Peter E. Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Peter E. Anderson |
| Birth Name | Peder Andersen Evangerhougen |
| Other Names | Peder Anderson Evangerhaug |
| Lived | 25 Sep 1830 – 11 Sep 1864 |
| Birth Place | Evangerhougen, Voss parish, Hordaland fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Preston, Jackson County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Disease |
| Death Location | Government Hospital for the Insane (now St. Elizabeth’s Hospital), Washington, DC |
| Burial Location | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital West Cemetery, Anacostia, District of Columbia, site 212 |
| Mother | Gjertu Jacobsdatter Skorve |
| Mother Lived | 1795-24 Mar 1867 |
| Father | Anders Sjursen Evanger |
| Father Lived | 1793-5 Nov 1844 |
| Immigration | 1857 |
Peder Andersen was born at Evangerhougen, Voss parish, Hordaland, Norway, and left the parish April 11, 1857. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” His brother, Iver Anderson, also joined Company E.
The army listed Anderson as living in Preston, Jackson County, WI, age 30, and unmarried. He enlisted on November 7, 1861, at Preston and mustered on December 20, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He was left sick in hospital at Iuka, MS, on August 20, 1862. He later moved to a hospital in Gallatin, TN, and from there to the Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington, DC. He died there of disease on September 11, 1864.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 72; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 406; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 269; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 303; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway; digitalarkivet.no; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #27540.