Dear Listers! I have just recently learned of this individual from Bergen, Norway: Cornelius Olai Peterson, born in Bergen Mar. 24, 1823, fathered an illegitimate child in Bergen in 1851, but had by 1857 emigrated to the US, where that same year he enlisted at Norfolk, VA: Name: Cornelius Peterson Enlistment Date: Aug 1857 Enlistment Place: Norfolk Age: 34 Birth Year: 1823 Birth Place: Norway Complexion: Fair Volume: 6 Page: 205 NARA Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous"), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 NARA Publication Number: M1953 NARA Roll: 6 FHL Film Number: 2367945 And next he is also found in this enlistment record from Philadelphia from 1860: Name: Cornelius Peterson Enlistment Date: Oct 1860 Enlistment Place: Philadelphia Age: 37 Birth Year: 1823 Birth Place: Bergen, Norway Complexion: Fair Volume: 12 Page: 170 NARA Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous"), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 NARA Publication Number: M1953 NARA Roll: 12 FHL Film Number: 2367951 I am very curious to find out what happened to this guy!? Do we have any experts on military «business» who is able to help me? Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane

There’s a family tree on Ancestry that might be your man. He was born 4 days after the date you gave. Cornelius Peterson Born on 28 Mar 1823 to Peter P Peterson and Catheryn Ditmars. Cornelius married Arriet Ten Quick and had 5 children. He passed away on 1895 in Village, Seneca, New York, USA. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/cornelius-peterson_130214996