Private in Company K
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment
Residence Fillmore County MN;
Enlisted on 2/11/1862 as a Private.
On 2/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. WI 15th Infantry;
He was Absent, prisoner on 12/20/1864;
(Absent at MO of Regt)
He was listed as: POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA;
Died June 26, 1864, Andersonville Prison Camp, Andersonville, State of Georgia.;
According to prisoner of war records, Private Knudson was transferred from Richmond to a prisoner of war camp at the Town of Danville, Virginia, on December 12, 1863.;
In March, 1864, many of the 15th's soldiers were sent further south to the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia. It was there that Private Knudson was "Admitted to Hospital" on June 25, 1864, where he died the next day.
Prison records listed him as "J. Knudson" and noted that he died of "anasarka" (anasaica - congestive heart failure).
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment
Residence Fillmore County MN;
Enlisted on 2/11/1862 as a Private.
On 2/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. WI 15th Infantry;
He was Absent, prisoner on 12/20/1864;
(Absent at MO of Regt)
He was listed as: POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA;
Died June 26, 1864, Andersonville Prison Camp, Andersonville, State of Georgia.;
According to prisoner of war records, Private Knudson was transferred from Richmond to a prisoner of war camp at the Town of Danville, Virginia, on December 12, 1863.;
In March, 1864, many of the 15th's soldiers were sent further south to the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia. It was there that Private Knudson was "Admitted to Hospital" on June 25, 1864, where he died the next day.
Prison records listed him as "J. Knudson" and noted that he died of "anasarka" (anasaica - congestive heart failure).
Private in Company K
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment
Residence Fillmore County MN;
Enlisted on 2/11/1862 as a Private.
On 2/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. WI 15th Infantry;
He was Absent, prisoner on 12/20/1864;
(Absent at MO of Regt)
He was listed as: POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA;
Died June 26, 1864, Andersonville Prison Camp, Andersonville, State of Georgia.;
According to prisoner of war records, Private Knudson was transferred from Richmond to a prisoner of war camp at the Town of Danville, Virginia, on December 12, 1863.;
In March, 1864, many of the 15th's soldiers were sent further south to the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia. It was there that Private Knudson was "Admitted to Hospital" on June 25, 1864, where he died the next day.
Prison records listed him as "J. Knudson" and noted that he died of "anasarka" (anasaica - congestive heart failure).
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment
Residence Fillmore County MN;
Enlisted on 2/11/1862 as a Private.
On 2/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. WI 15th Infantry;
He was Absent, prisoner on 12/20/1864;
(Absent at MO of Regt)
He was listed as: POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA;
Died June 26, 1864, Andersonville Prison Camp, Andersonville, State of Georgia.;
According to prisoner of war records, Private Knudson was transferred from Richmond to a prisoner of war camp at the Town of Danville, Virginia, on December 12, 1863.;
In March, 1864, many of the 15th's soldiers were sent further south to the infamous Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia. It was there that Private Knudson was "Admitted to Hospital" on June 25, 1864, where he died the next day.
Prison records listed him as "J. Knudson" and noted that he died of "anasarka" (anasaica - congestive heart failure).
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