Arne Amondson
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| Name at Enlist | Arne Amondson |
| Birth Name | Arne Amundsen Gjøsteen |
| Other Names | Arne Amundsen Gjøastein; Arne Amundson |
| Lived | 16 Jan 1844 – 24 Jan 1936 |
| Birth Place | Gjøsteen, Vangen parish, 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 Gjøsteen |
| Mother Lived | 1806-29 Dec 1902 |
| Father | Amund Arnesen Dugstad |
| Father Lived | 1790-18 Jun 1878 |
| Immigration | 1858 |
| Spouse | Belle Iverson |
| Spouse Lived | 15 Jun 1853-28 Jun 1948 |
| Married On | 2 Jun 1880 |
| Marriage Location | Chicago, Cook County, IL |
Arne Amundsen was born at Gjøsteen, Vangen parish under Voss in Hordaland. He left the parish on April 28, 1858, and came to Jefferson Prairie, Rock County, WI. As Arne Amondson, 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, and 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. They had at least two children: Gertrude Belinda (1881-1967) and Ives Bernhard (1883-1926). He was a grocer in Chicago for many years. Arne died on January 24, 1936, and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Cook County, Chicago, IL.
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, NAGCNL; 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; digitalarkivet.no; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #27827.