Norwegians in the Civil War
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- ROCKNEY, Erik
- From Voss, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Woonsocket, South Dakota. Sources: (Ulvestad p325)
- ROCKSTAD, Anders
- Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Martell, Wisconsin. Sources: (Ulvestad p325)
- ROCKSTAD, Andrew A.
- IL 74th Inf Co G. Residence: Durand, Winnebago County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 19. Unmarried. Blue eyes, sandy hair, sandy complexion, 5’8”. Enlisted for three years on 9 Aug 1862 at Durand. Mustered 4 Sep 1862 at Rockford, Illinois. Corporal. Mustered out 10 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. Sources: (ILSA reel 7 p58)
- ROCKSTAD, John A.
- IL 74th Inf Co G. Residence: Durand, Winnebago County, Illinois. Born in Norway. Civil War: Painter. Age 21. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’8”. Enlisted for three years on 9 Aug 1862 at Durand. Mustered 4 Sep 1862 at Rockford, Illinois. Private. Died 29 May 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee, of wounds received 14 May 1864. Sources: (ILSA reel 7 p60)
- ROCKSTAD, John C.
- WI 12th Inf Co G. Lived in the vicinity of Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 20. Unmarried. Farmer. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’6½”. Enlisted for three years on 7 Oct 1861 at Prescott, Wisconsin. Mustered 30 Oct 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Assigned to Company A, then transferred to G Company on 31 Dec 1861. Re-enlisted as a veteran on 5 Jan 1864. Post war: Died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (before 1907). Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 58-15; red book vol 17, p18,136) (Ulvestad p325) “Rockstad, Johan” “Rockstadt, John”
- ROCKSTAD, Ole C.
- WI 12th Inf Co G. Residence: Lived in the vicinity of Martell, Pierce County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 21. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’7½”. Enlisted for three years on 7 Oct 1861 at Prescott, Wisconsin. Mustered 30 Oct 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Assigned to Company A, but was transferred to G Company on 31 Dec 1861. Died of chronic diarrhea on 10 Aug 1863 in the general hospital at St. Louis, Missouri. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 58-15; red book vol 17, p18,136) (WLCW p62) (Ulvestad p325) (Love p1077) “Rockstadt, Ole”
- ROCKSWOLD, Ole P.
- See ROCKWOLD, Ole P
- ROCKWOLD, Ole P.
- IA 12th Inf Co G. Residence: Freeport, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Born 30 Mar 1832 in Vestre Toten, Norway. Civil War: Age 30. Enlisted 18 Oct 1861. Mustered 5 Nov 1861. Private. Promoted Corporal 25 Mar 1862. Missing in battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, and believed to have been taken prisoner. Wounded slightly in an ankle 9 Apr 1864 at, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Mustered out 30 Nov 1864, Nashville, Tennessee. Post war: Married in 1865 to Anna Gudbrandson. In 1885, Ole P Rockswold was living in Thoten, Iowa. Died 20 Aug 1922. Buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood Township, Winneshiek County. Sources: (ISW-II p519) (XSS Iowa p287) (DGA) (Ulvestad p325) (Wisconsin Cemetery Records) (Winneshiek County Marriage Records) (Hedberg) “Rockswold, Ole” “Rockvold, Ole” “Rocksvold, Ole”