Peter Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Peter Anderson |
| Birth Name | Peder Pedersen Offerdal |
| Lived | 23 May 1844 – 30 Jan 1879 |
| Birth Place | Offerdal, Lærdal parish, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Norway Township, Racine County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 2 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Consumption |
| Death Location | Ludington, Mason County, MI |
| Burial Location | Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason County, MI |
| Mother | Synneva Hansdatter Offerdal |
| Mother Lived | 9 Feb 1822 |
| Father | Peter Anderson Fodnæs |
| Father Lived | 8 Nov 1817 |
| Immigration | 1847 |
| Spouse | Katherine Ford |
| Spouse Lived | 1849-26 Nov 1932 |
| Married On | 3 Jul 1869 |
| Marriage Location | Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI |
Peder Pedersen was born at Offerdal, Lærdal parish, Sogn og Fjordane, and left the parish for America April 2, 1847, with his parents and brother
As Peter Anderson, he joined WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Bear Hunters,” but they were also known as the Color Company because the regimental Color Guard was attached to their company.
The army listed Anderson as living in Norway Township, Racine County, WI, age 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 5, 1861, at Waterford, WI, and mustered on December 2, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He served as an escort with the supply transport from Stevenson, AL on October 13, 1863. He transferred to the 68th Indiana Regiment on February 1, 1864. He transferred back on April 1, 1864, and mustered out with the company on January 1, 1865, at Chattanooga, TN.
After the war, his parents and siblings lived in Leroy, Boone County, IL, which he gave as his residence when he married Katherine Ford July 5, 1869, in Milwaukee, WI. Peter and Katherine moved to Mason County, MI, and had at least four children including, Nettie M. (1871-1960), Gertrude (1873-1875), Gertrude (1876?), and Ollee (1878-1879). Peter was listed as a grocer when he died in Ludington, MI, in 1879. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington, Mason County, MI. Catherine applied for a pension July 18, 1890. She died in California in 1932.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-5; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 44; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1895, p. 406; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.269; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 297; 1850 Census, Roll: M432_1004, Page: 140B, Image: 282; 1860 Census, Roll: M653_1427, Page: 801, Image: 419, Family History Library Film: 805427;Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_8; Milwaukee Vital Records, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, WI; Death Records, Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, MI; ancestry.com, digitalarkivet.no; Norwegian Immigrants to the United States. A Biographical Directory, 1825-1850. Volume Three 1847-1848, Gerhard B. Naeseth, edited by Blaine Hedberg, 2000, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, IA, p. ID 1041.