Norwegians in the Civil War
Browse Last Names Starting with “SEM”
- SEMMEN, Elling
- WI 19th Inf Co B. Residence: Rushford, Minnesota. Civil War: Age 46. Unmarried. Enlisted for three years on 26 Jan 1862 at Rushford. Mustered 4 Mar 1862 at Racine, Wisconsin. Private. Ole Hougen wrote that on 12 Jan 1863 “Elling Semmen began to lose his mind.” Semmen was discharged from the service for disability at New Bern, North Carolina, in 1864. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 97-17; red book vol 24) (Ole G. Hougan’s Civil War Diary, 4 Jan 1863 & 12 Jan 1863)
- SEMMINGSON, Christian
- WI 27th Inf Co H. Residence: Christiania, Dane County, Wisconsin. Born in Monseloen (looks like), Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 28. Brown eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’7½”, stout build. Enlisted for three years on 15 Aug 1862 at Christiania. Mustered 25 Oct 1862 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bounty $100, $75 still due at muster out. Private. Wounded in the battle of Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas, on 30 Apr 1864. Mustered out with his company on 29 Aug 1865 at Brownsville, Texas. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 boxes 129-10, 130-10, 131-14; red book vol 32) “Semingson, Christian”.
- SEMNI (?), Greger
- From Telemarken, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived at Madison, Minnesota. Sources: (Ulvestad p327)