This index was updated 01/29/2012
Look for the items marked New! or Updated!

• War of 1812 - from 'Ex-Soldiers, Sailors & Marines living in Iowa; in 1885'
  
• Mexican War vets - from 'Ex-Soldiers, Sailors & Marines living in Iowa in 1885'
  
• Black Hawk War and Mexican War veterans
  
• Indian Wars Veterans
  
  

• First Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, Company K
  

• Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers from Allamakee co.
  

• Sixth Iowa Cavalry, Company F, soldiers serving from Lansing - photo
  

• 27th Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, Company B, roster
  

• 27th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers history
  

• Civil War Veterans from New Albin, photo
  

• Allamakee Co. Soldiers Buried in Andersonville, Georgia
  

• Norwegians with Allamakee co. connections, who served in the Civil War
  

• List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Living in Iowa in 1885
  -Served in Iowa units (all wars up to 1885)
  -Served in U.S. & other state units
  

• Civil War soldier Thomas J. Murphy
  

• Civil War soldiers Jacob Wampler & Phillip Pierce
  

• Pvt. Calvin A. Robey - photo & a letter to his mother Caroline - November 1864
  

• Capt. Elias W. Bascom - newspaper accounting of his escape from a POW prison in 1864
  

• Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Charles G. Russell, Postville, Iowa, 1864
  

• John Sires Civil War discharge, August 1865
  

• Andrew Zoll / Andrew Soll, Company K, Fifth Iowa
  

• Letter from Serg. D.W. Culver, Co. F, 9th Iowa Cav., 1865 - Mentions Allamakee Co. comrades
  

• Charles L. King; Pvt. Co. B, 12th Iowa Infantry, POW Andersonville
  Civil War Widow's Pension & Minor Children's claim
  

• William DuBay pension application affidavit 1877
  

• Lt. Samuel O. Smith; 27th Regiment, Iowa Vol. Inf., Co. B - Personal letters, pension file & other misc.
  

• Robert S. Stevenson; Co.C, 2nd Regt. Wis. Vols - Waukon resident; died at Antietam; posthumous news article
  

• Allamakee Co. in the Civil War from the 1882 History of Allamakee Co.
  

• Allamakee co. Civil War Memorial
  

• Decoration Day in Waukon, 1870 - No one in this photo is identified, but it likely shows many Civil War veterans
  

• Civil War (?) Veteran funeral photos ca1910-1920 Waukon - July 2011 - an alert researcher disputes that this is a CW funeral!
  
  

• Spanish-American War Veterans Updated! January 2012
  
  

• WWI Discharge Records - Index: Surnames A-K * Surnames L-Z
  New! January 2012. Transcriptions of the soldier's discharge record are being added.
  

• World War I Veterans Memorial, Mt. Hosmer, text & photos
  

• Selective Service Registration Records, 1917 & 1918 (partial) surnames beginning with:
  A * B * C * Da-De * Di-Dy * U,V,W,Y & Z
  

• Lansing draftees, 1917 photo
  

• Allamakee county 1918 registrants Updated! January 2012
  

• Red Cross Pig club, 1918
  

• Homecoming Poster, New Albin, August 1919
  

• Medical Officers Reserve Corps, Physicians from Allamakee Co.
  

• Allamakee Casualties in WWI
  

• Ralph D. Waters, first WWI casualty from Waukon, news articles, funeral photo
  

• World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage - The Gold Star Mothers
  

• Chronicles of the World War - Allamakee Co. County Food Administration & War Loans
  

• Charley Donovan, Silver Creek soldier's letter to his friend, 1919 (opens in a new window)
  

• George Aschom, Lansing soldier's letter home, 1919 (opens in a new window)
  

• Sidney Thor Koontz, Rossville soldier's diary (opens in a new window)
  

• The Price of Freedom - honors given 18 prisoners of war: WWI, WWII & Korean War; Merchant Marines recognized; & other info.
  

• George Goeke, Waukon soldier, wounded & captured by the Germans
  

• Miscellaneous WWI news & letters
  

• WWII Honor Roll - Allamakee co. servicemen & women
  Includes some photos and soldiers from towns bordering Allamakee co.
  Updated with several additional names & photos in January 2012
  Surnames A-C * Surnames D-F * Surnames G-J * Surnames K-M * Surnames N-R * Surnames S-T * Surnames U-Z
  

• New Albin WWII Honor Roll
  

• The Price of Freedom - honors given 18 prisoners of war WWI, WWII & Korean War; Merchant Marines recognized; & other info.
  

• The Gold Star Mothers
  

• "Postville Express" Superfortress
  

• Miscellaneous WW II news & letters
  

• The Price of Freedom - honors given 18 prisoners of war WWI, WWII & Korean War; Merchant Marines recognized; & other info.
  
• Korean Conflict Records & Photos
  

• Vietnam Honor Roll
  

• The Price of Freedom - honors given 18 prisoners of war WWI, WWII & Korean War; Merchant Marines recognized; & other info.

• Miscellaneous other military news & letters - dates before, after or in-between the various wars

• Allamakee co. men at West Point and Annapolis

• Allamakee co. Veterans Memorial - all wars - includes list of names on the memorial, a list of names on the bricks (as of 2005), close-up photos of the memorial bricks. The names on the bricks have been cross-referenced to the corresponding photo.

• Soldier burials as of 1884 - Postville cemetery

• 1903 Memorial Day ceremonies - Postville; Soldier burials as of 1903 & surviving veterans

• 1904 National Guard - Allamakee Co.

• Roll of Honor & Legion posts in Allamakee co.; American Legion 1919-1929

• Jacob Fritz military records
  

• American Battle Monuments Commission
  

• Kinyon Digital Library website: Allamakee co. List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883
  
• Descendants of the Mexican War website
  
• Iowa in the Civil War - IAGenWeb Special Project - a LOT of information here!

(click the logo - a new window will open)

• Iowa in the Great War - IAGenWeb Special Project

(click the logo - a new window will open)

• 27th Iowa - composed of many Allamakee & Clayton co. men in the Civil War
  
• IA-Civil War List Archives
  
• Allamakee Co. Historical Society Museum - military holdings
  
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
  
• US Army Heritage Collection Online - a very nice website with photographs, military documents, oral histories & lots more
  
• Spanish-American War Centennial Website
  
• Vietnam Virtual Wall of Honor
  
• Iowa Civil War Monuments Website