Gulbrand Johnson
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| Name at Enlist | Gulbrand Johnson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Guldbrand Johnson |
| Lived | ca. 1837 – 3 Oct 1862 |
| Resident of Muster-In | York, Green County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 8 Dec 1861 |
| Cause of Death | disease |
| Death Location | Cairo, Alexander County, IL |
Gulbrand Johnson joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed him as living in York, Green County, WI, age 24, and unmarried. He enlisted for three years on October 27, 1861 in Green County, and mustered on December 8, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig). Johnson was left sick in hospital at Mississippi River Island No. 10 on June 11, 1862. He died of disease at Cairo, IL on October 3, 1862.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-7, 77-8; Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.74; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Co E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, Decorah, IA, 1894, p.481; Nordmændene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p.296; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.304.