Index Norwegians: Other Confederate States and Sevices

Index Norwegians: Other Confederate States and Sevices

he 1860 census shows 188 Norwegians residing in the future 11 Confederate States, Texas excepted. There were 63 in Louisiana and 51 in Alabama - for the most part in New Orleans and Mobile -, with a small number scattered in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Only 46 individuals have been identified as Confederate soldiers or sailors, but this number must probably be multiplied by 3 in order to arrive at a reasonable estimate of the total number of Norwegians who served in the Confederate military forces outside of Texas. Not all the records of the individuals listed below have yet been examined, thus there may be one or two Swedes or Danes among them. Very much research remains to be done with regard to this subject.

Note that all names are indexed here in the spelling most frequently used on the muster rolls (in parenthesis is noted birthplace in Norway, if known). Full Norwegian name is given in connection with date and place of birth in the roster, if known.