This index was updated 08/02/2010
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 Updated! July 2010
  
• Indian Wars Veterans Updated! July 2010
  
  

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

• Allamakee co. Civil War Memorial
  

• Photos of 2 Allamakee co. CW soldiers: Wampler & Pierce
  

• Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers from Allamakee co.
  

• Civil War Veterans from Lansing who served in Co. F 6th Iowa Cavalry, photo
  

• 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
  

• Roster of Co. B 27th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry - Image of the original roster & all of the names
  

• History of the 27th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers
  

• 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
  

• Letter requesting certificate of re-enlistment for Andrew Zoll, 1865
  

• 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
  

• 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
  
  

• Spanish-American War Veterans
  
  

• WWI Discharge Records - Index: Surnames A-K * Surnames L-Z
  

• 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
  

• Red Cross Pig club, 1918
  

• Homecoming Poster, New Albin, August 1919
  

• Medical Officers Reserve Corps, Physicians from Allamakee Co.
  

• Allamakee Casualties in WWI Updated! July 2010
  

• 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)
  

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

• Miscellaneous WWI news & letters
  

• WWII Honor Roll - Allamakee co. servicemen & women
  Updated! August 2010
  Includes some photos and soldiers from towns bordering Allamakee co.
  Surnames A-C * Surnames D-F * Surnames G-J * Surnames K-M *
  Surnames N-R * Surnames S-T * Surnames U-Z
  

• The Gold Star Mothers
  

• "Postville Express" Superfortress
  

• Miscellaneous WW II news & letters
  

• Korean Conflict Records & Photos
  

• Vietnam Conflict Records & Photos
  

• 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 & close-up photos of the memorial bricks

• 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
  
• US Regular Army - If you are having trouble finding an ancestor that you just "knew" served in the Civil War, but you can't find him in the "Iowa Volunteer Army", he may have served in the U.S. Regular Army
  
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors
  
• MHI Photograph Database - a catalog of American Civil War photographs from the Special Collections Branch of USAMHI
  
• Spanish-American War Centennial Website
  
• Vietnam Virtual Wall of Honor
  
• Iowa Civil War Monuments Website