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Familien emigrerte USA i 1840 og slo seg ned i bosetningen Muskego i Waukesha County, Wisconsin.  
Familien emigrerte USA i 1840 og slo seg ned i bosetningen Muskego i Waukesha County, Wisconsin.  


Han giftet seg med Gunhild Einong (14.12.1833 i Tinn kommune, Telemark fylke- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36869997/gunhild-heg 14.10.1922] i  
Han giftet seg med Gunhild Cornelia Jacobsdatter Einong (14.12.1833 i Tinn kommune, Telemark fylke- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36869997/gunhild-heg 14.10.1922] i  
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey)
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey), datter av Jacob Olsen Einung (1799 i Einung norde, Telemark-1844) og  Anne Jonsdatter Søum (1798 i Saheim norde, Dal, Telemark-1842).


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*James Edmund Heg (1852–[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35379463/james-edmund-heg|1914]),
*James Edmund Heg (1852–[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35379463/james-edmund-heg|1914]),
*Hilda Siri Heg Fowler (2.3.1854– [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202666176/hilda-siri-fowler 20.2.1932]),  
*Hilda Siri Heg Fowler (2.3.1854– [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202666176/hilda-siri-fowler 20.2.1932]),  
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*Olaf Morgan Norlie. [https://www.nb.no/items/68f871868d707ffbd61b6cc0d032d86b?page=171&searchText=%22heg%22 History of the Norwegian people in America]
*Olaf Morgan Norlie. [https://www.nb.no/items/68f871868d707ffbd61b6cc0d032d86b?page=171&searchText=%22heg%22 History of the Norwegian people in America]
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*Ancestry.com; Loryregar tree
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Revisjonen fra 13. apr. 2021 kl. 18:45

Hans Christian Heg

Oberst Hans Christian Heg (21.12.1829 i Haugestad, Lier i Buskerud - 20.9.1863 Chickamauga i Georgia, USA) var sønn av Even Hansen Heeg (1790–1850) og Sigrid "Siri" Olsdatter Kallerud (1799 i Flesberg–13.10.1842).

Familien emigrerte USA i 1840 og slo seg ned i bosetningen Muskego i Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Han giftet seg med Gunhild Cornelia Jacobsdatter Einong (14.12.1833 i Tinn kommune, Telemark fylke- 14.10.1922 i Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey), datter av Jacob Olsen Einung (1799 i Einung norde, Telemark-1844) og Anne Jonsdatter Søum (1798 i Saheim norde, Dal, Telemark-1842).

Barn;

  • James Edmund Heg (1852–[1]),
  • Hilda Siri Heg Fowler (2.3.1854– 20.2.1932),
  • Annetta Heg (1857– 3.9.1860),
  • Elmer Ellsworth Heg (23.2.1861 i Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin,– 25.9.1922 i Seattle, King County, Washington).

20 år gammel dro han til Sacramento Valley i California og var med på gullrushet der. Da hans far døde i 1851 returnerte han til Muskego i 1851.

Heg ble senere major i 4th Wisconsin Militia (4. Wisconsin Milits) og sjef for fengselssystemet i Wisconsin (med dette ble han den første norskamerikaner valgt til et delstatsdekkende verv i Wisconsin). Han var også medlem av det republikanske partiet og slaverimotstander.

Han er mest kjent for å ha vært regimentsjef og oberst i 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (15. Wisconsin frivillige regiment) som var kjent som det skandinaviske regimentet, fordi det besto av mest nordmenn, men også noen svensker og dansker.

Heg was a major in the 4th Wisconsin Militia, and became a rising young politician who found slavery abhorrent. He was an outspoken anti-slavery activist and a leader of Wisconsin's Wide Awakes, an anti-slave catcher militia. He became an ardent member of the Free Soil Party, and soon joined the recently formed Republican Party.

In 1859, Heg was elected commissioner of the state prison in Waupun, and served there for two years.He was the first Norwegian-born candidate elected statewide in Wisconsin. Heg spearheaded many reforms to the prison, believing that prisons should be used to "reclaim the wandering and save the lost." On August 1, 1860, at great risk to his career, he provided shelter to Sherman Booth, a man who was made a federal fugitive after inciting a mob to rescue an escaped slave.


With the outbreak of the Civil War, Heg was appointed by Governor Alexander Randall as colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment. Appealing to all young "Norsemen," he said, "the government of our adopted country is in danger. It is our duty as brave and intelligent citizens to extend our hands in defense of the cause of our Country and of our homes."

The 15th Wisconsin was called the Scandinavian Regiment because its soldiers were almost all immigrants from Norway, with some from Denmark and Sweden. It was the only all-Scandinavian regiment in the Union Army. On 8 October 1862, Colonel Heg led his regiment into its first action at the Battle of Perryville. Despite being under fire while being driven back several miles by the enemy, the 15th Wisconsin suffered few casualties and no fatalities. However, one of those hurt was Colonel Heg, who was injured when his horse fell.

Heg commanded the regiment during the Battle of Stones River. In response to his conduct at Stones River, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans placed Heg in command of the newly formed 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, on May 1, 1863. Heg fought in the Tullahoma campaign of June–July 1863.

On September 18, 1863, Heg led his brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga, where he was mortally wounded. Heg was shot in the abdomen and died on September 20. Upon hearing of his death, Rosecrans expressed regret, saying he had intended to promote Heg to brigadier general. Heg was one of five Wisconsinite colonels killed as a result of combat during the Civil War. "Colonel Hans C. Heg was Acting Brigadier General of the Third Brigade, Davis' Division, and therefore the highest ranking officer from Wisconsin killed in the Civil War."

Heg was buried at the Norway Lutheran Church Cemetery near Wind Lake, Wisconsin.

Ved Lier kommunelokale på Haugestad i Lierbyen ble det i 1925 avduket en statue av oberst Heg. Statuen er en kopi av Hegs statue som sto i Madison i Wisconsin frem til 24. juni 2020 da den ble revet ned av aktivister som demonstrerte etter drapet på George Floyd den 25. mai 2020.

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