Hans Christian Heg - Union soldier
American Civil War • 11m
Biographies often get made about people who seem almost larger than life in history. There are many others whose stories are equally as compelling that deserve to be told and remembered. In this episode one of those stories is told - that of Hans Christian Heg. There are many words that could describe Heg including immigrant, politician, colonel, community leader, and abolitionist.
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