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This page is dedicated to the memory of those who served in the Civil War
from Clark County, Wisconsin. After the war, veterans from many other
counties and states came to Clark County. If you are looking for your Civil
War Ancestor, look in our
Index. We have over 500 names listed from the various census' and
from the messages that have been posted on the Records Board. If we missed
anyone, please email Allan Wessel
and I will add them to the index. The information is provided free of charge
for non-profit uses and may not be reposted on any other sites or copied
without permission.
A tribute the civil war veterans from the heart of Clark
County. This booklet is available by mail from
Janet
Schwarze.
Index of
Veterans Who Lived in Clark County.
This index includes all of the Civil War Veterans that
are listed in various messages as well as those in the various 1885, 1890
and 1895 Census. If I have missed anyone please email me the information you
have and I will update the index to include that person. If anyone has
biographies, obituaries, etc. of any of the Veterans I would like to include
them. Either post them in the
Records section or
email to
Allan Wessel and I
will post them and add links to the index.
John Eaton GAR Post, 1907
(Courtesy of the Greenwood, WI Public
Library)
GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC, 30 MAY 1907
From left, top row: William Oelig, Unit Unknown; Pascal Wallis, 47th Inf
Reg, Co K; unknown Soldier; John Scovel, 49th Inf Reg, Co D; John Foust, 44th
Inf Reg; John McCarty, 14th Inf Reg; Tom Vine, 14th Inf Reg, Co I.. Lower row: John Booth, 27th Inf Reg, Co G; Jess Crane, Unit Unknown; Paul
Rossman 9th Inf Reg, Co A; Charles Richelieu, Unit Unknown; Charles Cummings,
30th Inf Reg, Co C.
Newspaper Article - Aug 1953
Image
Newspaper Article Company I -
Aug 1953
Image
Newspaper Article from Thorp
Courier
1892 Gar Annual Meeting
Newspaper Article
1893 Gar Annual Meeting
Biographical Memoirs of our Civil War
Soldiers
Andrus, James F. Co E, 4th WI Cav
Ayers, Gustavus R.
Babb, Moses
Baker, Josiah Musician (Drummer), 37th Infantry, Company C,
Buker, Friedrich Herman Konrad 27th Wisc Inf Reg, Co C Civil War Memories start on Page 7 of the diary. Camden, Arkansas Expedition
of the Red River Campaign.
Chase, Horace 1st Wisc Cav, Co A
Decker, Henry
27th Wisc Inf Reg, Co C
Pension Application- Decker, Henry
2nd Pension Affidavit - Decker, Henry
3rd Pension Affidavit - Decker Henry
Hartman
Hayett, F. S.
Hill, George
4th Wisc Inf Reg, Co I
Hummel, Rudolph S.
Note: Also a R. S. Hommel, 10th Wisc Inf Reg, Co G. listed in 1885
Census, Eaton Township. Maybe the same person.
16th Wisc Inf Reg, Co G & 5th
Wisc Inf Reg, Co G
Laflesh, Thomas Jefferson 2nd Wisc Cav, Co B
Lansworth, John J
15th Wisc Inf Reg, Co C
Perkins, Daniel
Chapman 35th Wisc Inf Reg, Co B
Sheldon, C. H. 8th Wisc Inf Reg, Co A
Sternitzky, William
August 14th Wisc Inf Reg, Co. I.
Varney, Hiram W. 19th Maine Vol Inv, Co A
Wilms, Boyce A.
News Clips
Photo
Album of the July 4th Event Photos Courtesy of:
Carol Mitte, Crystal Wendt, June (Braun) & Jack Whittwer, Ken Wood
Video
of the July 4th Thorp Event from WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, WI
Thorp Courier Coverage of the July 4th Civil War
Commemoration
Thorp Area Resident CW Soldiers
Dedication, July 4, 2006
Program for Markham Dedication, 2006
Markham Dedication, Greenwood, Wi 2006
Neillsville Cemetery Civil War Monument Dedicated.
14th Wisconsin Inf, Co I, Clark Co. Enlistees
18th Wisconsin Inf History & Notes
History of Clark County Regiments 1918 Article
1899 Reunion of the Wisconsin 12th Infantry; contributed by
Lani Bartlet.
1903 Civil War Veterans Reunion Article
from Neillsville Newspaper. Transcribed by Ken Wood
Photos
Markham Stone Dedication - June 14, 2006
Loyal Township Civil War Survivors (1895)
If you can
identify any of the men in this photo, please email
Allan Wessel
the information. I would like to put names to the faces. The
photo is from the Loyal Tribune's Loyal Centennial 1870-1970.
Reference Section
Civil War Battle Site Pictures
This is an excellent site with over 4,000 pictures
of various Civil War Battle Fields.
Civil War Album
is well designed and easy to use. It will take you on
tours of many Civil War Sites that the author has visited.
WI Civil War Links
Slang and Language
from the Civil War
Ohio Civil War Unit Lookup
Contributed by Peter Fadden
Directions on how to Obtain Pension FilesContributed by
Peter Fadden
Look up for Civil War Land Grants/PatentContributed by
Peter Fadden
Illinois Civil War History Project Contributed by
Peter Fadden
Census Records
1890 Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Widows of Withee and
Hixon Townships
1890 Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Widows of Eaton Township
1890 Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Widows of Colby Township
1890 Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Widows of Thorp Township
1895 Surviving Soldiers Sailors Marines &
Widows of Clark County, WI Other Resources
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