Thor Knudson
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| Name at Enlist | Thor Knudson |
| Birth Name | |
| Other Names | Thore; Tore Knutson |
| Lived | 20 Jan 1836 – 14 Apr 1917 |
| Birth Place | Valders |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Barre, La Crosse County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private and Musician |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Wisconsin |
| Burial Location | Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI |
| Spouse | Betsy |
| Spouse Lived | 16 Jun 1849- 9 Mar 1924 |
| Married On | ca. 1868 |
| Marriage Location | Wisconsin |
Thor Knudson was born on January 20, 1836 in Valders, Norway. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E. The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles.” The army listed him as living in Barre, La Crosse County, WI, age 24, and unmarried. Knudson enlisted for three years on December 7, 1861 in La Crosse County, and mustered on December 20, 1861 at Madison, WI as a Private (Menig) and Musician. He was sent to the Division Hospital on August 3, 1864. Knudson was in Chattanooga Hospital when he was last heard from. He mustered out with Company E in Chattanooga, TN on December 20, 1864.
After the war, Knudson returned to La Crosse, WI. He married Betsy about 1868. Together, they had four children, two of whom were still living in 1910: Charlie (1869) and Tillman (1879). He died on April 14, 1917.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, box 76-7; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol.20, p.76; Payroll muster rolls of WI 15th Company E, saved by Captain T. A. Rossing; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1894), p.486; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.277, photo, p.304; Blaine Hedberg, NAGC&NL; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_267; findagrave.com; 1910 Census, Roll: T624_1716, Page: 7B, Enumeration District: 0106, FHL microfilm: 1375729.