Clark County Veterans

View of Chattanooga, Tenn. from State Park on Lookout Mountain
Picture by Allan Wessel
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.
The Book Civil War Soldiers in the Heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin is a tribute to the civil war veterans from the heart of Clark County. The booklet is available by mail from Janet Schwarze.
Links to sections of this page
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. Records Email to Allan Wessel and I will post them and add links to the index.

(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 1953Image
Newspaper Article from Thorp Courier1892 Gar Annual Meeting
Newspaper Article 1893 Gar Annual Meeting
Index to names listed in John Eaton GAR Post Minutes
Biographical Memoirs of our Civil War Soldiers
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.
Decker, Henry
27th Wisc Inf Reg, Co C
Pension Application- Decker, Henry
2nd Pension Affidavit - Decker, Henry
Hartman
Hayett, F. S.
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
Pictures of CW Tribute Preparations
Clark County Press Article on CW Tribute Transcribed by Delores Mohr Kenyon
Greenwood Cemetery CW Veterans Remembered
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
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.
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
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
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
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