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Brigadier General Hanson, W. 'Old Flintlock' , Roger - 1st Kentucky Orphan Brigade
B: August 27th, 1827 at Winchester, Clark County, KY ( Swedish decent )
Killed in Action (wound) at the Battle of Murfreesboro/ Stone's River, Jan 4th, `63

Private ANDERSON, Antonio - 1st Texas Infantry ( Hood`s Brigade )
B: Anton Torgersen Noreødegaard - 21st Oct 1836, Moss, Norway.
Killed in Action at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), MD, 17th Sep `62.

Private ANDERSON, Otto - 6th TEXAS Cavalry Regiment

B: Otto Francke Torgersen Noreødegaard - 26th Feb 1839, Moss, Norway.
Killed in Action at Davis' Mill, MS, 21st Dec `62.

Private CANUTESON, Canute H - 31st TEXAS Cavalry Regiment
B: Knud H. Knudsen ca. 1836, LaSalle County, Illinois (Norwegian parents)
Killed in Action at the Battle of Prairie Grove, AR, 7th Dec `62.

Private CRONANDER, S. M - 8th Louisinana Infantry Regiment
B: In Norway.
Killed in Action at Port Republic, VA, 9th Jun `62.

Private LAGGERTON, John - 6th Louisiana Infantry
B: In Sweden
Killed in Action during the Battle of Malvern Hill, 1st July `62.

Private LUND, David - 15th Texas Infantry Regiment
B: David Lund - ca. 1824, Bergen, Norway.
Presumed Killed in Action in Louisiana in 1864.

Private MODIEN, John - 6th Louisiana Infantry
B: Christiania ( Oslo ), Norway
Killed in Action at Port Republic, VA, 9th Jun `62.

Private NELSON, Frank - 8th Louisinana Infantry Regiment
B: ca. 1833 in Norway.
Killed in Action at the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD, 17th Sep `62.

Ordinary Seaman / Able Seaman OLSEN, Charles - CSS ALABAMA
B: In Norway
Ordinary Seaman / Able Seaman STEESON, Charles - CSS ALABAMA
B: In Sweden
Ordinary Seaman / Able Seaman PAJORVA, Karl - CSS ALABAMA
B: In Finland
Ordinary Seaman / Able Seaman JACKALANWISKI ("Jack-o-lantern") - CSS ALABAMA
B: In Finland

Other Scandinavian names on muster roll of the ship :
Henry Angell (presumed Swede)
William Nordstrom ( presumed Swede/Norwegian)
All Killed in Action off Cherbourg, France, 19th Jun `64.

(1847/13) JENSON, Peter - unit unknown* ( TEXAS )
B: Peder Jensen Møglebustad - 9th Mar 1843, Holt, Norway.
Presumed Killed in Action during the war

Private JOHNSON, John - 46th Texas Cavalry Regiment - FRONTIER TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT
B: Johan Johansen Vatne, 1st May 1817, Jœren, Norway.
Presumed Killed in Action while on duty as scout from 17th Dec `63, never returned from duty.

Private SPAUNBURGH, Peter N - 1st TEXAS Artillery Regiment/ GOOD's - DOUGLAS' TEXAS Battery
B: Peder Nielsen Spangberg - 27th Jul 1822, Stange, Norway.
Died sick (wounded?) in captivity (POW) at Barboursville, Kentucky, 3rd Sep `62.

Private OLSON, Ole W - 6th TEXAS Cavalry Regiment
B: Ole Olsen Ramse (jr.) 4th Jan 1839, Bujord, Tovdal, Norway.
Died 10th Dec `61, Fayetteville, AR.

Private SHEFTER, Antone - 18th TEXAS Cavalry Regiment
B: Anton Arnesen Skjefstad - 26th Feb 1840, Elverum, Norway.
Admitted to CSA General Hospital, Danville, VA, 14th May 63. Died there (tuberculosis?) - date unknown.

Bugler SWENSON, Niels B - 30th TEXAS Cavalry Regiment
B: Niels Bersvendsen Lillehogstad - 22nd Sep 1836, Tynset, Norway.
Died 20th Oct `63, Fort Washita, Chickasaw Nation (Indian Territory).

(1858/18) TONESON, Tones- unit unknown* ( TEXAS )
B: Tønnes Tønnesen, Stavanger (?), Norway (date unknown).
Presumed Killed in Action in Louisiana in 1864.

Private QUESTAD, Even - 46th Texas Cavalry Regiment - FRONTIER TEXAS CAVALRY REGIMENT
B: Even Carlsen Questad - 17th Oct 1842, Løten, Norway.
While on scout he contracted pneumonia and died 31st Aug `62 in Bosque Co,TX

* = UNIT UNKNOWN . These Norwegian-Texans served and died in the Confederate Army. This is established by various letters, pension applications, family histories, Martin Ulvestad's "Nordmœndene i Amerika", etc. However, their names cannot be found on the muster rolls of any unit from Texas (many rolls were never preserved).

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