From Hurdal, Norway. This man may be Gulbrand Hansen Österud, who was born in Hurdal, 22 Feb 1831, and emigrated to Muskego, Wisconsin, in 1854, and who later settled in Ostrander, Minnesota. Civil War: Private. Post war: Lived in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Died in 1896. Sources: (Ulvestad p288) (Letter, Kjell Haugnes, Bergverksgt 6A, N-0551 Oslo, Norway)