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Hello.
Around 6-700 hundered known Norwegians served in the Confederate armies. Mostly in Louisiana and Texas regiments, since many of them where sailors arriving in New Orleans and there was a Norwegian settlement in Texas, near Waco. Most of them fought in the western theatre, many in Texas Cavalry units, but a few in the eastern theatre. Two fell at Antietam, one in the cornfield with the 1st Texas and another in the 8th Lousiana (Hays brigade) near the cornfield.
A fellow Civil War buff and a companion US traveler of mine in the 90's, have done extensively research on this subject and have made this page with bio's of most of the known ones sorted after states. (including some Danes and Swedes) It has not been updated in ages, since he is a professional military and are currently in Afghanistan as a Lt.Col.
Click on the states for name-list and bio's.
http://www.scandinavianconfederates.borgerkrigen.info/units.htm
There was also a Scandinavian company in the Chalmette Regiment, a Louisiana Militia Regiment. I made an entry for that regiment on wikipedia..
Deo Vindice
Around 6-700 hundered known Norwegians served in the Confederate armies. Mostly in Louisiana and Texas regiments, since many of them where sailors arriving in New Orleans and there was a Norwegian settlement in Texas, near Waco. Most of them fought in the western theatre, many in Texas Cavalry units, but a few in the eastern theatre. Two fell at Antietam, one in the cornfield with the 1st Texas and another in the 8th Lousiana (Hays brigade) near the cornfield.
A fellow Civil War buff and a companion US traveler of mine in the 90's, have done extensively research on this subject and have made this page with bio's of most of the known ones sorted after states. (including some Danes and Swedes) It has not been updated in ages, since he is a professional military and are currently in Afghanistan as a Lt.Col.
Click on the states for name-list and bio's.
http://www.scandinavianconfederates.borgerkrigen.info/units.htm
There was also a Scandinavian company in the Chalmette Regiment, a Louisiana Militia Regiment. I made an entry for that regiment on wikipedia..
Deo Vindice
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