WI 15th Inf Co E. Residence: Preston, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Born “Iver Anderson Evangerhaug” at Voss, Norway. Civil War: Age 30. Farmer. Unmarried. Blue eyes, sandy hair, fair complexion, 5’7”. Enlisted for three years on 7 Nov 1861 at Preston. Mustered 8 Dec 1861 at Madison, Wisconsin. Private. Wounded at Stone’s River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 30 Dec 1862, and sent to hospital at Nashville, Tennessee. Moved to hospital at New Albany, Indiana. Sick at Chattanooga 28 Nov 1863. Killed by a gunshot in the Battle near Allatoona, Georgia, 27 May 1864. [Likely a brother to Peter Anderson of this company.] Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 76-7,15; red book vol 20 p70) (Love p1080) (TAR) (Buslett p471) (Ulvestad p268) (Ager p303) (Quiner p 621,629) (Gjertveit)
