United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Swedish
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Hans Westerlund papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 379
Abstract
Hans Westerlund (1842-1874) was a devout Evangelical Lutheran and a Civil War soldier who served in Company C of the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (also known as the “Koerner Regiment”) for the United States Army. The Hans Westerlund papers contain correspondence, genealogical information, and photographs. Westerlund’s correspondence documents the 43rd Infantry’s movement from Benton Barracks, Missouri, through Pittsburg Landing, Jackson, and Bolivar, Tennessee, and Little Rock,...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1960, and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections