The Military Experience of Oscar Wilhelm Carlson --
Program in Sesquicentennial Observance of the American Civil War providing firsthand descriptions of military service of a Swedish immigrant including preliminary training in Milwaukee, putting down anti-draft riots, and extended service with Union forces in the Mississippi Valley.

Part 2 will follow at Society’s May meeting with program of another Civil War Swedish immigrant soldier from the Bishop Hill Colony. Join us at Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 North Mayfair Road (Hwy. 100, just north of Capitol Dr.) Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Coffee will follow. For further information, call 414-352-7890 or visit www.sahswi.org.