Knud Amundson
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| Name at Enlist | Knud Amundson |
| Birth Name | Knud Hermandsen Otterskreden |
| Other Names | Løvaas |
| Lived | 24 Jun 1836 – 18 Dec 1906 |
| Birth Place | Vik parish, Sogn og Fjordane fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Nevada, Mower County, MN |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Long illness |
| Death Location | Mower County, MN |
| Burial Location | Six Mile Grove Cemetery, Lyle, Mower County, MN |
| Mother | Guro Marcusdatter Otterskreden |
| Mother Lived | 1814-20 Nov 1894 |
| Father | Hermand Amundsen Næse |
| Father Lived | 1813-26 Jun 1890 |
| Immigration | 1856 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth S. Jorgenson/ Liv Svendsatter |
| Spouse Lived | 11 Apr 1844-12 Jun 1930 |
| Married On | 4 Feb 1866 |
| Marriage Location | Mower County, MN |
Knud Hermandsen was baptized on July 13, 1836, (birth date on grave marker is June 24, 1836) in Vik parish, Sogn og Fjordane, and emigrated with his parents and siblings to America in 1856. They first settled in Christiana, Dane county, WI. In 1859, they relocated to Nevada Township, Mower County, MN.
Knud Amundson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K a few years after relocating to Minnesota. 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 Nevada, MN, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on January 29, 1862, at Nevada, and mustered at Madison, WI, on February 11, 1862, as a Private (Menig). He was then promoted to Corporal (Korporal). He was seriously wounded at Stones River, TN, and sent to the hospital in Nashville, TN, on December 31, 1862. He was sick in Stevenson, AL, on August 28, 1863, and transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on September 1, 1863.
After returning from the war, Knud Amundson married Elizabeth S. Jorgenson on February 4, 1866, in St. Ansgar, IA. They had at least nine children, including Malina (1866-1931), Henry (1867-1877), Gunnild (1870-1872), Sophia Gustava (1872-1890), Lilly Amelia (1874-1895), Henrietta (1877-1949), Henry S. (1879-1879), Otto Clarence (1881-1907), and Cora (1888-1976). The child in the photo is believed to be their son, Otto C. Amundson.
After marrying, he bought land in Mower County, MN, improved upon it, and built a log house. In 1875, he sold the land and bought new land in the same county. He worked as a county commissioner, town supervisor, clerk, and treasurer. After a long illness, he died on December 18, 1906. He is buried in Six Mile Grove Cemetery, Lyle, Mower County, MN. Elizabeth died on June 12, 1930. His parents and wife are also buried in the same cemetery.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, box 76-12; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, vol. 20, p. 140; 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. v316; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 262; 1875 Minnesota Census, Roll #MNSC_11, Line 6; 1905 MN Census, Roll #MNSC_137, Line 18; History of Mower County, Minnesota, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, 1911, p. 494; Mower County Transcript, 12/26/1903, p. 3; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #36644; digitalarkivet.no, ancestry.com; findagrave.com.