Anders Amundson
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| Name at Enlist | Anders Amundson |
| Birth Name | Anders Amundsen Bolstad |
| Other Names | Andrew |
| Lived | 13 Nov 1841 – Nov 1867 |
| Birth Place | Bolstad, Luster parish, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Pine Bluff, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 27 Jan 1862 |
| Death Location | Dane County, WI |
| Burial Location | Norway Grove Cemetery, DeForest, Dane County, WI |
| Mother | Anna Jensdatter Bolstad |
| Mother Lived | 1811-14 Apr 1850 |
| Father | Amund Andersen Bolstad |
| Father Lived | 1810-11 Feb 1869 |
| Immigration | 1861 |
| Spouse | Kari Johannesdatter Sæbø |
| Spouse Lived | 13 Nov 1846-11 Apr 1925 |
| Married On | 11 Jan 1867 |
| Marriage Location | Leeds, Columbia County, WI |
Anders Amundsen was born on the Bolstad farm, Luster parish, and left for America April 21, 1861. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company D. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Wolf Hunters.” They were also known as the “Waupun Company” because so many of its members were from Waupun.
The army listed Amundson as living in Pine Bluff, Dane County, WI, age 20, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 22, 1862, at Pine Bluff (or Town of Springdale), and mustered on January 27, 1862, at Madison as a Private (Menig). He was wounded in his leg by a bullet at Chickamauga, GA. On July 10, 1864 [or April 1, 1864], he was transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps, 2nd Battery. He mustered out on January 26, 1865. A bounty of $100 was still due him at muster out.
After the war he returned to Dane County, married Kari Johannesdatter in January, 1867, and filed a pension on April 17, 1867. Their child, Andreas/Andrew (1867-1921) was born after he died in November of 1867. He was buried in Norway Grove Cemetery, DeForest, Dane County, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-6, 78-3, 79-2; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 58; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 300; The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p. 625; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_8; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #64076, #64085; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com.