Erick Knudsen
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| Name at Enlist | Erick Knudsen |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Erik Knudsen Alfstadengen |
| Lived | ca. 1835 – 2 Aug 1862 |
| Birth Place | Østre Slidre in Valders |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Corporal |
| Muster Date | 1 Jan 1862 |
Erick Knudson was born “Erik Knudsen Alfstadengen” at Østre Slidre in Valders, Norway about 1835. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves “KK’s Protectors” in honor of the 15th’s first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. “F” was also known as the Valdres Company because a large number of its members hailed from the Valdres region of Norway. The army listed him as living in Manitowoc County, WI, age 26, and unmarried. Knudson enlisted for three years on October 1, 1861 at Manitowoc, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI on December 29, 1861. He was named Corporal (Korporal) on January 1, 1862. He died on August 2, 1862 on board a steamboat on the Tennessee River which was taking him to a hospital in Cincinnati, OH.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-8, 77-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.84; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.508; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.264, p.267; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.278, photo, p.307; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway.