Andrew E. Anderson
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| Name at Enlist | Andrew E. Anderson |
| Birth Name | Endre Endresen Strømøen |
| Other Names | Endre Eidsvaag Boe |
| Lived | 15 Sep 1843 – 15 Jun 1913 |
| Birth Place | Strømøen, Stord parish, Hordaland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Deerfield, Dane County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | B |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Apr 1864 |
| Death Location | Rochester, MN |
| Burial Location | Riverside Cemetery, Stoughton, Dane, WI |
| Mother | Matthiane Johannesdatter |
| Mother Lived | 28 Dec 1813-26 May1900 |
| Father | Endre Endresen |
| Immigration | 30 Jun 1851 |
| Spouse | Kari (Carrie) Larsdatter Reque |
| Spouse Lived | May 1846- |
| Married On | 1 Jan 1869 |
Endre Endresen was born on the Strømøen farm, Stord parish, Hordaland, Norway, on September 15, 1844. He immigrated with his parents and siblings arriving in New York City on Emmigrant in 1851. Taking the name Andrew E. Anderson, he joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company B. The men of the company called themselves the “Wergeland Guards” in honor of Henrik Wergeland, the famous Norwegian writer and poet.
The army listed Anderson as living in Deerfield, Dane County, WI, age 20, a tinsmith, and unmarried. He had brown eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, and stood 5’4”. He enlisted for three years on March 15, 1864, at Madison, WI, and mustered there on April 20, 1864, as a Private (Menig). He joined the 15th Regiment at Dallas, GA. He transferred to Company H on December 1, 1864; assigned temporarily to the WI 14th; and transferred on June 10, 1865, to K Company of the 13th Infantry. He mustered out November 24, 1865, at San Antonio, TX. He was a brother to John E. Anderson of WI 3rd Infantry Company K and Nils Anderson of WI 40th Infantry, Company C.
After the war in 1869, Anderson married Kari (Carrie) Larsdatter Reque. She was born in May 1846 in Wisconsin. Both of her parents were born in Norway. In 1880, he lived in Deerfield, Dane County, WI, with his wife and father-in-law, Lars D(avidson) Reque. He was working as a tinsmith and farmer. They did not have children. In 1900, they lived in Stoughton, Dane County, WI. He died June 15, 1913, and on January 30, 1914, Carrie filed for a pension under his name as a widow.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-13; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 18, p. 190; vol. 20, p. 28; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 376; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 294; Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Vol I & II, Compiled under direction of the Adjutant General, Madison WI, 1886, p. 808; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; “The Story of Father’s Life”, Sophie Boe, pub. 1919, copy at NAGCNL, Madison; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_8; WI 1905 Census, Roll #CSUSAWI1905_7, Line 13; 1880 Census, Roll: 1421, Family History Film: 1255421, Page: 23C, Enumeration District: 067; 1900 Census, Roll: 1784, Page: 14A, Enumeration District: 0068, FHL microfilm: 1241784, ancestry.com;