Clinton County in the Civil War
FILES WE HAVE ONLINE:
- Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1866.
- Eighteenth Regiment Reunion
- The Story of 4th Sgt. Edmund E. Vickery and the 8th Reg. IA Vol. Inf.
- War for the Union (from the 1879 History)
- Joining Up: Bounties, the draft and substitutions
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts
- Exerpts from A history of the First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers from its organization in 1861 to its muster out of the United States service in 1866 -also, a complete roster of the regiment (1890)
- Clinton County in the Civil War: A Decoration Day Address published in 1878.
These are Civil War bounty checks. Evidently, you could draw money against the bounty you got for enlisting. If anyone has any information on this subject, I'd be glad to hear about it.
- Who Are Exempt from Military Duty: this article was printed in the Clinton Daily Herald July 26, 1862
- Newspaper Articles
- Muster-in Roll of the Twentieth Reg IA Vol Inf
- Muster-Out Roll of the Twentieth Reg IA Vol Inf
PENSION FILES
- Margaret Boyer Pension
- Robert Osburn Pension File
- Richard Moore Civil war history and Pension File
- Louis Strackbein Family group sheet with Civil War info
- I would Love to add more pension files!
OTHER SITES:
- IAGenWeb.org Civil War Project
- Civil War Veterans Buried in Clinton County (FindAGrave)
- Civil War Archives: Union Regiments of Iowa
- Steve Hanken has been taking photos of Civil War veterans from Clinton County buried in various cemeteries in Clinton county and elsewhere.
MORE INFO:
From shabutil@mcics.com (invalid email): I have a photo album that belonged to Aaron P. Record who lived in Clinton County from 1855 on. He served in the 8th Iowa Inf. during the civil war and I have identified at least 10 members of the unit in the photo album. I would be willing to scan and e-mail anyone interested in the following people. Civil War photos of Lt. Colonel James L. Geddes, Captain Henry Muhs, Sergt. David Dwier, Corp. Peter Muhs, Corp. R.A. Swearengen, Corp. V.A. Shockey, John H. Babcock, Goe. M. Coffman, M.V. Nowels, A.H. Terry, and Chas. W. Wilson. I also have photos of people not in uniform identified in the album as the following people; Mary Cope or Cape, George Farrell, Bert Olin, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Josphine Himmil?, and an unknown male Gibson.
At the Clinton Library:
- Case Files of Applications from former Confederates for Presidential Pardons 1865-1867 Internal Revenue Assessment Lists
Iowa provided over 76,000 troops to the Civil War, of which 13,000 died. An index to the compiled military service records is:
United States. Adjutant General's Office. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa. National Archives Microfilm Publications: M0541. (FHL films 881808-36; computer number 279543.) This index lists each soldier's name, company, unit, rank in, and rank out. There are also references to service in other units. The actual service records have not been filmed and are only at the National Archives.
Three guidebooks to Iowa Civil War info are:
Meyer, Steve. Discovering Your Iowa Civil War Ancestry. Garrison, Iowa: Meyer Pub., 1993. (FHL book 977.7 M2ms; computer number 914016.)
Robertson, James J., Jr. Iowa in the Civil War: A Reference Guide. Iowa City, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 197-. (FHL book 977.7A1 no. 40; fiche 6049713; computer number 150168.) This book mentions articles, eports, histories, letters, and diaries that have been published about the different regiments that were in the Civil War.
Stuart, Addison A. Iowa Colonels and Regiments: Being a History of Iowa Regiments in the War of the Rebellion and Containing a Description of the Battles in Which They Fought. Des Moines, Iowa: Mills, 1865. (FHL book 977.7 M2s; film 1036165; computer number 242143.)