"They are amongst the best and the bravest of our soldiers. Descendants of the sturdy Vikings of medieval times, they have in the long lapse of years lost none of that daring valor, power of endurance, and remarkable coolness in times of excitement, which characterized their ancestors.  Next to bravery, their most marked quality is calmness.  Always cool and collected, they act with the same deliberation and forethought in the trying hours of danger as in the transactions of every-day life.  Temperate and virtuous, obedient and well disciplined, they are in every respect model soldiers, and challenge the admiration and respect of all whose good fortune it is to mingle with them."
--The Scandinavian Regiment and Its Colonel,              
Annals of the ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, 1864