of ...
Hans Heg Statue
1950
The statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863), commander of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, as it stands in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Heg was mor...
The Fifteenth Wisconsin in the Battle of Chickamauga--letter from the commanding officer
Unknown date (??? ??, 1862)
Monument of Colonel Hans Heg
circa 1920-1929
Monument for Colonel Hans Heg designed by Paul Fjelde in the 1920s.
Hans Christian Heg
Portrait of Colonel Hans Christan Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. Heg was fatally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on 19 September 1863 and died the ne...
