Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE

1842 - 1874  (31 years)

• Name	Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE
  Birth	26 Oct 1842	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jul 1874	Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota
  Notes	Born in Søyne 50/, øvre. He came to America with his family in 1853. He was 12 years old when his parents died. Syver was taken in by an English family, where he learned to speak English, and he eventually forgot Norwegian. He joined the Union Army on August 22, 1862; he was 20 years old. He was in Company D of the 10th Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers. He fought at Gettysburgh with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea. Syver enlisted under the name of Chrstopherson. After the war Lars, Syver, and Ole reunited in Goodhue County and there Syver met and married Sonneva Ellingboe in 1867. They had 3 sons. They moved to Wang township in Renville County. Syver was killed by a runaway, while haying in July 1874, and he is buried in a Wang cemetery. The Union Army was recruiting in Minnesota in the summer of 1862 when Sever Christopherson enlisted as a private in the 10th Minn. Volunteers from Warsaw, Rice Co. The Regiment, under Col. James H. Baker, had orders to travel to New York and then to the Gulf via steamer; but before recruitment was complete the Sioux Indians in western Minnesota began misbehaving and the Regiment was sent to bolster other troops fighting around New Um, Nicollet Co. The captured Indians were sent to Mankato army post where they were courtmartialed and executed in February of 1863. The winter of 1862/1863, the Regiment spent doing guard duty on the frontier, building stockades, and training. In camp at Henderson until February when they were ordered to Mankato to participate in the execution of the Sioux Indians. In the summer of 1863, the 10th Minn., and other regiments took the offensive against the Indians, beat them up, and chased them across the Missouri River. On both campaigns Sever marched through the area where he would later homestead (in Renville County), but which was an Indian land in 1863 and 1863. On the 18th of September 1863, orders arrived at Ft. Snelling, which was the main army post in the Minn. District (old Ft. Snelling is located across the river from Minneapolis and south of St. Paul) for the 10th to report to St. Louis, Mo. And they traveled by boat to Dunleith, by rail to St. Louis. There the Regiment did garrison and provost duty as there were several military prisons for prisoners of war, for "stragglers" (a euphemism for deserters who got caught), 5 forts and many supply warehouses. It was at St. Louis that Col. Phelps resigned and Capt. C.L. Davis took command of Co. D. On April 22, 1864, the 10th Minn. left for Columbus, Kentucky, and on June 19, 1864 they were sent to Memphis, Tenn. On July 13, 1864 the Rebels attacked them at Tupelo Hill, under Gen. Bedford Forrest who was protecting Gen. Hood's withdrawal. Gen. Forrest withdrew in an orderly fashion and the 10th pressed after him. Through the fall, the unit had several skirmishes in pursuit and harassment of the Rebels. On Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, the 10th and other units assaulted Gen. Hood's earthworks and the last battle of Nashville ensued. After taking casualties, the 10th succeeded in driving out an exhausted Confederate Army. The 10th had the task of pressing on Hood's rear, which sent them up against their old foe, Gen. Bedford Forrest. The 10th pushed on to Mobile Bay participating in the battle at Spanish Fort. The war was over and the 10th returned to Ft. Snelling via river steamer and were formally mustered out of the Union Army on August 19, 1865. That's what Sever's unit was doing from 1862 to 1865, but what Sever was doing is another matter. His war records show that he was present at all of the Indian Wars, and that he went south from Ft. Snelling to St. Louis. However, his records show that in May of 1864 he was in the Post Hospital in Columbus, Ky. because of sickness, not specified. Half the the casualties in the Civil War died of illnesses such as typhoid smallpox, dysentery, and just plain old pneumonia. His records say he was ill through the fall of 1864/1865, and that he was forwarded to Ft. Snelling the middle of Aug. 1864 and was ill until Oct. 20th when he resumed his duties at Ft. Snelling. His papers say that Sever was 20 years old when he enlisted, that he was 5 ft, 9 inches, his eyes- gray, his hair and complexion -light. Sever Christopherson appears on the official roster of Company D.
  Person ID	I6743	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Christopher Larssen SØYNE,   b. 1799, Norway d. 1853, Michigan (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD,   b. 1805, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1853, Michigan (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1830	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F3792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE,   b. 29 Jul 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 17 Feb 1929, Renville County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1867	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  	as Syver Christophersen Soine and Synneva Throndsdatter Ellingbö
  Children	1. Christopher (Christ) Syversen SOINE,   b. 11 Apr 1868, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota d. 7 Feb 1937, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington (Age 68 years)   2. Thrond (Thomas) S SOINE,   b. 23 Oct 1871, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota d. 1 Nov 1959, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)   3. Iver S SOINE,   b. 2 Jun 1874, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota d. 18 Sep 1957, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2015