Hans Christian Heg

Hans Christian Heg
Lahir	(1829-12-21)21 Desember 1829 Lier, Norwegia
Meninggal	20 September 1863(1863-09-20) (umur 33) Chickamauga, Georgia, Amerika Serikat
Pengabdian	Amerika Serikat (Union)
Dinas/cabang	Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat (Union Army)
Lama dinas	1861–1863
Pangkat	Kolonel
Kesatuan	15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment 3rd Bde, 1st Div, XX Corps
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Saudara Amerika Pertempuran Perryville Pertempuran Stones River Pertempuran Chickamauga †

Hans Christian Heg (21 Desember 1829 – 20 September 1863) adalah seorang abolisionis, wartawan, aktivis anti-perbudakan, politikus dan prajurit Norwegia-Amerika, yang dikenal karena memimpin Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment di pihak Union dalam Perang Saudara Amerika. Ia wafat akibat luka-luka yang ia dapatkan dalam Pertempuran Chickamauga.

Bacaan tambahan

• Ager, Waldemar, Colonel Heg and His Boys: A Norwegian Regiment in the American Civil War. Northfield, Minn.: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 2000.
• Buslett, Ole Amundsen. The Fifteenth Wisconsin (trans. of Det Femtende regiment Wisconsin frivillige). Ripon, Wis.: B.G. Scott, 1999.
• "Hans Christian Heg". In Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (comp.) The Wisconsin Blue Book 1933. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., 1933, pp. 37–41.
• Heg, Hans Christian, The Civil War Letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2014.
• Naeseth, Gerhard B, Norwegian Immigrants to the United States: A Biographical Directory. Vol. 1: 1825-1843. Decorah, Iowa: Amundsen Publishing Company, 1993.

Pranala luar

• (Inggris) Hans Christian Heg di Find a Grave
• Wisconsin Historical Society
• Norwegian American Hall of Fame
• Abolition Activism in Wisconsin
• 15th Wisconsin Regiment
• Col. Hans C. Heg and the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga, 1863
• Waterford Historical Project. "Col. Hans C. Heg and the 15th Wisconsin at Chickamauga, 1863", by Carl L. Boeckmann