Heg was born at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier, Buskerud, Norway on December 21, 1829. He was the eldest of the four children of the innkeeper Even Hansen Heg (1790–1850) and his wife Sigrid "Siri" Olsdatter Kallerud Heg (1799–1842).[2] The family moved to America in 1840, settling in the Muskego Settlement in Wisconsin.[3][4] Hans Heg was eleven years old when his family arrived in Muskego. He soon earned a reputation for himself as being a gifted boy.[5]
CareerEdit
At twenty years old, lured by the discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley, he and three friends joined the army of "Forty-Niners". He spent the next two years prospecting for gold in California.[3][4] Upon the death of his father, he returned to the Muskego area in 1851.[3][4] He married Gunhild Einong (1833–1922), daughter of a Norwegian immigrant.[4]
Heg was a major in the 4th Wisconsin Militia, and became a rising young politician who found slavery abhorrent.[6][7] He was an outspoken anti-slavery activist and a leader of Wisconsin's Wide Awakes, an anti-slave catcher militia.[8][9] He became an ardent member of the Free Soil Party,[10] and soon joined the recently formed Republican Party. In 1859, Heg was elected commissioner of the state prison in Waupun, and served there for two years.[3] He was the first Norwegian-born candidate elected statewide in Wisconsin.[4] Heg spearheaded many reforms to the prison, believing that prisons should be used to "reclaim the wandering and save the lost".[11] On August 1, 1860, at great risk to his career, he provided shelter to Sherman Booth, a man who was made a federal fugitive after inciting a mob to rescue an escaped slave.[12]
Military serviceEdit
Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Painting by Herbjørn Gausta (1854-1924) in 1915
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Heg was appointed by Governor Alexander Randall as colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Appealing to all young "Norsemen," he said, "the government of our adopted country is in danger. It is our duty as brave and intelligent citizens to extend our hands in defense of the cause of our Country and of our homes."[13] The 15th Wisconsin was called the Scandinavian Regiment because its soldiers were almost all immigrants from Norway, with some from Denmark and Sweden. It was the only all-Scandinavian regiment in the Union Army. On 8 October 1862, Colonel Heg led his regiment into its first action at the Battle of Perryville. Despite being under fire while being driven back several miles by the enemy, the 15th Wisconsin suffered few casualties and no fatalities. However, one of those hurt was Colonel Heg, who was injured when his horse fell.
On September 18, 1863, Heg led his brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga, where was mortally wounded. On the evening of September 19, the first day of the battle, he was shot in the abdomen by a Confederate sharpshooter. He rallied his troops, but eventually had to give over his command.[4] He was taken to a field hospital at Crawfish Spring, where he died on the morning of September 20.[15] A surgeon who witnessed his passing recalled that "it was agonizing to stand beside the colonel and see him suffer and die. Colonel La Grange of the First Wisconsin Cavalry and other friends who called to see him wept like children. Everybody who knew him loved him." Upon hearing of his death, Rosecrans expressed regret, saying "I am very sorry to hear that Heg has fallen. He was a brave officer, and I intended to promote him to be general."[16] Heg was one of five Wisconsinite colonels killed as a result of combat during the Civil War.[17] "Colonel Hans C. Heg was Acting Brigadier General of the Third Brigade, Davis' Division, and therefore the highest ranking officer from Wisconsin killed in the Civil War."[18]
A statue of Hans Christian Heg by Paul Fjelde was installed at the King Street approach to the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin in 1925.[21] On June 23, 2020, rioters incensed by the arrest of a member of Black Lives Matter used a towing vehicle to pull the statue down. It was then vandalized, decapitated and thrown into Lake Monona. The words "black is beautiful" were spray-painted on the plinth, just above Heg's name. Forward, a statue designed by Jean Pond Miner Coburn to represent the state of Wisconsin, was also pulled down.[22][23] Both statues were later recovered by the authorities,[24] though Heg's was said to have lost a leg.[25]
On July 20, 2020, the Wisconsin Capitol and Executive Residence Board voted unanimously to restore both Heg's statue and Forward to their original condition and placement atop their pedestals.[26] Since his statue's head was still missing,[27] state officials planned to create a new one using a statue of Heg in the town of Norway as a model.[28][29] The state of Wisconsin received a grant of $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities the following October towards the expense of repairing of both the Heg and Forward statues. The statues were taken to Detroit where Venus Bronze Works Inc. worked to restore them, with reinstallation on the Capitol grounds then anticipated by July 2021.[30][31] By mid-September 2021, Heg's statue was "nearly ready to be shipped to Wisconsin".[32]
On September 21, 2021, the statue was reinstated.[33]
A replica statue stands in Heg's birthplace at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier, Norway. It was a gift by Norwegian-Americans to the people of Norway. The unveiling of this statue took place on Midsummer Day, June 24, 1925.[35]
Heg Memorial Park in Racine County is named in his honor.[36] Heg Memorial Park Museum is located on Heg Park Road in Wind Lake, Wisconsin.[37] His original homestead house is located a short distance from the Heg Memorial Park.
Another house formerly owned by Hans Christian Heg was located at the current site of the Waterford, Wisconsin, Public Library.
On June 25, 2020, in response to the vandalism, Representative Bryan Steil introduced a bill to rename a post office in Muskego, Wisconsin the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office."[46][47]
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^Williams, Harry (June 7, 1936). "The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Edited by Theodore G. Blegen". The Capital Times (Book review). p. 18. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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^Mike Miller, "A Veteran For All Time. Abolitionist Col. Heg Died At Chickamauga[permanent dead link]" Capital Times, November 11, 1997.
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^Images of America: Waupun. Gunnink, Carla J. and the Waupun Historical Society, 2014.
^Butler, Diane S. "The Public Life and Private Affairs of Sherman M. Booth". Wisconsin Magazine of History. Spring 1999: 190–192.
^Historic Heg Memorial Park, Racine County, Wisconsin. 1940
^Hunt, Roger D. (2019). Colonels in Blue - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 245. ISBN9781476626352.
^Frank L. Klement, Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1997.
^Cozzens, Peter (1992). This Terrible Sound: THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA. University of Illinois Press; Illustrated edition. pp. 289–290. ISBN0252065948.
^Estabrook, Charles E., ed. (1915). Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War : A list of names of Wisconsin soldiers killed in action, mortally wounded or dying from other causes in the Civil War. Arranged according to organization and also in a separate alphabetical list. Madison: State of Wisconsin. pp. 7, 70, 75, 91, 173, 221-- A total of six Wisconsinite Colonels died in the service of the state of Wisconsin during the Civil War. Four were Killed in Action, one (Heg) Died of Wounds resulting from actions in combat, and one Died of Disease. Disease is not traditionally considered to be the result of enemy action, so the official count is five combat losses rather than six.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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^Beck, Molly. "Madison protesters tear down Capitol statues, attack state Senator from Milwaukee". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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^Beck, Molly (July 21, 2020). "State officials can't find Col. Hans Christian Heg's head, will make him a new one". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^Protester involved in pulling down abolitionist's statue in Wisconsin gets 6 months in jail
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hans, christian, december, 1829, september, 1863, norwegian, american, abolitionist, journalist, anti, slavery, activist, politician, soldier, best, known, leading, scandinavian, 15th, wisconsin, infantry, regiment, union, side, american, civil, died, wounds, . Hans Christian Heg December 21 1829 September 20 1863 was a Norwegian American abolitionist journalist anti slavery activist politician and soldier best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War He died of the wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga 1 Hans Christian Heg6th Prison Commissioner of WisconsinIn office January 2 1860 January 6 1862GovernorAlexander RandallPreceded byEdward M McGrawSucceeded byAlexander P HodgesPersonal detailsBorn 1829 12 21 December 21 1829Lier NorwayDiedSeptember 20 1863 1863 09 20 aged 33 Chickamauga Georgia U S Resting placeNorway Cemetery Norway WisconsinPolitical partyRepublicanMilitary serviceAllegianceUnited StatesBranch serviceUnited States VolunteersUnion ArmyYears of service1861 1863RankColonel USVUnit15th Reg Wis Vol Infantry3rd Bde 1st Div XX CorpsBattles warsAmerican Civil War Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Contents 1 Early life immigration and education 2 Career 3 Military service 4 Vandalizing of Heg s statue in Madison Wisconsin 5 Legacy 6 Electoral history 6 1 Wisconsin Prison Commissioner 1859 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksEarly life immigration and education EditHeg was born at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier Buskerud Norway on December 21 1829 He was the eldest of the four children of the innkeeper Even Hansen Heg 1790 1850 and his wife Sigrid Siri Olsdatter Kallerud Heg 1799 1842 2 The family moved to America in 1840 settling in the Muskego Settlement in Wisconsin 3 4 Hans Heg was eleven years old when his family arrived in Muskego He soon earned a reputation for himself as being a gifted boy 5 Career EditAt twenty years old lured by the discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley he and three friends joined the army of Forty Niners He spent the next two years prospecting for gold in California 3 4 Upon the death of his father he returned to the Muskego area in 1851 3 4 He married Gunhild Einong 1833 1922 daughter of a Norwegian immigrant 4 Heg was a major in the 4th Wisconsin Militia and became a rising young politician who found slavery abhorrent 6 7 He was an outspoken anti slavery activist and a leader of Wisconsin s Wide Awakes an anti slave catcher militia 8 9 He became an ardent member of the Free Soil Party 10 and soon joined the recently formed Republican Party In 1859 Heg was elected commissioner of the state prison in Waupun and served there for two years 3 He was the first Norwegian born candidate elected statewide in Wisconsin 4 Heg spearheaded many reforms to the prison believing that prisons should be used to reclaim the wandering and save the lost 11 On August 1 1860 at great risk to his career he provided shelter to Sherman Booth a man who was made a federal fugitive after inciting a mob to rescue an escaped slave 12 Military service Edit Colonel Hans Christian Heg Painting by Herbjorn Gausta 1854 1924 in 1915With the outbreak of the Civil War Heg was appointed by Governor Alexander Randall as colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Appealing to all young Norsemen he said the government of our adopted country is in danger It is our duty as brave and intelligent citizens to extend our hands in defense of the cause of our Country and of our homes 13 The 15th Wisconsin was called the Scandinavian Regiment because its soldiers were almost all immigrants from Norway with some from Denmark and Sweden It was the only all Scandinavian regiment in the Union Army On 8 October 1862 Colonel Heg led his regiment into its first action at the Battle of Perryville Despite being under fire while being driven back several miles by the enemy the 15th Wisconsin suffered few casualties and no fatalities However one of those hurt was Colonel Heg who was injured when his horse fell Heg commanded the regiment during the Battle of Stones River In response to his conduct at Stones River Maj Gen William Rosecrans placed Heg in command of the newly formed 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division XX Corps Army of the Cumberland on May 1 1863 Heg fought in the Tullahoma campaign of June July 1863 14 On September 18 1863 Heg led his brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga where was mortally wounded On the evening of September 19 the first day of the battle he was shot in the abdomen by a Confederate sharpshooter He rallied his troops but eventually had to give over his command 4 He was taken to a field hospital at Crawfish Spring where he died on the morning of September 20 15 A surgeon who witnessed his passing recalled that it was agonizing to stand beside the colonel and see him suffer and die Colonel La Grange of the First Wisconsin Cavalry and other friends who called to see him wept like children Everybody who knew him loved him Upon hearing of his death Rosecrans expressed regret saying I am very sorry to hear that Heg has fallen He was a brave officer and I intended to promote him to be general 16 Heg was one of five Wisconsinite colonels killed as a result of combat during the Civil War 17 Colonel Hans C Heg was Acting Brigadier General of the Third Brigade Davis Division and therefore the highest ranking officer from Wisconsin killed in the Civil War 18 Heg was buried at the Norway Lutheran Church Cemetery near Wind Lake Wisconsin 19 20 Vandalizing of Heg s statue in Madison Wisconsin EditMain article Statue of Hans Christian Heg Vandalism A statue of Hans Christian Heg by Paul Fjelde was installed at the King Street approach to the State Capitol in Madison Wisconsin in 1925 21 On June 23 2020 rioters incensed by the arrest of a member of Black Lives Matter used a towing vehicle to pull the statue down It was then vandalized decapitated and thrown into Lake Monona The words black is beautiful were spray painted on the plinth just above Heg s name Forward a statue designed by Jean Pond Miner Coburn to represent the state of Wisconsin was also pulled down 22 23 Both statues were later recovered by the authorities 24 though Heg s was said to have lost a leg 25 On July 20 2020 the Wisconsin Capitol and Executive Residence Board voted unanimously to restore both Heg s statue and Forward to their original condition and placement atop their pedestals 26 Since his statue s head was still missing 27 state officials planned to create a new one using a statue of Heg in the town of Norway as a model 28 29 The state of Wisconsin received a grant of 30 000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities the following October towards the expense of repairing of both the Heg and Forward statues The statues were taken to Detroit where Venus Bronze Works Inc worked to restore them with reinstallation on the Capitol grounds then anticipated by July 2021 30 31 By mid September 2021 Heg s statue was nearly ready to be shipped to Wisconsin 32 On September 21 2021 the statue was reinstated 33 Legacy Edit Statue of Col Hans Christian Heg Wisconsin State Capitol Madison During riots in June 2020 the statue was pulled down decapitated and thrown into Lake Monona A statue of Hans Christian Heg is located in Norway Wisconsin 34 A replica statue stands in Heg s birthplace at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier Norway It was a gift by Norwegian Americans to the people of Norway The unveiling of this statue took place on Midsummer Day June 24 1925 35 Heg Memorial Park in Racine County is named in his honor 36 Heg Memorial Park Museum is located on Heg Park Road in Wind Lake Wisconsin 37 His original homestead house is located a short distance from the Heg Memorial Park Another house formerly owned by Hans Christian Heg was located at the current site of the Waterford Wisconsin Public Library The Hans C Heg Shell Monument at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park was dedicated in 1893 38 39 40 Located at 34 54 232 N 85 15 73 W 34 903867 N 85 26217 W 34 903867 85 26217 41 it is a triangular pyramid monument of eight inch shells ten feet in height which marks the spot where Colonel Heg was mortally wounded seven more of these pyramids can be located throughout Chickamauga Battlefield The monument can be found in Viniard Field beside the LaFayette Road at Tour Stop 5 42 The Liberty Ship SS Hans Heg hull number 2751 was laid down on 26 January 1944 at Kaiser Permanente No 2 shipyard in Richmond CA 43 under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 The ship launched on 14 February 1944 was owned by the U S Department of Commerce and operated by James Griffiths amp Sons Inc The ship sailed overseas including to Dutch New Guinea in and during the Second World War 44 She was scrapped in 1961 45 On June 25 2020 in response to the vandalism Representative Bryan Steil introduced a bill to rename a post office in Muskego Wisconsin the Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office 46 47 Electoral history EditWisconsin Prison Commissioner 1859 Edit Wisconsin Prison Commissioner Election 1859 48 Party Candidate Votes General Election November 8 1859Republican Hans C Heg 59 609 53 09 2 77 Democratic H C Fleck 52 673 46 91 Plurality 6 936 6 18 5 54 Total votes 112 282 100 0 27 24 Republican holdSee also Edit Biography portalWisconsin in the American Civil WarReferences Edit Borgerkrigen i De Forente Stater i Nord Amerika by Joh A Enander La Crosse Wisconsin 1881 The Promise of America Lier kirkeboker F Fa L0010 Ministerialbok no I 10 1827 1843 Lier 1843 p 23 Retrieved July 21 2020 a b c d Col Hans Christian Heg Wood County Reporter October 8 1863 p 2 Retrieved June 24 2020 via Newspapers com a b c d e f Who Was This Man Hans Christian Heg The Capital Times November 10 1952 p 19 Retrieved June 25 2020 via Newspapers com Even Hansen Heg Archived June 10 2011 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of Wisconsin History Col Heg Fell at Chickamauga Wisconsin State Journal June 26 1976 p 37 Retrieved June 25 2020 via Newspapers com Williams Harry June 7 1936 The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg Edited by Theodore G Blegen The Capital Times Book review p 18 Retrieved June 25 2020 via Newspapers com Birth Records for the Parish of Lier Den Norske kirke Ministerialbok Nummer 10 Fylke Buskerud Prestegjeld Lier Frogner Mike Miller A Veteran For All Time Abolitionist Col Heg Died At Chickamauga permanent dead link Capital Times November 11 1997 Blegen Theodrore C editor Civil War Letters of Colonel H C Heg Images of America Waupun Gunnink Carla J and the Waupun Historical Society 2014 Butler Diane S The Public Life and Private Affairs of Sherman M Booth Wisconsin Magazine of History Spring 1999 190 192 Historic Heg Memorial Park Racine County Wisconsin 1940 Hunt Roger D 2019 Colonels in Blue Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin A Civil War Biographical Dictionary McFarland p 245 ISBN 9781476626352 Frank L Klement Wisconsin in the Civil War The Home Front and the Battle Front 1861 1865 The State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1997 Cozzens Peter 1992 This Terrible Sound THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA University of Illinois Press Illustrated edition pp 289 290 ISBN 0252065948 Estabrook Charles E ed 1915 Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War A list of names of Wisconsin soldiers killed in action mortally wounded or dying from other causes in the Civil War Arranged according to organization and also in a separate alphabetical list Madison State of Wisconsin pp 7 70 75 91 173 221 A total of six Wisconsinite Colonels died in the service of the state of Wisconsin during the Civil War Four were Killed in Action one Heg Died of Wounds resulting from actions in combat and one Died of Disease Disease is not traditionally considered to be the result of enemy action so the official count is five combat losses rather than six a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint postscript link Colbo Ella Stratton 1975 Historic Heg Memorial Park photographic views and brief historical sketches of the outstanding points of interest in and about Heg Memorial Park Racine County Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Madison Library The State of Wisconsin Collection Racine County Historical Society p 35 Colbo Ella Stratton The life story of Colonel Hans Christian Heg Historic Heg Memorial Park Racine County Wisconsin 1975 Norwegian soldiers on Civil War battlefields News of Norway issue 4 1999 Photos So who was Hans Christian Heg Here s why the Civil War hero had a statue La Crosse Tribune June 25 2020 Retrieved June 1 2022 Langrehr Jaymes June 24 2020 Protesters explain why they tore down statues at State Capitol www channel3000 com Channel 3000 Retrieved June 24 2020 Beck Molly Madison protesters tear down Capitol statues attack state Senator from Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved June 24 2020 Evers Governor Tony GovEvers June 24 2020 We are assessing the damage to state property including the State Capitol building the surrounding area and the Tommy G Thompson Center Both Forward and Col Hans Christian Heg statues have been recovered Tweet Retrieved June 1 2022 via Twitter Pavia Will June 25 2020 Statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg who helped defeat slavery is toppled The Times Retrieved June 29 2020 Richmond Todd July 20 2020 Board OKs restoring Capitol statues launching money drive Associated Press The Star Tribune Retrieved July 20 2020 Richmond Todd July 20 2020 Wisconsin Capitol board agrees to restore 2 statues toppled by protesters Associated Press The Twin Cities Pioneer Press Retrieved July 20 2020 Beck Molly July 21 2020 State officials can t find Col Hans Christian Heg s head will make him a new one Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved July 21 2020 Protester involved in pulling down abolitionist s statue in Wisconsin gets 6 months in jail Jones Meg Beck Molly October 16 2020 Wisconsin gets federal funds to help restore vandalized Capitol statues Forward and Hans Christian Heg The National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities Archived from the original on November 11 2020 Retrieved November 11 2020 Glauber Bill December 10 2020 Crew works to restore toppled statue of Col Hans Christian Heg by next summer The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved December 11 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Brogan Dylan September 16 2021 Your history Isthmus Retrieved September 19 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Workers reinstall Wisconsin statues downed in 2020 protest AP NEWS September 21 2021 Archived from the original on October 1 2021 Retrieved October 1 2021 Heg Memorial Park in Racine County Wisconsin Statues of Historic Figures Avsloringen av oberst Hegg sic monumentet i Lier Haugesunds Dagblad No 144 June 25 1925 p 7 Retrieved June 25 2020 Colbo Ella Stratton Historic Heg Memorial Park Racine Wis Racine County Historical Society 1975 T he Museum at Heg State Memorial Park PDF library wisc edu Retrieved March 25 2016 Hans Christian Heg Battlefield Wanderings December 5 2008 Wisconsin s Civil War Memorials sculptor Paul Fjelde Hanson Jill K Blythe Robert W June 1 2002 Chickamauga And Chattanooga National Military Park Historic Resource Study National Park Service Appendix C p 9 Archived from the original on June 12 2019 Retrieved November 11 2020 Benington Dale K October 19 2020 Hans C Heg Memorial Shell Monument Historical Marker The Historical Marker Database Archived from the original on October 18 2020 Retrieved November 12 2020 Hans Heg Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park U S National Park Service National Park Service Archived from the original on March 27 2017 Retrieved November 11 2020 Williams Greg H 2014 The Liberty Ships of World War II A Record of the 2 710 Vessels and Their Builders Operators and Namesakes with a History of the Jeremiah O Brien McFarland Incorporated pp 204 205 ISBN 9781476617541 Gerhardt Frank A September 15 2014 United States Maritime Commission 1936 thru 1950 Archived from the original on June 28 2020 Retrieved June 28 2020 Kaiser Permanente No 2 Richmond CA Shipbuilding History Construction records of U S and Canadian shipbuilders and boatbuilders October 13 2010 Archived from the original on February 16 2020 Retrieved June 27 2020 Andrea Lawrence Congressman proposes naming Wisconsin post office after abolitionist Hans Christian Heg whose Madison statue was destroyed Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved January 27 2022 Steil Bryan June 25 2020 Cosponsors H R 7329 116th Congress 2019 2020 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road in Muskego Wisconsin as the Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office www congress gov Retrieved January 27 2022 The Result of the State Canvass Wisconsin State Journal December 3 1859 p 1 Retrieved June 1 2022 via Newspapers com Further reading EditAger Waldemar Colonel Heg and His Boys A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War Northfield Minn Norwegian American Historical Association 2000 Buslett Ole Amundsen The Fifteenth Wisconsin trans of Det Femtende regiment Wisconsin frivillige Ripon Wis B G Scott 1999 Hans Christian Heg In Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library comp The Wisconsin Blue Book 1933 Madison Democrat Printing Co 1933 pp 37 41 Heg Hans Christian The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg Saint Paul MN Minnesota Historical Society Press 2014 Naeseth Gerhard B Norwegian Immigrants to the United States A Biographical Directory Vol 1 1825 1843 Decorah Iowa Amundsen Publishing Company 1993 External links Edit Wikisource has the text of a 1900 Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography article about Hans Christian Heg Hans Christian Heg at Find a Grave Wisconsin Historical Society Norwegian American Hall of Fame Abolition Activism in Wisconsin 15th Wisconsin Regiment Col Hans C Heg and the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga 1863 Waterford Historical Project Col Hans C Heg and the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga 1863 by Carl L BoeckmannParty political officesPreceded byEdward M McGraw Republican nominee for Prison Commissioner of Wisconsin1859 Succeeded byAlexander P HodgesMilitary officesRegiment established Command of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry RegimentFebruary 14 1862 September 20 1863 Succeeded byMaj George WilsonPolitical officesPreceded byEdward M McGraw Prison Commissioner of WisconsinJanuary 2 1860 January 6 1862 Succeeded byAlexander P Hodges Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hans Christian Heg amp oldid 1165893629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
