Norwegians in the Civil War
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- CANUTESEN, Canute
- WI 28th Inf Co B. Residence: Ottawa, Wisconsin. Born in Norway. Civil War: Age 18. Blacksmith. Blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5’4½”. Enlisted for three years on 15 Aug 1862 at Genesee, Wisconsin. Mustered 13 Oct 1862 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sources: (WHS red book vol 33)
- CANUTESON, Canute H.
- TX 31st Cav Co B. CSA. Residence: Bosque County, Texas. Born “Knud H. Knudsen” about 1836 in LaSalle County, Illinois, of Norwegian parents. Civil War: Enlisted for the war 2 Apr 1862 in Bosque County, Texas. Private. Killed in action in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on 7 Dec 1862. Sources: ("Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces" by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (Ulvestad p302) (www.borgerkrigen.info) "Knud Knudsen"
- CANUTESON. Christian
- TX. CSA. Born in Norway. Civil War: Post war: Applied for a Confederate pension in 1914. Sources: (www.borgerkrigen.info)
- CANUTESON, Niels
- TX 46th Cav Co B. CSA. Born Nils Knutsen Underbakke on 17 Oct 1829 at Suldal, Norway. Civil War: Enlisted for one year on 1 Feb 1862 at Stephenville, Texas, as a Private in McCord’s Frontier Regiment. Reenlisted for three years on 20 Dec 1862 at Camp Salmon, Texas. Private. Assigned to Co E. On furlough 16 Jun – Aug 1863. Was assigned to shell corn for his company from 10 Oct – Dec 1863. Assigned to obtain pack mules from 21 Dec 1863 through Jan 1864. Deserted at Eagle Lake, Texas, on 2 Aug 1864, but rejoined his company on 4 Oct 1864. Post war: Died 27 Dec 1914 in Bosque County, Texas. Sources: ("Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces" by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (www.borgerkrigen.info)
- CANUTESON, Ole A.
- TX 30th Cav Co C. CSA. Residence: Norse, Texas. Born Born “Ole Andreas Knudsen” on 29 Apr 1834 in Kendall County, Illinois, of parents from Stavanger, Norway. Civil War: Enlisted for three years or the war on 1 Jul 1862 at Waco, Texas. Private. He was sick in hospital at Houston, Texas, from 26 May to 31 May 1863. Post war: Died 15 Jan 1920 in Bosque County, Texas. Sources: ("Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces" by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (Ulvestad p303) (www.borgerkrigen.info) "Ole A. Knudsen".