Civil War Ancestors from Wisconsin

1838 - Knud Knudsen and family moved to Sannidal and later to America.

1846/08/08 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 - Knud Knudson.  Arrival Date: 8 Aug 1846.  Birth Year: abt 1811.  Age: 35.  Gender: Male.  Port of Departure: Le Havre, France.  Port of Arrival: New York, New York. Ship Name: Bowditch.  The passenger list includes: Knud Knudson, age 35, Knud Knudson, Jr. age 8 (later identified as John, I think), Thomas Knudson, age 6, Isaac Knudson, age 6, Ole Seven Knudson, age 2, Allau Knudson, female, age 33 and Karen Anne Knudson, 3 months.  Source Citation: Year: 1846; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: M237_63; Line: 5; List Number: 698; .

A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom, Ph.D., 1909, pgs 331-332 (Google this book): "Chapter 38: The Founding of the Norwegian Settlements of Norway Grove, Spring Prairie and Bonnet Prairie in Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin."  Arne Boyum and family, five in all, from Outer Sogn, came in 1848 as did Knut K. Naas (b. 1810) with wife Alau [as spelled]and family of four children from Kragerø. Footnote #362: Two sons, Thomas and Isak, went to the War in 1860. Thomas was killed in the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. Knut Naas died in 1868; his wife in 1887."

Here is the family of 10, listed in the 1860 Dekorra, Columbia County, WI census - indexed under "Kanort Karortson!"  1860/07/12 - 1860 U.S. Census - Kanort Karortson.  Age in 1860: 49.  Birth Year: abt 1811. Birthplace: Norway.  Home in 1860: Dekorra, Columbia, Wisconsin. Gender: Male.  Post Office: Dekorra.  Kanort Karortson 49, Ellen Karortson 47, John Karortson 22, Thomas Karortson 21, Isaac Karortson 19, William Karortson 10, Peter Karortson 4, Lewis Karortson 3, Mary Karortson 14, Sarah Karortson 7, Ole Peterson 49.  Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Dekorra, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1401; Page: 229; Image: 234; Family History Library Film: 805401.

Dekorra, Columbia County, Wisconsin.  The value of the Knudson real estate is $500 and the personal estate is $450.

Isaac fought at the First Battle of Bull Run (just down the road from me) with the Second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.  That regiment spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.  I've found two reports on what happened to Isaac.  First, on 10 Oct 1862, he died of disease at a hospital in Smoketown, Maryland (WHS Series 1200 box 259-7; red book vol 8 p156). Second, he disappeared in the Battle at Wilderness, Virginia (Ulvestad, p. 302).

I'll appreciate seeing any other information, corrections or pictures on these family members, especially on daughters Karen Anne (aka Mary?) and Sarah Christina.

                                                      Buried at Antietam Battlefield