Colonel Heg and His Boys: A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War

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A history of the Civil War 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Norwegian Regiment,” due its large number of Scandinavian soldiers. The book also explores themes of immigrants fighting for a country which is not their mother country.

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The following is the table of contents from “Colonel Heg and His Boys: A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War.”

  • Introduction (Harry T. Cleven, pp. xi-xx)
  • Foreword (p. xxi)
  • The Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War (Waldemar Ager, pp. 3-10)
  • Observations from the Civil War (Ben Nelson, pp. 11-53)
  • The Norwegian Regiment at Chickamauga (Waldemar Ager, pp. 54-62)
  • Letter Written at the Front (pp. 63-135)
  • From Morten J. Nordre’s Diary (pp. 136-141)
  • Letters from Colonel Heg and Others (pp. 142-146)
  • Andersonville and Other Southern Prisoners (Ole Steensland, pp. 147-157)
  • The Battle of Murfreesboro or Stone’s River (pp. 158-175)
  • The Battle of Chattanooga (pp. 176-178)
  • Losses in the Norwegian Regiment in the Civil War (pp. 179-183)
  • Incidental Observations (pp. 184-190)
  • Additional Letters (pp. 191-198)
  • Colonel Hans C. Heg (pp. 199-204)
  • Colonel Ole C. Johnson (pp. 205-206)
  • The Last Reunion (pp. 207-209)
  • Hospital Memories (“A Veteran,” p. 210)
  • Crossing the Tennessee River (pp. 211-212)
  • A Poem about “The Fifteenth” (pp. 213-214)
  • List of Officers and Men of the 15th Wisconsin (pp. 215-255)
  • Index (pp. 256-262)

 

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