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15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
ActiveFebruary 14, 1862 – February 13, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
RoleInfantry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Scandinavian Regiment
Motto(s)För Gud og Vårt Land! (For God and Our Country!)
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
  • Battle of Island Number Ten
  • Battle of Perryville
  • Battle of Stones River
  • Tullahoma Campaign
  • Battle of Chickamauga
  • Battle of Resaca
  • Battle of Peachtree Creek
  • Battle of Atlanta
  • Battle of Jonesborough
Commanders
ColonelHans Christian Heg
MajorJurgen Wilson
Lt. Col.Ole C. Johnson

The 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was popularly known as the Norwegian Regiment or the Scandinavian Regiment, due to its composition of mostly Norwegian American, Swedish American, and Danish American immigrants.[1][2]

  1. ^ 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (Wisconsin Trails) [1] Accessed 2009-05-17. Archived 2009-05-18.
  2. ^ "Swedish History - Hans Högman". www.hhogman.se.

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