Eric Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Eric Anderson |
| Birth Name | Eric Anderson |
| Lived | ca. 1817 – 22 Sep 1863 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Pepin, Pepin County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Louisville, Jefferson County, KY |
| Burial Location | Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY |
Eric Anderson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company I. The men of the company called themselves the “Scandinavian Mountaineers” but were also known as the “Waupaca Company” because so many of them were living in that Wisconsin county when they enlisted.
The army listed Anderson as living in Pepin, Pepin County, WI, age 44, and married. He enlisted for three years on December 4, 1861, at Stockholm, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI, on December 20, 1861, as a Private (Menig). He was sick in Louisville, KY, on September 12, 1863, and died there of disease on September 22, 1863.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-11; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 128; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Wm. DeLoss Love, 1866, Church and Goodman, Chicago, p. 1082; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 584; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 268; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 314; findagrave.com.