TX 31st Cav Co B. CSA. Residence: Bosque County, Texas. Born “Knud H. Knudsen” about 1836 in LaSalle County, Illinois, of Norwegian parents. Civil War: Enlisted for the war 2 Apr 1862 in Bosque County, Texas. Private. Killed in action in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on 7 Dec 1862. Sources: (“Norwegian Soldiers in Confederate Forces” by C.A.Clausen & Derwood Johnson, publ. in Norwegian-American Studies, volume 25, Northfield, Minnesota. p114) (Ulvestad p302) (www.borgerkrigen.info) “Knud Knudsen”
