Rollef Amundsen
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| Name at Enlist | Rollef Amundsen |
| Birth Name | Rollef Anundsen Moen |
| Lived | 11 Oct 1832 – 4 Sep 1909 |
| Birth Place | Moen, Sauherad, Telemark |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Pine Lake, Waukesha County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | D |
| 2nd Company | C, 9th Vol Inf. |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | Intestinal prolapse, exhaustion |
| Death Location | National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Milwaukee, WI |
| Burial Location | Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI, blk 17, grave 249 |
| Mother | Ingeborg Kittlesdatter Solverud |
| Mother Lived | 1798-4 Nov 1839 |
| Father | Anund Knudsen Ryntvet |
| Father Lived | 1791-7 Sep 1839 |
| Immigration | ca 1860 |
| Spouse | Ingeborg Karen Danielsen/Ingeborg Karine Danielsdatter Aasen |
| Spouse Lived | 28 Apr 1845-? |
| Married On | 8 Dec 1871 |
| Marriage Location | Pine Lake, Waukesha County, WI |
Rollef Anundsen was born on the Moen farm, Sauherad parish,Telemark, Norway, and came to America between 1859 and 1861.
As Rollef Amundson he joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company D. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Wolf Hunters.” They were also known as the “Waupun Company” because so many of its members were from Waupun.
The army listed Amundson as living in Pine Lake, Waukesha County, WI, age 28, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years at Pine Lake on October 30, 1861, and mustered on December 8, 1861, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He was taken prisoner at Nolandsville, TN. He mustered out on February 13, 1865, and joined C Company of the 9th Volunteer Infantry, serving from April 4, 1865, to April 3, 1866.
Anunsen married Ingeborg Karen Danielsen on December 8, 1871, in Waukesha Co, WI. He applied for 160 acres in Marathon County in 1875 and gave Wausau as his residence in 1884 when he entered the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Milwaukee County, WI. He registered as Rollof Amminson, a widower with two children under 16. His nearest relative a son, Andrew, living in Merton (Waukesha County), WI. Amminson was admitted and discharged seven times from 1884 until his death in 1909.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-6, 78-3; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 58; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 300; Civil War Pension Index Roll, T288_8; 1890 Veterans Census, Group 15, M123, National Archives; National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Group 15, M1749, National Archives; ancestry.com; findagrave.com.