Augustus Forsberg

Augustus Forsberg
Colonel Forsberg as wounded in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Birth name	Ludwig August Forsberg
Born	(1832-01-13)January 13, 1832 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	July 15, 1910(1910-07-15) (aged 78) Lynchburg, Virginia
Allegiance	Sweden  Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Royal Swedish Engineers  Confederate States Army
Years of service	Ca 1850-1855 (Sweden) 1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank	Colonel, CSA
Commands	51st Virginia Infantry Forsberg's Brigade
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Carnifex Ferry Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Charleston (1862) Battle of Cold Harbor Battle of Lynchburg Battle of Monocacy Battle of Fort Stevens Second Battle of Kernstown Third Battle of Winchester WIA Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia POW
Awards	Cited for bravery at Fort Donelson
Spouse(s)	Mary Elizabeth Forsberg

Augustus Forsberg (1832-1910) was a Swedish military engineer who emigrated to the United States in 1855. First settling in Charleston, South Carolina, he had strong sympathies for the Southern cause. When the Civil War began, he joined the Confederacy and was commissioned to the rank of lieutenant in the regular Confederate army 1861. Attached to the 51st Virginia Volunteer Infantry, he was elected its lieutenant colonel when the regiment was reorganized in the spring of 1862. Subsequently, promoted to its colonel, he commanded a brigade at the end of the war. Wounded at Winchester in 1864, he became a prisoner-of-war at Waynesboro in 1865. Once released, he ventured to Lynchburg, Virginia, to marry the woman he had met while recovering. They settled and made a family in the town, and Forsberg served as Lynchburg's city engineer for over twenty years.