Gudmon Olson
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| Name at Enlist | Gudmon Olson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Gudmund Olson Dalebek |
| Lived | ca. 1822 – |
| Birth Place | Fron, Gudbrandsdalen |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 11 Jan 1862 |
Gudmon Olson was born at Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. 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 in living in Manitowoc County, WI, age 39, and married. He enlisted for three years on December 31, 1861 at Manitowoc, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI on January 11, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was sick in hospital in St. Louis, MO on March 5, 1862, and left sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on June 11, 1862. Olson was discharged from the service for disease there on September 9, 1862. After the war, he lived in Liberty, Grant County, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-8; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.90; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.513; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.308.