Abbreviations & Data Clues
This web site contains information on Civil War soldiers born in Norway, plus many born in Sweden and Denmark. It also includes information on men serving in other American wars, from the Revolutionary War (two men, so far) to the Second World War.
Names of the soldiers are on the left and are in alphabetical order. The names are, in all possible cases, the names the soldier was known by while in the military. They may not be the names such men adopted after discharge.
In cases of men of the same name, the next sorting is by state, using modern postal code and similar abbreviations:
- CA
- California
- CO
- Colorado
- DT
- Dakota Territory
- IA
- Iowa
- IL
- Illinois
- IN
- Indiana
- KS
- Kansas
- LA
- Louisiana
- MI
- Michigan
- MN
- Minnesota
- MO
- Missouri
- NC
- North Carolina
- ND
- North Dakota
- NE
- Nebraska
- NJ
- New Jersey
- NY
- New York
- OH
- Ohio
- PA
- Pennsylvania
- SD
- South Dakota
- TX
- Texas
- US
- United States
- Vt
- Vermont
- WI
- Wisconsin
Additional abbreviations
- Cav
- Cavalry
- Hv Arty
- Heavy Artillery
- Co
- Company
- Inf
- Infantry
- Lt Arty
- Light Artillery
- Reg
- Regiment
The information is arranged as follows:
- Name
- Unit.
- Residence at time of enlistment.
- Place and time of birth, etc.
- Immigration and other pre-war biographical notes.
- Civil War: (or other war) All military information.
- Post war: All post war biographical information, including pensions granted.
- Sources: Where this soldier's information came from.
Finally, in quotes, other names and spellings associated with this soldier.