Gulbrand Dahl
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| Name at Enlist | Gulbrand Dahl |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Gudbrand Dahl, Guldbrand Dahl |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – |
| Resident of Muster-In | Moscow, Iowa County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 6 Jan 1862 |
Gulbrand Dahl joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.”
The army listed Dahl as living in Moscow, Iowa County, WI, age 20, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on December 21, 1861 in Iowa County, and mustered on January 6, 1862 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). He was sick and detached into the Pioneer Corps on November 24, 1862 (or December) by order of Major General Rosecrans. He mustered out with the company in Chattanooga, TN on December 20, 1864. He was on the Roll of Honor for the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps.
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; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.474; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.303; Civil War Pension Index, Roll # T288_109.