Christian Nelson

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Emigration record: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060111020360 - (http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20060111020360.jpg) and https://media.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060111020361 - (http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20060111020361.jpg)

1853 (3 May) Karen Nielsdatter Espetheveit (58yrs), Niels Olsen (26yrs), Nils Andreas Olsen (24yrs), Anne Malene Olsdatter (28yrs), Ole Nielsen (16yrs) & Christian Nielsen (11.5yrs) left Espetvedt, Bakke for America.

Name: Christian Nelson Origin: Espetvedt, Bakke, Flekkefjord Emigration: Residence: Blair, Wisconsin Information: Was wounded and taken prisoner as a soldier in the Civil War. Was held prisoner for 16 months at the Libby prison. Settled as a farmer in Blair after the war. Son of Nels Erickson brother of Ole Nelson and Nels Olson Source: Martin Ulvestad, Nordmænd i Amerika, page 604 311

NELSON, Christian - From Flekkefjord, Norway. Civil War: Private. Taken prisoner in the war and held for a long time in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia. Post war: Lived at Blair, Wisconsin. Sources: (Ulvestad p311).

NELSON, Christian - Wisconsin 10th Inf Co H. Residence: Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 20. Unmarried. Farmer. Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5’6”. Enlisted for three years on 28 Aug 1861 at Pine Hill, Trempealeau County. Mustered 20 Sep (or 5 Oct) 1861 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Private. Engaged in the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, 8 Oct 1862. Taken prisoner in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 Sep 1863. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 48-15; red book vol 15).