Gulbrand Helgeson
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| Name at Enlist | Gulbrand Helgeson |
| Birth Name | Helgesen |
| Other Names | Gudbrand Helgesen |
| Lived | ca. 1840 – 30 Apr 1862 |
| Birth Place | Næs |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Worth County, IA |
| Company at Enlistment | K |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Feb 1862 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | military hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 |
| Burial Location | Mississippi River National Cemetery near Memphis, TN |
| Father | Helge Ammundson |
Gulbrand Helgeson was born in Næs, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company K. The company called itself “Clausen’s Guards” in honor of the 15th’s first Chaplain, Claus L. Clausen. Most of the company was recruited from Scandinavian communities in MN and IA, with the rest from WI.
The army listed Helgeson as living in Worth County, IA, age 22, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on March 1, 1862 in Worth County and mustered at Madison, WI on February 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He died of disease in military hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on April 30, 1862. He was buried in the Mississippi River National Cemetery near Memphis, TN. His father, Helge Ammundson, filed a pension in his name on October 23, 1883.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-12; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.144; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.626; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.290; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.317; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_210.