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MADISON TO ISLAND NO. 10 63
Kiss the children — for me — and here is one for your- gelf— Good Bye — Your own
Hans I will write again to morrow if I have chance to send it.
To Gunild, March 19, 1862
Steamer Graham Isl. N" 10. March 19*" 1862. Dear Wife.
The first thing I have heard from home since I left Madi¬ son was a letter from you Hans Wood and the children sent to Birds Point. I wrote you yesterday and have noth¬ ing new to day. I was out with two companies yesterday afternoon, when the Cannon Balls flew around some. Some of them falling near enough to some of the boys to spatter mud and Water over them.
I have been in no dangerous place yet, and may not get into any. It is all running first rate. We can not do any thing with our men — the fight is all with cannon. If we have to go ashore we may have some fighting to do — other¬ wise we will not. This expidi[tion] is going down the river perhaps to New Orleans. We may stop before we get there to garrison some post. But this is uncertain. Ole is not with us — he cant leave his wife. Doc Hansen the same — he got sick. The track is getting fresh — and cowards get sick. If you ever become a widdow, you shall never be the widdow of a coward. You can rely on that.^^
° This reference by Colonel Heg seems to be unwarrantedly severe. The allu- sjon is to Dr. S0ren J. Hansen, who is characterized by Dr. Knut Gjerset and Or. Ludvig Hektoen as " possibly the ablest and best educated physician who came to the early Norwegian settlements" in America. Of his work at Island '^o. 10 they write, " In that marshy and unhealthful region the efficient hospital service organized by the medical staff of the regiment aided greatly in preserving the health of the soldiers." Dr. Hansen's wife accompanied him as a war nurse, "fcause of illness he was obliged to resign from the service on October 20, 1862. I^lerset and Hektoen, " Health Conditions and the Practice of Medicine among yie Early Norwegian Settlers, 1825-1865," in Norwegian-American HistoricsJ Association, Studies and Records, 1:50-51.
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Object Description
| Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Source Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Regiment | 15th Infantry |
| Author/Creator | Heg, Hans Christian, 1829-1863; Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969 |
| Description | Col. Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) led the predominantly Norwegian 15th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. Heg had migrated to the United States from Norway as a child in 1840 and spent his youth at Muskego, Waukesha County. In the fall of 1861 a new Scandinavian regiment was recruited and Heg accepted appointment as its colonel. The 15th Wisconsin Infantry, made up largely of recent immigrants, fought at Island No. 10, Perryville, Stone's River, and Chickamauga, where Heg was killed while charging forward at the head of his troops. This volume contains 210 letters that he sent home during the war. They describe not only combat but also camp life, marches, slavery, and the ways that recent Scandinavian immigrants adapted to the war. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | Historical Society Library Stacks |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Northfield, Minn. |
| Source Creation Date | 1936 |
| Source Publisher | Norwegian-American Historical Association |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN012010000 |
| Type | Text; Image |
Description
| Title | 63 |
| Source Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Regiment | 15th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Event Date | 1862-03-19 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Month | March |
| Day | 19 |
| State | TN |
| Place | Island No. 10 |
| People | Heg, Hans Christian, Col. |
| Topic | ships and shipping |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | MADISON TO ISLAND NO. 10 63 Kiss the children — for me — and here is one for your- gelf— Good Bye — Your own Hans I will write again to morrow if I have chance to send it. To Gunild, March 19, 1862 Steamer Graham Isl. N" 10. March 19*" 1862. Dear Wife. The first thing I have heard from home since I left Madi¬ son was a letter from you Hans Wood and the children sent to Birds Point. I wrote you yesterday and have noth¬ ing new to day. I was out with two companies yesterday afternoon, when the Cannon Balls flew around some. Some of them falling near enough to some of the boys to spatter mud and Water over them. I have been in no dangerous place yet, and may not get into any. It is all running first rate. We can not do any thing with our men — the fight is all with cannon. If we have to go ashore we may have some fighting to do — other¬ wise we will not. This expidi[tion] is going down the river perhaps to New Orleans. We may stop before we get there to garrison some post. But this is uncertain. Ole is not with us — he cant leave his wife. Doc Hansen the same — he got sick. The track is getting fresh — and cowards get sick. If you ever become a widdow, you shall never be the widdow of a coward. You can rely on that.^^ ° This reference by Colonel Heg seems to be unwarrantedly severe. The allu- sjon is to Dr. S0ren J. Hansen, who is characterized by Dr. Knut Gjerset and Or. Ludvig Hektoen as " possibly the ablest and best educated physician who came to the early Norwegian settlements" in America. Of his work at Island '^o. 10 they write, " In that marshy and unhealthful region the efficient hospital service organized by the medical staff of the regiment aided greatly in preserving the health of the soldiers." Dr. Hansen's wife accompanied him as a war nurse, "fcause of illness he was obliged to resign from the service on October 20, 1862. I^lerset and Hektoen, " Health Conditions and the Practice of Medicine among yie Early Norwegian Settlers, 1825-1865" in Norwegian-American HistoricsJ Association, Studies and Records, 1:50-51. i |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN012010072 |
| Type | Text |