Hans Christian Heg
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 160 years ago |
Date of birth | December 21,1829 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Lier Municipality |
Norway | |
Date of died | September 20,1863 |
Died | Chickamauga |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Wisconsin, United States |
Books | The Civil War Letters of Hans Christian Heg |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Battle of Perryville | |
Battle of Stones River | |
Battle of Chickamauga | |
Service/branches | United States Army |
Union Army | |
Allegiances | United States |
Union | |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Gunhild Einong Heg |
Battleswar | American Civil War |
Battle of Perryville | |
Battle of Stones River | |
Battle of Chickamauga | |
Children | Elmer Heg |
Hilda Heg | |
James Edmund Heg | |
Party | Republican Party |
Previous position | Prison Commissioner of Wisconsin (1860–1862) |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1469043 |
Hans Christian Heg Life story
Hans Christian Heg 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.