Even Olson resided in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, (the hometown of my great-grandmother) at the start of the Civil War. He was born in Norway on November 5th, 1837. His family relocated to America and settled in Wisconsin to farm the fertile soil.
Like many Scandinavians he had blue eyes, blonde hair and a fair complexion. He was 5' 6" and 28 years of age when he enlisted on September 21st, 1864. He signed on as a private for one year of duty in the 27th Wisconsin Infantry Company K.
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