Frans Oscar Malmborg
Born: February 29, 1820
Birthplace: Ragakra Farm, Kraklingbo Parish, Baltic Sea, Island of Gotland, Sweden
Father: Captain Pehr Gustaf Malmborg 1777 – 1828
Mother: Paulina Margareta Strom 1782 – 1852
Wife: Never Married
Occupation before War:
Sergeant in the Royal Vastmanland Regiment
Immigrated to the United States of America at age 25 years old.
Served as Private and Warrant Officer in Mexican – American War.
Engineer in the City of Chicago, Illinois
Member and Chairman of the Association Svea
1853 – 1861: Immigration Recruiter in Sweden.
Civil War Career:
1861: United States Vice Consul of Norway and Sweden
1861 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 55th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Temporary Brigade Commander at Battle of Shiloh.
Suffering from the effects of going nearly blind and in bad shape.
1864: He Stormed Atlanta during the Battle of Atlanta.
1864: Resigned from the Union Army on September 20th due to health
1865: Colonel of United States Army, First Veteran Army Corps
1865: Union Army Recruiter in Chicago, Illinois.
1865: Resigned from United States Army on May 31st
Occupation after War:
Worked for the United States War Department
1871: Author of Military Memoirs called Tjensteforteckning
1874: Returned to his home in Sweden almost blind.
1874 – 1880: Lived on his United States Army Veterans Pension
Donated his possessions to the Gotland Museum
Died: April 29, 1880
Place of Death: Visby Gotlands Kommun, Sweden
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Details: He was buried in his blue Union Army Uniform
Burial Place: Ostra Kyrkogaren Visby, Sweden
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