Norwegians in the Civil War
LARSEN, Jacob
Private. From Sigdal, Norway. He was son of Nils Larson from Presthaugen in Vardal, Norway. Came to America in 1853. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived at Lake Mills, Iowa. He later became a sheriff in Freeborn County, and a Justice of Peace in Lake Mills. Sources: (Ulvestad p304) (Oudenstad)