Gunder E. Hanson
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| Name at Enlist | Gunder E. Hanson |
| Birth Name | |
| Lived | ca. 1841 – 30 Dec 1862 |
| 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 | killed in action |
| Death Location | Battle at Stones River, TN |
| Mother | Anna B. |
| Father | Engel Hanson |
Gunder Hanson was born about 1841 to Engel and Anna B. Hanson. He joined the 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 Hanson as living in Norway Township, Racine County, WI, age 20, 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 was killed in the Battle at Stones River, TN on December 30, 1862. After the war, his parents filed a pension in his name.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-5, 77-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.46; Det Femtende Regiment. Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.415; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.298; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.288 The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p.621; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_198.