15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
Active	February 14, 1862 – February 13, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Role	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	Scandinavian Regiment
Motto(s)	För Gud og Vårt Land! (For God and Our Country!)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Island Number Ten Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Resaca Battle of Peachtree Creek Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesborough
Commanders
Colonel	Hans Christian Heg
Major	Jurgen Wilson
Lt. Col.	Ole C. Johnson

The 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was popularly known as the Norwegian Regiment or the Scandinavian Regiment, due to its composition of mostly Norwegian American, Swedish American, and Danish American immigrants.^[1][2]