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Index Danes: Soldiers in CSA
By the outbreak of the War Between the States, there were some 1261 Danes, of all ages and both sexes, residing in the Southern states . The following served in the Confederate army and Militia (in parenthesis is noted birthplace in Denmark, if known).
Note that all names are indexed here in the spelling most frequently used on the muster rolls (more or less radically changed from the original Danish spelling). Full Danish name is given in connection with date and place of birth in the roster.
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Name
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Birthplace
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Unit of Service
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| 1. BAHNSON, C.F |
Salem,N.C
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2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
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| 2. BAHNSON, H.TH |
Salem,N.C
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2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
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| 3. BRANDT, Thomas |
? 1)
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CSS Savannah
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| 4. BROWN, John |
? 1)
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8th Louisiana Infantry
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| 5. BUNCKEN, L.C |
København
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Capt, 20th Louisiana Infantry
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| 6. HANSON, Jacob |
? 1)
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CSS Shenandoah
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| 7. HEIDE, A.S |
Maribo
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5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry
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| 8. HEIDE, R.S |
Maribo
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1st North Carolina Infantry
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| 9. HOLST, Chr.M |
Møen
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1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
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| 10. HOLST, J.B |
Møen
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1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
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| 11. LOVENSKIOLD, Charles G.T * |
København
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Colonel, Provost-Marshal,Texas
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| 12. MILLER, John B. |
? 2)
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1st Tennessee H. Artillery,Jackson's
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| 13. MILLER, Charles |
? 2)
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1st Tennessee H. Artillery,Jackson's
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| 14. MULBACH, Barton M. |
? 1)
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8th Louisiana Infantry
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| 15. NELSON, Henry |
Slesvig
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1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
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| 16. NELSON, William F. |
Salem,N.C
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21st North Carolina Infantry
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| 17. NISSEN, George |
Salem,N.C
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21st North Carolina Infantry
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| 18. OLSEN, James *** |
?
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1st Georgia Infantry,Olmsteads
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| 19. PETERSON, J.E |
Salem,N.C
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26th North Carolina Infantry
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| 20. PETERSON, Peter |
? 1)
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8th Louisiana Infantry
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| 21. REIERSON, Oscar ** |
København
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35th Virginia Cavalry
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| 22. SCHMIDT, David |
? 1)
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8th Louisiana Infantry
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23. SCHREEFLE, Gaspard
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? 1)
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8th Louisiana Infantry
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* = No National Archives service records exist, but reliable statements of said
person's service has been located elsewhere (pension records, obituaries, family histories, letters,
etc.).
** = Oscar Reierson have been listed in several books as Norwegian, because his father was Norwegian and that he lived in Norway until he went to America.
*** = He has not been identified as " Dane", but his lastname and that there were several other Danes in the unit does indicate that the possibility he is of Danish origin, are high.
1) = These men have been identified by rosters as Danes, but birthplace in Denmark are not noted.
2) = These men have been identified thru P.S Vigs book from 1917, "Danske i kamp i og for Amerika". Bithplace not known.
See also the page of Louisiana Militia and State Troop Service, which is not enumerated above. The men in this unit has not been identified with different nationalities, but by a statement by one of the Danish members of the unit, do state the unit consisted of Scandinavians.
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