Knud Erickson
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| Name at Enlist | Knud Erickson |
| Birth Name | Knud Eriksen Præstrud |
| Lived | 24 Jan 1833 – 8 Feb 1891 |
| Birth Place | Præstrud, Slidre parish, Oppland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | F |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 12 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Gjerpen, Manitowoc County, WI |
| Burial Location | Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, WI |
| Mother | Ragnild Knudsdatter Hougen |
| Mother Lived | 1804-13 Dec 1866 |
| Father | Erik Olsen Præstrud |
| Father Lived | 1799-18 Jul 1876 |
| Immigration | 1853 |
| Spouse | Töri/Thuri Guttormsdatter |
| Spouse Lived | 4 Sep 1835-30 Oct 1887 |
| Married On | 17 May 1855 |
| Marriage Location | Valders, Manitowoc County, WI |
Knud Erickson was born January 24, 1833, in Slidre, Oppland parish and left Øystre Slidre in 1853. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company F. The men of the company called themselves “KK’s Protectors” in honor of the 15th’s first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. “F” was also known as the Valdres Company because a large number of its members hailed from the Valdres region of Norway.
The army listed Erickson as living in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, WI, unmarried, age 28, and a farmer. He had blue eyes, black hair, light complexion, and stood 5’10”. He enlisted for three years on October 3, 1861, at Manitowoc, WI, and mustered at Madison, WI, on December 12, 1861, as a Private (Menig). He was sick on July 20, 26, and 28, 1862, in Corinth, MS. He disappeared and was classified as “deserter”, but returned and was discharged from the service for disease from a hospital at Cincinnati, OH, on September 25, 1862. He was reinstated to F Company of the WI 25th Infantry on January 4, 1864. He was wounded near Dallas, GA, on May 25, 1864. He transferred to F Company of the 3rd Infantry on June 10, 1865 and mustered out on July 18, 1865.
After the war, he returned to Cato, Manitowoc County, WI. He and his wife had at least nine children, including: Ragnild (1857-1943), Ole K (1859-1913), Ingeborg/Emma (1861-1945), Gurina (1866-1956), Elise/Ella (1868-1944), Caroline Thomine/Domine (1870-1874), Edvard (1872-1905), Guttorm Theodor/Theodore G (1875-1958), and Johan Cornelius (1877-1880). Knud died in Gjerpen, Manitowoc County, WI, on February 8, 1891, an was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, WI.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office box 76-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 86; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA,, p. 502; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 306; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 279 The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, Edwin B. Quiner, 1866, Clarke & Co., Chicago, p. 629; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; 1880 Census, Roll: 1434, Family History Film: 1255434, Page: 18D, Enumeration District: 060; ancestry.com; digitalarkivet.no; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #30261.