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2018-10-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Trump declares his first national monument, honoring African-American troops

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#1 And the Minnesota, Wisconsin Norwegian soldiers.

15th Wisconsin Regiment, Heg's Brigade, its companies adopted Scandinavian names like the St. Olaf Rifles, the Wergeland Guards, Odin’s Rifles, the Norway Bear Hunters, and the Scandinavian Mountaineers. The regiment’s flag contained a motto in Norwegian, “For Gud og Vort Land,” meaning “For God and Our Country’” The unit had 115 men whose first name was Ole.

It participated in the battles of Perryville,Stones River, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, the Georgia Campaign, the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and Jonesboro, as well as in the sieges of Chattanooga and Atlanta.

15th Wisconsin Infantry Marker Erected 1895 by State of Wisconsin. (Marker Number MT-1079.)

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