Revolutionary War
A battle of the Revolutionary war was
fought within the present confines of the state of Iowa:
"It was a small engagement, of course, a chance
encounter between British and American fur traders, which
led to the clash of arms between the crews of two crude
boats in 1780 at the mouth of the Turkey river, in
Clayton county.
~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Times Journal,
June 3, 1928 Read more about this battle!
Peter Holms / Holmes, a
private in Captain Henry Godwin's Company, 5th
Battallion, New York forces, is the only known veteran of
the Revolutionary War to live in Clayton county. He
served 3 years, from October 6, 1777 to January 15, 1780
and participated in the "Sullivan Expedition",
which was a strike against the Iroquois Confederation in
1779. He is one of the 40 documented Revolutionary War
soldiers buried in Iowa. Holms is buried in the Goshen
cemetery. Biographies. Gravestone
War
of 1812
(1812-1814)
Black Hawk Wars
(1832 & 1837)
Mexican War
(1846-1848)
Indian Wars
(various years)
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Civil
War
(1861-1865)
Clayton
county Civil War Veterans - An
on-going Honor Roll of CW vets who were born,
lived or died in Clayton county
Alphabetical by surname: A-B
* C-E
* F-J
* K-Q
* R-Z New content added in
Jan. '23! (I. Bridell, A.
Burette, M.S. Cook, C. Cooper, S. Lee, C. Maker,
E.W. Marble, C. Opperman & J. Wilson)
Clayton
county Civil War Draft Registration, 1863
There were four drafts between 1863 and 1865,
which included 3.175 million records.
Historically, the 1863 draft was one of the most
tenuous moments in the Union outside of the
battles fought on Northern soil. Most of the
concern was due to the draft riots that took
place in New York in 1863. Listed were men of
Class I & II, subject to do military duty in
the Third Congressional District, consisting of
the counties of Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque and
Fayette in the State of Iowa, enumerated during
the month of June, 1863, under directions of S.P.
Adams, Provost Marshal. The following are the
names of over 3,300 men on the 1863 Clayton
county draft registration lists:
* 40th
Sub-division - Jefferson, Millville, Buena Vista
& Mallory townships
* 41st
Sub-division - Sperry, Elk & Cox Creek
townships
* 41st
Sub-division - Volga, Cass & Lodomillo
townships
* 42nd
Sub-division - Boardman, Grand Meadow &
Highland townships
* 42nd
Sub-division - Marion, Monona & Wagner
townships
* 43rd
Sub-division - McGregor township
* 43rd
Sub-division - Giard & Mendon townships
* 44th
Sub-division - Clayton & Read townships
* 44th
Sub-division - Farmersburg & Garnavillo
townships
Engineer
Regiment of the West - aka
Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West
Historical
info. about the Regiment and from the Roster,
soldiers enlisting from or discharging to Clayton
county
Engineer
Regiment of the West Soldier biographies
First
Regiment Iowa Cavalry Volunteers
Co.
K "The Union Rangers"
- Brief history of the Company, Roster
& soldier notes, Photos, Personal Sketches
& Detatched Staff Reports
Clayton
County Rangers muster roll - From
the Weekly North Iowa Times, September
3, 1861
Fourth
Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers
Soldiers
giving a Clayton co. residence -
From "Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry
Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865"
Twenty-first
Iowa Infantry
21st Iowa - Clayton co.
soldiers -
Historical information, biographies, notes &
comments, pension info. & more
- compiled by Carl Ingwalson.
Surnames: A
* B * C * D & E
* F & G
* H * J * K & L
* M & N
* P * R * S * T-V * W-Z
1872
Reunion of the 21st Iowa - From the Dubuque
Herald, September 18, 1872
Ripley
A. Hale & Samuel H. Knickerbocker
- 21st Iowa & US Navy
Miscellaneous
Civil War Records & Soldier Biographies
Biography
of Frank Henry Beckmann, Co. D, 27th IA Inf.
Biography
of Hiram Davis, Co. B, 68th OH Inf.
Biography
of John Asa Gates, Co. C, 13th U.S. Infantry, 1st
Battalion
Biography
of Charles W. Hennrich, Co. D, 27th IA Inf.
Biography
of Carl Knodt, Co. I, 27th IA Inf.
Biography
of John Lenhart, 9th IA Inf.
Biography
of George Rice, 9th IA Inf.
Mendon
twp. soldier list, 1882 - prepared
by Assessor O.A. Kenyon
Ex-Soldiers, Sailors & Marines
- 1885
Clayton
co. Men who served from Iowa
Clayton
co. Men who served from states other than Iowa
Clayton
County Soldiers' Cenotaph Association
- the association struggled to raise
funds for a monument to honor the county's dead
Civil War soldiers, while others argued that
money was better spent to help their widows and
orphans
Civil
War Memorial - Pleasant Grove
cemetery, McGregor
3rd
Annual Encampment, 1888 -
description of the encampment & roster of
veteran attendees
Soldiers'
Reunion, 1895
Civil War veterans get
together, 1906 -
surnames in news article: Boyce, Butts, Bywater,
Cassady, Cheney, Converse, Curtis, Davis, Dull,
Everall, Green, Hancock, Hemen, Littler,
McClelland, Nelings, Olmsted, Otis, Randall,
Schmitt, Sherman, Stratton, Surring, Turner,
Wellman, Williams
Andersonville
Prison
Clayton
co. Civil War Soldier's
Discharge Records
German
Officers in the Union Army - Clayton county names
G.A.R. - Grand
Army of the Republic
New
content added in February '23! (Elkader
1890)
Woman's
Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the G.A.R. - 1884-1935
Civil War Mother's Pension
Files of Elizabeth Sparks - document 1
*document 2
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The
Great War (WWI)
(1914-1918)
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World
War II
(1939-1945)
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Korean
Conflict
(1950-1957)
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Vietnam
Conflict
(1957-1975)
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Miscellaneous
Service-Related Records
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