Engebret Amundson
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| Name at Enlist | Engebret Amundson |
| Birth Name | Ingebreth Amundsen Helgagersbraaten |
| Other Names | Ingebrigt, Engebreyt |
| Lived | 24 Mar 1844 – 6 May 1862 |
| Birth Place | Gran parish, Oppland fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Freeborn County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, TN |
| Mother | Christiane Halsteensdatter |
| Mother Lived | 12 Aug 1819-18 Apr 1891 |
| Father | Amund Ingebretsen Helgagersbraaten |
| Father Lived | 8 Sep 1805-19 Mar 1887 |
| Immigration | 1852 |
Ingebreth Amundsen was born on the Helgagersbraaten farm in Gran parish, Oppland. He left the parish April 10, 1852, with his parents and three sisters.
Engebret Amundson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in Minnesota and Iowa, with the rest from Wisconsin.
The army listed Amundson as living in Freeborn County, MN, and age 18. He enlisted for three years on January 20, 1862, in Freeborn County, and mustered at Madison, WI, on February 11, 1862, as a Private (Menig). He died of disease in the regimental hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on May 6, 1862, and buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, TN.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-12, 77-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 142; Det Femtende Regiment Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 619; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 316; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Wm. DeLoss Love, 1866, Church and Goodman, Chicago, p. 1082; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 267; digitalarkivet.no; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #28735.