Knud Finkleson
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| Name at Enlist | Knud Finkleson |
| Birth Name | Knud Finkelsen Grÿte |
| Lived | 7 Jun 1845 – 31 Dec 1862 |
| Birth Place | Grÿte, Vestre Slidre, Oppland |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Norway Township, Racine County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | C |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 14 Mar 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Killed in action |
| Death Location | Battle of Stones River, TN |
| Burial Location | Stones River National Cemetery, Murfeesboro, Rutherford Co, TN |
| Mother | Anne Torstensdatter Mÿhre |
| Mother Lived | 4 Feb 1810-10 Nov 1846 |
| Father | Finkel Finkelsen Grÿte |
| Father Lived | 20 Jun 1809-29 Oct 1875 |
| Immigration | 1854 |
Knud Finkelsen was born on the Grÿte farm, Vestre Slidre, Oppland, and left the parish, likely in 1854, with his older brother, Finkel, joining family in Norway township, Racine County, WI.
Knud Finkleson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company C. The men of the company called themselves the “Norway Bear Hunters,” but they were also known as the Color Company because the regimental Color Guard was attached to their company.
The army listed Finkleson as living in Norway Township, Racine County, WI, age 18, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on November 11, 1861, at Waterford, WI, and mustered on March 14, 1862, at Madison, WI, as a Private (Menig). He was killed at the Battle of Stones River, TN, on December 31, 1862, and is buried in Stones River National Cemetery, Rutherford County, TN, plot k-4450.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office boxes 76-5, 77-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 44; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 412; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 289; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Publ. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 298; digitalarkivet.no, ancestry.com, findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #32563.