Jurgen Wilson

Jurgen Wilson [George (Georg) Wilson] (December 18, 1836-) was a German-American Union Army officer during the American Civil War, serving with the Scandinavian Regiment.
Early life
Born to English parents in Hamburg, Germany, Wilson lived in Kristiania, Norway (now Oslo), for a time before emigrating to the United States in 1858. Settled in Madison, Wisconsin, Wilson worked as a store clerk for a year before travelling to New Orleans in December 1859 where he became a sailor. He lived in Chicago for a time, before returning to Madison at the start of the Civil War in 1861, enlisting in the Scandinavian Regiment.
Military career
As a second lieutenant in Company B, Wilson first saw action at the Union raid on Union City, Tennessee, and, in May 1862, was promoted a full lieutenant following the campaigns of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. In command of Company H during the Battle of Chaplin Hills, Wilson would later be...