Knud Peterson
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| Name at Enlist | Knud Peterson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Pederson |
| Lived | ca. 1843 – 13 Apr 1863 |
| Resident of Muster-In | Chicago, Cook County, IL |
| Company at Enlistment | A |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 15 Nov 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Wounds |
| Death Location | Nashville, Davidson County, TN |
| Burial Location | Nashville Cemetery; section D, grave 418 |
Knud Peterson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company A. The men of the company called themselves the “St. Olaf’s Rifles.” They were also known as the “Sailor Company” because of the large number of seamen in its ranks, and as the “Chicago Company” because so many of its members were residents of that city.
The army listed him as living in Chicago, IL, age 28, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 9, 1861 at Chicago. He mustered on November 15, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). Peterson was wounded at Stones River, TN on December 31, 1862, and sent to hospital in Nashville, TN, where he died of his wounds on April 13, 1863. He was buried in Nashville Cemetery; section D, grave 418.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-3; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.20; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.365; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.293.