Andrew Grund
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| Name at Enlist | Andrew Grund |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Gurud |
| Lived | ca. 1830 – 15 Oct 1899 |
| Birth Country | Sweden |
| Resident of Muster-In | Stockholm, Pepin County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 16 Mar 1864 |
| Death Location | Pepin County, WI |
| Burial Location | Sabylund, Stockholm County, WI |
| Spouse | Carolina M. |
Andrew Grund was born in Sweden. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company I. The men of his company called themselves the “Scandinavian Mountaineers” but were also known as the “Waupaca Company” because so many of them were living in that WI county when they enlisted.
The army listed Grund as living in Stockholm, Pepin County, WI, age 34, and a farmer. He had blue eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, and stood 5’9”. He enlisted for three years on January 4, 1864 at Stockholm, and mustered at Madison, WI on March 16, 1864 as a Private (Menig). He joined I Company at McDonald’s Station, TN. He was sick in division hospital in August 1864. He was temporarily assigned to the WI 24th Infantry on February 13, 1865. He transferred to I Company of the WI 13th Infantry on June 10, 1865. He mustered out on November 24, 1865. He died on October 15, 1899 in Pepin County, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office box 76-13; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.130; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.589; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.314; Civil War Pension Index, Roll # T288_189; Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903; Wisconsin Deaths 1820-1907, Vol.1, Pg.120, Reel 107, Image 192, sequence #124736.