Syvert Johanneson HOUSKE

   Other names for Syvert were Sivert HAUSKE, S. H. JOHNSON, Sam JOHNSON, Samuel JOHNSON, Seivert JOHNSON and Sivert JOHNSON.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence. Sivert's sister Stine and her husband John lived in the farm across the road from the Choice Cemetery. Sivert Johnson and his family lived near by on the homestead now occupied by Lester Larson. [Bruce 2008]

• Immigration: from Norway, 1854, America. leaving Rennesøy...
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#28, 10 Apr 1854, Syvert Johannesen, 17aar, Nordamerika

• Notes: possible additional Civil War service, 1861. This is the transcrition of the story shared by larrie1 as a word document.



Samuel Johnson aka Sivert Civil War Info:

Johnson, Samuel H. enlisted 5/2/1861 in Menomine, Wisconsin with the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, Company K. Was wounded May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville, a gunshot wound under the sternum.

After wounded was transferred to 146th United States Veteran Reserve Company*, 2nd Battalion on October 1, 1863.

*Originally the Veteran Reserve Corps was called the "Invalid Corps", which was "authorized by the Adjutant General's Office, General Order 105, April 28, 1963." The Corps "was to consist of companies and, if desirable, of battalions." "The companies were to be made up of officers and enlisted men of commands in the field who, because of wounds or service-connected disease were unfit for duty in field service, but were capable of effective garrison or light duty. Officers and enlisted men still in service and on the rolls, who were absent from duty in hospital or convalescent camps or who were otherwise under the control of medical officers and officers and enlisted men who had been honorably discharged because of wounds or disease and who wanted to reenter the service."

3rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized in Fond du Lac, WI and was mustered in July 1861 and was mustered out in Madison, WI on July 24, 1865.

Battle of Chancellorsville on May 1-3, 1863. The 3rd Wisconsin lost 21 men killed and 80 wounded.

Command: Army of Potomac by Joseph Hooker - 3rd Corp by Sickles \endash 1st Division by Birney \endash 3rd Brigade by Hayman \endash 3rd Michigan by Pierce



On May 3, the Confederates attacked with both wings of the army and massed their artillery at Hazel Grove. This finally broke the Federal line at Chancellorsville. Hooker withdrew a mile and entrenched in a defensive "U" with his back to the river at United States Ford. Union generals Berry and Whipple and Confederate general Paxton were killed; Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded.

History of the Unit:
Formed in the initial Federal call for 75,000 volunteers, the 3rd's first Colonel was Charles S. Hamilton, with West Point graduate Thomas Ruger as Lieutenant Colonel. They first saw action 16 October 1861 in a skirmish at Bolivar Heights, Virginia. They were in Banks' Corps in the Valley Campaign in Spring 1862, and were in combat at Cedar Mountain in August, after which they became part of the XII Corps, Army of the Potomac.

In the Antietam Campaign:
The unit was posted just north of the Miller Cornfield at dawn on 17 September, and was hit by Hood's Division emerging from the corn at about 7:30 am. Colonel Ruger was slightly wounded there in leading the regiment, but remained in command and on the field.

" 'The Third Wisconsin was in a very exposed position,' wrote Lieutenant Bryant, 'and it's lines thinned rapidly. It stood on higher ground than the Confederates, the sky behind it, in good musket range and close line -- a good target.' "

A short time later, as Hood's attack receded, " General Hooker was seen galloping up, blood dripping from his boot. He ordered the Wisconsin men to fix bayonets and pursue. There are only 60 men left! Joining them was the Twenty-Seventh Indiana, which increased the number to about 150. 'With a whoop and hurrah, our regiment and the Twenty-Seventh Indiana started down through the cornfield,' [wrote Captain] Hinkley. 'General Hooker himself leading like a captain.' "

"At charge-bayonets, the two western units advanced across the cornfield. The flags of Indiana and Wisconsin flapped wildly in the breeze. The ground was strewn with the bodies of the Confederates. Towards the woods, at the edge of the cornfield, they marched. Suddenly a staff officer gallopped up and ordered the small attacking line of blue to halt and get out of the way. A division was advancing towards that position from the east. 'This was all that prevented us from assaulting a position with about a hundred and fifty men,' reported Hinkley, 'which a few minutes later Sedgwick's division, with five or six thousand, failed to carry.' "
(quoted from Wozny)

The remainder of the War:

The regiment was at Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, and Gettysburg. Near Christmas 1863, the entire regiment reenlisted for 3 more years' service, later seing action on General Sherman's Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolina Campaigns of 1864 - 5. They mustered out of Federal service at Louisville, KY, 18 July 1865, and returned to Madison, WI where they were disbanded.

• Military Service: Civil War, 1864, America. JOHNSON, Samuel
MN 1st Inf Co H. Residence not shown. Born Sivert Johnson on 5 Oct 1836 on island of Rennesøy, Rogaland, Norway, a son of Johannes Pederson Hauske and Marta Larsdatter Ekrene. Civil War: Age 18. Enrolled 10 Mar 1864. Mustered the same day. Recruit. Private. Transferred to the 1st Battalion of Infantry, Co B. Promoted to Corporal. Discharged from the service with his company, 14 Jul 1865. Post war: Married Elizabeth (Betsy) Breta Hovland. They bought a farm, later called "Betsy Place" in 1867. Samuel Johnson of Joy, Douglas County, Minnesota, in Sep 1874, was granted a pension of $8 a month because of a gun shot wound just below his sternum. Sources: (MINN p41, p541) (MCIW p62,69) (Pension List, 1882-3. Vol 4 p541) (Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883, living in Minnesota, publ. 1994, Park Genealogical Books, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) (Bruce Larson, Minneapolis, Minnesota)

• Census: Newburg, 1865, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Samuel H JohnsonM
Betsey JohnsonF
Ann Johnson F

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• Census: Preble, 1870, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. 84 84 Johnson Peter 28 Norway
" Julia 23

85 85 Johnson Samuel 37
" Betsy 25
" Anne 5 MN
" Mary 3
" John 1

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• Census: Preble, 1875, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. 39 Samueld H. Johnson 37
Bertha " 30
A. P. " 10
Mary " 8
John " 6
Sina " 2
B. M. " 1

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• Census: Preble > 067, 1880, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Sam Johnson 43
Betsy Johnson 35
Paulina Johnson 15
Mary Johnson 13
John Johnson 10
Sina Johnson 7
Tillda Johnson 5
Lisa Johnson 3
Dina Johnson 1

• Census: Preble, 1885, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. 140 S. H. Johnson
Bertha Johnson
John H. Johnson
Sina Johnson
Betsy M. Johnson
Lisa G. Johnson
Dina Johnson
Oline C. Johnson
Peder G. Johnson
Bella L. Johnson

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• Notes: possible reference in Nordmaendene i Amerika, 1889, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA. ² p100
Rochester, Racine County.

Dr. Blood R. E. Ela
Herbrand Anstensen Johnson Syvert.

• Census: Preble, 1895, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. Johnson S. H.
Johnson Betsy
Johnson Clara
Johnson Peter G.
Johnson Bella
Johnson Emma
Johnson Helen

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• Cemetery: Choice Cemetery, 1896, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA. 3-29 Sivert H. Johnson Civil War Vet 1836-1896

Syvert had a relationship with Kirsti Kjeldsdatter NAADEON, daughter of Kjel Jensen NAADEOEN and Barbro Nielsdatter. (Kirsti Kjeldsdatter NAADEON was born on 13 May 1829 in Finnøy, Rogaland, Norway, baptized on 17 May 1829 in Finnøy, Rogaland, Norway and died about 1871.)

Syvert next married Britha Olsdatter HOVLAND, daughter of Ole Pedersen HOVLAND and Anna Olsdatter HATLEBERG, about 1863. (Britha Olsdatter HOVLAND was born on 15 Sep 1844 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway ³, baptized on 14 Oct 1844 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, died on 19 Jul 1931 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA ⁴ and was buried in Rushford, Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage: possible match, 19 Jun 1863, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. Last Name: Johnson First Name: S S Day: 19 Month: June Year: 1863 County: Dane Volume: 01 Page: 0574

Last Name: Oleson First Name: Betsy Day: 19 Month: June Year: 1863 County: Dane Volume: 01 Page: 0574


"Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
Name: S. S. Johnson
Birthplace: Norway
Spouse's Name:Betsey Oleson
Event Date: 19 Jun 1863
Event Place: Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M00342-5
System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
GS Film number:1275923
Reference ID: 00274