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Gulbran Christianson

15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment

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Name at Enlist

Gulbran Christianson

Birth Name
Other Names

Gulbrand Christianson, Gudbrand Christenson

Lived

ca. 1843 – 2 Aug 1864

Birth Country

Norway

Resident of Muster-In

Clermont, Fayette County, IA

Company at Enlistment

H

Rank at Enlistment

Private

Muster Date

13 Feb 1862

Cause of Death

killed in action

Death Location

skirmish line before Atlanta, GA

Burial Location

National Cemetery at Marietta, GA; section C, grave 718

Gulbran Christianson was born in Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company H. The men of the company called themselves “Heg’s Rifles” in honor of the 15th commander, Colonel Hans C. Heg. They were also known as the “Voss Company” because of a large number of them who were from the Voss region of Norway.

The army listed Christianson as living in Clermont, Fayette County, IA, a farmer, age 19, and unmarried. He had blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, and stood 5’9”. He enlisted for three years on January 22, 1862 at Clermont, and mustered at Madison, WI on February 13, 1862 as a Private (Menig). He was several times sick at various hospitals. Christianson was killed in action, a gunshot through his head, while on the skirmish line before Atlanta, GA on August 2, 1864. He was buried in National Cemetery at Marietta, GA, section C, grave 718.

 

Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-10,16; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.114; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.555; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.274; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.309.