From contributor 'Torkel' Dec. 2 2017:
From Vesterheim.org-DAHL, Ole Rasmussen
WI 15th INF CO B Residence Bloomer Prairie, Chippewa County, WI. Born in Kristiansunds Gjeld, Nordmere, Norway, 19 Jul 1817. Went to sea at age 17. Went to military school in Trondhjem, studying surveying. To America 1854. Civil war age 44. Enlisted for 3 years on Oct. 29 1861 at Chippewa. Spent several weeks recruiting enlistees for the 15th. Mustered 13 Feb. 1862 at Madison, WI. Private. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant in Company H on 1 Jul 1862. Transferred from Company B to Regimental HQ on 7 Aug 1862. reduced to ranks at his own request on 7 Oct. 1862 and transferred to Co H. Commissioned 2nd Lt. at Co B on 30 Jan 1863, with rank from 20 Jan., and 1st Lt. in Co B at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 15 Mar 1863. Was Quartermaster Officer at Miss. River Island No. 10. Was topographic engineer in 2nd Brigade 1 Mar. 1863; moved to 3rd Brigade May 1863, then to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Oct. 1863. Taken prisoner near Morristown, East Tenn., 1 Mar. 1864, then held in Macon, Ga. Mustered out 12 Mar. 1865. Post war: In Nov. 1880, granted pension of $17.00 a month for general disability as a result of his prison life. Died in Tomah, Wi. 30 Dec. 1882, buried in Chippewa Falls, Wi. Sources:(WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-10, 78-1; red book vol 20 p 4 p28) (Buslett p373) (Olvestad p257) (Ager p 268, photo; p291; p294) (RWW p808) (Meeker) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1 1883 (living in Wi.)_Park Gen. Books, Roseville, Mn., 1998.
From Vesterheim.org-DAHL, Ole Rasmussen
WI 15th INF CO B Residence Bloomer Prairie, Chippewa County, WI. Born in Kristiansunds Gjeld, Nordmere, Norway, 19 Jul 1817. Went to sea at age 17. Went to military school in Trondhjem, studying surveying. To America 1854. Civil war age 44. Enlisted for 3 years on Oct. 29 1861 at Chippewa. Spent several weeks recruiting enlistees for the 15th. Mustered 13 Feb. 1862 at Madison, WI. Private. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant in Company H on 1 Jul 1862. Transferred from Company B to Regimental HQ on 7 Aug 1862. reduced to ranks at his own request on 7 Oct. 1862 and transferred to Co H. Commissioned 2nd Lt. at Co B on 30 Jan 1863, with rank from 20 Jan., and 1st Lt. in Co B at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 15 Mar 1863. Was Quartermaster Officer at Miss. River Island No. 10. Was topographic engineer in 2nd Brigade 1 Mar. 1863; moved to 3rd Brigade May 1863, then to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Oct. 1863. Taken prisoner near Morristown, East Tenn., 1 Mar. 1864, then held in Macon, Ga. Mustered out 12 Mar. 1865. Post war: In Nov. 1880, granted pension of $17.00 a month for general disability as a result of his prison life. Died in Tomah, Wi. 30 Dec. 1882, buried in Chippewa Falls, Wi. Sources:(WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-10, 78-1; red book vol 20 p 4 p28) (Buslett p373) (Olvestad p257) (Ager p 268, photo; p291; p294) (RWW p808) (Meeker) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1 1883 (living in Wi.)_Park Gen. Books, Roseville, Mn., 1998.
From contributor 'Torkel' Dec. 2 2017:
From Vesterheim.org-DAHL, Ole Rasmussen
WI 15th INF CO B Residence Bloomer Prairie, Chippewa County, WI. Born in Kristiansunds Gjeld, Nordmere, Norway, 19 Jul 1817. Went to sea at age 17. Went to military school in Trondhjem, studying surveying. To America 1854. Civil war age 44. Enlisted for 3 years on Oct. 29 1861 at Chippewa. Spent several weeks recruiting enlistees for the 15th. Mustered 13 Feb. 1862 at Madison, WI. Private. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant in Company H on 1 Jul 1862. Transferred from Company B to Regimental HQ on 7 Aug 1862. reduced to ranks at his own request on 7 Oct. 1862 and transferred to Co H. Commissioned 2nd Lt. at Co B on 30 Jan 1863, with rank from 20 Jan., and 1st Lt. in Co B at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 15 Mar 1863. Was Quartermaster Officer at Miss. River Island No. 10. Was topographic engineer in 2nd Brigade 1 Mar. 1863; moved to 3rd Brigade May 1863, then to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Oct. 1863. Taken prisoner near Morristown, East Tenn., 1 Mar. 1864, then held in Macon, Ga. Mustered out 12 Mar. 1865. Post war: In Nov. 1880, granted pension of $17.00 a month for general disability as a result of his prison life. Died in Tomah, Wi. 30 Dec. 1882, buried in Chippewa Falls, Wi. Sources:(WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-10, 78-1; red book vol 20 p 4 p28) (Buslett p373) (Olvestad p257) (Ager p 268, photo; p291; p294) (RWW p808) (Meeker) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1 1883 (living in Wi.)_Park Gen. Books, Roseville, Mn., 1998.
From Vesterheim.org-DAHL, Ole Rasmussen
WI 15th INF CO B Residence Bloomer Prairie, Chippewa County, WI. Born in Kristiansunds Gjeld, Nordmere, Norway, 19 Jul 1817. Went to sea at age 17. Went to military school in Trondhjem, studying surveying. To America 1854. Civil war age 44. Enlisted for 3 years on Oct. 29 1861 at Chippewa. Spent several weeks recruiting enlistees for the 15th. Mustered 13 Feb. 1862 at Madison, WI. Private. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant in Company H on 1 Jul 1862. Transferred from Company B to Regimental HQ on 7 Aug 1862. reduced to ranks at his own request on 7 Oct. 1862 and transferred to Co H. Commissioned 2nd Lt. at Co B on 30 Jan 1863, with rank from 20 Jan., and 1st Lt. in Co B at Murfreesboro, Tenn. 15 Mar 1863. Was Quartermaster Officer at Miss. River Island No. 10. Was topographic engineer in 2nd Brigade 1 Mar. 1863; moved to 3rd Brigade May 1863, then to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Oct. 1863. Taken prisoner near Morristown, East Tenn., 1 Mar. 1864, then held in Macon, Ga. Mustered out 12 Mar. 1865. Post war: In Nov. 1880, granted pension of $17.00 a month for general disability as a result of his prison life. Died in Tomah, Wi. 30 Dec. 1882, buried in Chippewa Falls, Wi. Sources:(WHS Series 1200 boxes 76-10, 78-1; red book vol 20 p 4 p28) (Buslett p373) (Olvestad p257) (Ager p 268, photo; p291; p294) (RWW p808) (Meeker) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1 1883 (living in Wi.)_Park Gen. Books, Roseville, Mn., 1998.
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