Louis Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Louis Anderson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | 8 Jul 1845 – |
| Birth Place | Holv, Voss |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | New Glarus, Green County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Feb 1864 |
| Immigration | 1855 |
| Spouse | Stina Elofson |
| Married On | 11 Nov 1877 |
| Marriage Location | Nordland, Lyon County, MN |
Louis Anderson was born on July 8, 1845, at Holv farm in Voss, Norway. He came to Green County, WI, in 1855. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.”
The army listed Anderson as living in New Glarus, Green County, WI, age 18, a farmer, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’6”. He enlisted for three years on January 16, 1864, at Madison, WI, and mustered there on February 16, 1864, as a Private (Menig). He was wounded at New Hope Church, GA, in May 1864. He transferred to I Company of the WI 13th Infantry on June 11, 1865. Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage quotes a newspaper story, published on December 27, 1893, in which Anderson tells of being with Company G and fighting at Chickamauga, GA, and at Missionary Ridge, TN. He then marched with General Sherman to Atlanta and back to Nashville. He said that while with the 13th, he marched to St. Anthony, TX, for three months and was mustered out there in December, 1865. Anderson was then sent to Madison.
Anderson said that after the war, he stayed a year at Madison, then went to Boone County, IA for seven years, and then moved to Minneota, MN. He married Stina Elofson on November 11, 1877, in Nordland, Lyon County, MN. They had a son named Clarence in 1895 in Minnesota. Their granddaughter, Lillian Helgeson (1903) was living with them in 1920.
Sources: WHS Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 18, p. 172; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA; The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p. 661; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 268; Blaine Hedberg, NAGCNL; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_9; 1910 Census, Roll: T624_699, Page: 15B, Enumeration District: 0085, FHL microfilm: 1374712; 1920 Census, Roll: T625_843, Page: 4B, Enumeration District: 103, Image: 715; MN Marriages Index, 1849-1950, FHL Film #1255713.