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PVT Elias Johan Lodgaard

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PVT Elias Johan Lodgaard Veteran

Birth
Bergen kommune, Hordaland fylke, Norway
Death
28 Sep 1864 (aged 29)
Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
H 9997
Memorial ID
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Co A 15th Wisconsin Infantry.
Taken Prisoner at New Hope Church.

Elias Lodgaard joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company A. The men of company A called themselves the "St. Olaf's Rifles." They were also known as the "Sailor Company" because of the large number of seamen in its ranks, and as the "Chicago Company" because so many of its members were residents of that city. The army listed him as living in Chicago, IL, age 24, and unmarried.

He enlisted for three years on December 9, 1861 at Chicago, and mustered on December 18, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). Lodgaard was assigned to hospital service in Bowling Green, KY on September 17, 1862. On October 13, 1863, he was assigned as escort to provision train from Stevenson. Lodgaard was absent due to illness on January 24, 1864.

He was taken prisoner during Battle of New Hope Church, GA on May 27, 1864 and died of scorbutus (scurvy) in Andersonville Prison on October 29, 1864. He was buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, grave 9997.

-Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.20; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1895), p.361; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.307; Oberst Heg og hans Gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.293 ancestry.com; “Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison” Atwater List, publ. 1865.

Contributor: Dan Riley

LODGNARD, ELIAS
PVT A 15 WIS INF
DATE OF DEATH: 09/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 9997
-VA grave locator

Son of John Lodgaard and wife Elisabeth Sofie Nilsen.
Babtism 20 September 1835 Korskirken Bergen Norway.
Contributor: Olavs (48576967)
Co A 15th Wisconsin Infantry.
Taken Prisoner at New Hope Church.

Elias Lodgaard joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company A. The men of company A called themselves the "St. Olaf's Rifles." They were also known as the "Sailor Company" because of the large number of seamen in its ranks, and as the "Chicago Company" because so many of its members were residents of that city. The army listed him as living in Chicago, IL, age 24, and unmarried.

He enlisted for three years on December 9, 1861 at Chicago, and mustered on December 18, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). Lodgaard was assigned to hospital service in Bowling Green, KY on September 17, 1862. On October 13, 1863, he was assigned as escort to provision train from Stevenson. Lodgaard was absent due to illness on January 24, 1864.

He was taken prisoner during Battle of New Hope Church, GA on May 27, 1864 and died of scorbutus (scurvy) in Andersonville Prison on October 29, 1864. He was buried in Andersonville National Cemetery, grave 9997.

-Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.20; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1895), p.361; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.307; Oberst Heg og hans Gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.293 ancestry.com; “Prisoners who died at Andersonville Prison” Atwater List, publ. 1865.

Contributor: Dan Riley

LODGNARD, ELIAS
PVT A 15 WIS INF
DATE OF DEATH: 09/28/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 9997
-VA grave locator

Son of John Lodgaard and wife Elisabeth Sofie Nilsen.
Babtism 20 September 1835 Korskirken Bergen Norway.
Contributor: Olavs (48576967)

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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Jun 22, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27750564/elias_johan-lodgaard: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Elias Johan Lodgaard (8 Aug 1835–28 Sep 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 27750564, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).