Hans Christian Heg
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Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician, and soldier. He was best known for leading the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the Amer
Portrait of Hans Christian Heg
Colonel Hans Christian Heg. Painting by Herbjørn Gausta (1854-1924) in 1915
Statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison. During riots in June 2020, the statue was pulled down, decapitated, and thrown into Lake Monona.
Statue of Hans Christian Heg
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Hans Christian Heg is a statue by Paul Fjelde that was cast in 1925 and installed at the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, United States in 1926.
Hans Christian Heg
…died of wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga. He previously held elected office as the 6th prison commissioner of Wisconsin (1860–1862). A bronze statue of Heg in military gear stands at the east corner of the Wisconsin State Capitol Square. Heg was born at Haugestad in the community of Lierbyen in Lier, Buskerud, Norway on…
The statue in 2013