From Land, Valders, Norway. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived at Winona, Minnesota. [A veteran of this name lived in Grant County, Minnesota, and died there on 19 Apr 1906, age 63. He had lost an eye as a result of being injured when his unit tried to quell a draft riot in New York.] Sources: (Ulvestad p273) (Grant County Herald, 27 Apr 1906)