Hans Christian Heg


Hans Christian Heg (21 Desember 1829 – 20 September 1863) adalah seorang abolisionis, wartawan, aktivis anti-perbudakan, politikus dan prajurit Norwegia-Amerika, yang dikenal karena memimpin Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment di pihak Union dalam Perang Saudara Amerika. Ia wafat akibat luka-luka yang ia dapatkan dalam Pertempuran Chickamauga.[1]

Hans Christian Heg
Lahir(1829-12-21)21 Desember 1829
Lier, Norwegia
Meninggal20 September 1863(1863-09-20) (umur 33)
Chickamauga, Georgia, Amerika Serikat
PengabdianAmerika Serikat (Union)
Dinas/cabangAngkatan Darat Amerika Serikat (Union Army)
Lama dinas1861–1863
Pangkat Kolonel
Kesatuan15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
3rd Bde, 1st Div, XX Corps
Perang/pertempuranPerang Saudara Amerika

Referensi

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  1. ^ Borgerkrigen i De Forente Stater i Nord-Amerika Diarsipkan 2020-06-28 di Wayback Machine. (by Joh A. Enander. La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1881. The Promise of America)

Bacaan tambahan

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  • Ager, 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 Diarsipkan 2021-02-25 di Wayback Machine.". 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.

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