Norwegians in the Civil War
NIELSON, Nels
MN Indian War: “Citizen Soldiers engaged in the Sioux Indian war of 1862”. The St. Peter Frontier Guards, on duty at New Ulm, Minnesota, during the Indian War, 19 Aug 1862 to 26 Aug 1862. Part of this company was in the first, and all of it in the second, Battle of New Ulm. Private. Sources: (MCIW p756)