Anders Tomassen WINDINGSTAD

Abt 1833 - 1864  (~ 31 years)

• Name	Anders Tomassen WINDINGSTAD
  Birth	Abt 1833
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	31 Oct 1861	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  	Private, Company F, 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, for 3 years
  Occupation	Farmer, Soldier
  Burial	1864	Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA
  	Grave 750, Section C, Site 1972
  Death	27 Jun 1864	Bald Knob, Georgia, USA
  	Killed in Civil War battle. Bold Knob is now known as Leggett's Hill, near Atlanta. The Battle of Atlanta was fought here 22 Jul 1864.
  Notes	This person is very likely to be the brother to Knut Thompson, but this should be confirmed. For information about his military service, see the following from: http://www.15thwisconsin.net/15fa-t01.htm. "Andrew Thompson Corporal Company F 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry The Scandinavian Regiment Born circa 1833, Kingdom of Norway Died June 27, 1864, Bald Knob, State of Georgia Buried in Grave 750, Section C, National Cemetery, City of Marietta, Georgia Andrew Thompson was enlisted in Company F of the 15th Wisconsin by Captain Gustaveson at the Town of Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, State of Wisconsin, on October 31, 1861, for a 3 year term of service. The men of Company F called themselves K.K.'s Protectors in honor or the 15th's first Lieutenant Colonel, Kiler K. Jones. Andrew was mustered into Federal service as a Private on December 12, 1861, at Camp Randall, near the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. At the time he was listed as being 28 years old, not married, and residing at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. On January 1, 1862, Private Thompson was appointed to the rank of Corporal. After several months at Camp Randall learning to be a soldier, Corporal Thompson left there in early March, 1862, with his company and regiment to join the war. From then until October, 1863 he was listed as "present." As such he would have participated in the successful siege of Island No. 10 on the Mississippi River in the State of Tennessee, and the surprise raid on Union City, Tennessee, in March and April, 1862. That Summer he would have been with the 15th on the campaign though Tennessee and the States of Mississippi and Alabama. In August and September he would have participated in the gruelling 400 mile retreat with General Buell up to the City of Louisville, State of Kentucky, with the last 2 weeks being on half rations and short of water. He would have been present at the October 8, 1862, Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, which is also called the Battle of Chaplin Hills. In late December he would have participated in the 15th's desperate charge upon a Confederate artillery battery at Knob Gap, Tennessee, just south of the City of Nashville. There the 15th captured a brass cannon. He would have also fought at the long, cold, wet, and bloody Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, also called the Battle of Murfreesboro, at the end of December, 1862. It is there that the 15th first suffered serious battle casualties, and was cited for bravery. Corporal Thompson was wounded during the Battle of Stone River, although the "nature of wound [was] not stated" in Army records. In August and September, 1863, Corporal Thompson participated in General Rosecran's Chickamauga campaign. He is believed to have been present at the daring early morning crossing of the Tennessee River on August 28th, which the 15th led. He was present at the September 19-20, 1863, Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia -- the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War. He survived the vicious fighting around Viniard's Farm on the first afternoon, as well as the near capture of the regiment around midday on the 20th during Longstreet's Breakthrough. Some 63% of the 15th's soldiers who were at Chickamauga were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. On October 13, 1863, Corporal Thompson was assigned to duty as a Guard for the supply wagon train from the City of Chattanooga in the State of Tennessee, over the mountains to the Army supply base at the Town of Stevenson in the State of Alabama and back. He fell sick and was hospitalized in Chattanooga starting November 28, 1863. On January 30, 1864, Corporal Thompson was transferred along with a number of 15th soldiers to the 68th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry by order of his brigade commander. On April 1, 1864, he and the others were transferred back to the 15th by order of the War Department. Corporal Thompson then served with the 15th during the first half of General Sherman's famous campaign to capture the City of Atlanta, Georgia, in the Spring and Summer of 1864. This campaign included the disastrous May 27, 1864, Battle of Pickett's Mill, Georgia, which is often referred to as the Battle of Dallas or New Hope Church. There the 15th suffered fearful casualties. Corporal Thompson survived that battle, but was killed in action on June 27, 1864, at Bald Knob, Georgia. The Army's Final Statement on Corporal Thompson described him as being 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a light complexion, dark eyes and hair, and having been a "Farmer" before enlisting. Sources: Civil War Compiled Military Service Records by Office of Adjutant General of the United States (Washington, DC); Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillage [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers] by Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, Iowa, 1895); Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Volume I Office of the Adjutant General State of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin, 1886). This page Copyright 1999 Meghan McGill Meeker, Deep Vee Productions. All Rights Reserved. Last updated June 4, 1999.
  Person ID	I4750	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2012

  
  

  Marriage	Wolboe Annekskirke Groom listed as 27 years old, bride 24 years old, both with the farm name Windingstad. Witnesses: Torgier Olsen Winningstad and Tosten Evensen Presthagen. The ages listed in the marriage record do not agree with birth dates, but this is not uncommon in other records of this sort.
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Remains of home at Sannes with Arild Windingstad 2002

  
  

• Sources

  [S227] Manitowoc County Genealogy, (http://www.2manitowoc.com), Civil War Roster (Reliability: 3).