Arne Amondson
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| Name at Enlist | Arne Amondson |
| Birth Name | Arne Amundsen Gjøstein |
| Other Names | Arne Amundsen Gjøastein; Gjoastein; Arne Amundsen |
| Lived | 16 Jan 1844 – 24 Jan 1936 |
| Birth Place | Voss, Hordaland fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Clinton, Rock County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | G |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 13 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Evanston, Cook County, IL |
| Burial Location | Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, IL |
| Mother | Gjertru Vikingsdatter |
| Father | Ammund Arnes Gjøstein |
| Immigration | 1858 |
| Spouse | Belle Iverson |
| Spouse Lived | 1855-1948 |
| Married On | 2 Jun 1880 |
| Marriage Location | Chicago, Cook County, IL |
Arne Amondson was born “Arne Amundsen Gjøstein” at Voss, Hordaland, Norway on January 16, 1844. His parents were Ammund Arnesen Gjøstein and Gjertru Vikingsdatter. He left Voss on April 29, 1858, and came to Jefferson Prairie, WI. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company G. The men of the company called themselves the “Rock River Rangers.”
The army listed Amondson as living in Clinton, Rock County, WI, age 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 3, 1861 at Beloit, WI, and mustered at Madison on December 13, 1861, as a Private (Menig). He was sick at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on September 7, 1863. He was taken prisoner at New Hope Church, GA, on May 27, 1864. His name is on a list of Andersonville prisoners of war. He was promoted to Corporal (Korporal) on June 17, 1864. He mustered out at Madison on October 28, 1865.
After the war, Amondson lived in Chicago. He married Belle Iverson in Chicago on June 2, 1880. She was born in 1855 in Norway and immigrated in 1875. In 1900, they were living in Chicago with their son Ives (1883). In 1930, they were living with their daughter Gertrude B. (1882) and son-in-law Morton Davidson. He died on January 24, 1936, at his home in Evanston, Cook County, IL, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-9; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 98; Det Femtende Regiment Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 526; Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 262; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire,WI, p. 311; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway; Skandinaven, 25 Feb 1936, Næseth Library, Madison, WI; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; Civil War Pension Index, Roll # T288_8; 1900 Census, Roll: 267, Page: 4B, Enumeration District: 0542, FHL microfilm: 1240267; 1930 Census, Roll: 499, Page: 16A, Enumeration District: 2120, Image: 781.0, FHL microfilm: 2340234; Cook County, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1871-1920, FHL Film #1030113; ancestry.com; Voss parish register #A 13, born and baptised, p. 87, #A 20, out-migrated, p. 267; digitalarkivet.no; findagrave.com.