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Submitted: 9/9/10 • Approved: 9/9/10 • Last Updated: 8/12/15 • R74256-G0-S3
Halvor H. Olson Mar 3, 1844 - Mar 2, 1923
Civil War Memorial
Enlisted in Company I, Illinois 82nd Infantry Regiment as a Private. October 29, 1862
Promoted to Full Corporal.
Mustered out at Washington, DC. 9 June 1865
Eighty-second Infantry. - Col., Frederick Hecker ; Lieut.-
Col., Edward S. Solomon; Maj., Ferdinand H. Rolshausen. This
regiment named "Second Hecker Regiment" in honor of Col. Fre-
derick Hecker, was almost exclusively composed of Germans and
was a Chicago organization. Co. I was composed of Scandinavians.
Battles Fought
Fought on 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 5 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 26 Sep 1863.
Fought on 23 Nov 1863.
Fought on 25 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 26 May 1864 at Dallas, GA.
Fought on 4 Jun 1864 at Kingston, GA.
Fought on 7 Jun 1864.
Fought on 19 Jun 1864 at Marietta, GA.
Fought on 20 Jul 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 23 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 1 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 30 Sep 1864.
Fought on 20 Oct 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 16 Mar 1865 at Averysboro, NC.
Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.
Contributed on 9/9/10 by bkupchik
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