September 20, 1863: Hans Christian Heg was mortally wounded at the battle of Chickamauga on this date. Heg, who had immigrated from Norway in 1840, was appointed by the governor to raise a Scandinavian regiment from Wisconsin to fight in the Civil War. He wrote for volunteers: "The government of our adopted country is in danger. That which we learned to love as freemen in our old Fatherland, our freedom - our government - our independence, is threatened with destruction ... Come then, young Norsemen, and take part in defending our country's cause."