Wayne County

Military Wars

ALL WARS Pensions Files submitted abstract pension records
  Honor Roll 1929 known vets of all wars & burials
  Honor Roll 1956 updated list, vets of all wars & burials
  Letters to home & to a friend
REVOLUTIONARY  WAR Meet  Our 10 Men where they came from, served, & buried
  10 Not Forgotten Men article & project by Doris Bland
  A Correction! 1 wrong man ... wwho it should be
  1840 Pensioners in the 1840 Federal Census 
WAR OF 1812 working project a list that served & died from here
BLACK HAWK WAR Men that served from Wayne County
WINNEBAGO WAR    
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Men that served name, rank, unit, & resident
MEXICAN WAR ILGenWeb Mexican War link Alphabetical list of names of almost 5,600 Illinois men who enlisted as volunteers for the Mexican War (1846-1848).
Place of enlistment is listed by city, not county
CIVIL WAR Miltia 1862 census (lots of info on the men)
  Companies - Calvaries formed in Wayne County
Co. I 48th Inf. Muster Roll, description of its men
  Men Enlisted  woking issue    > 750 from Wayne County 
Newspaper Notices Fairfield men KIA or died of injuries
  1st KIA & Last to Die compiled by Fairfield V.F.W.
  Elias Martin Holmes submitted by Neva Muehlenbein
Samuel Hooper submitted by Verdaine Hooper
  Vets Alive - 1943 27 Veterans Of Civil War Living in Illinois
  The Flag made by the wives while waiting
List of Men KIA by VFW,Union men died from injuries or KIA
  Illinois Copperheads and the American Civil War Copperheads was a pejorative epithet applied to Northern members of the Democratic party, also known as Peace Democrats, who criticized the presidential administration of Abraham Lincoln for its war policies and who sought an armistice with the Confederacy.
WORLD WAR I Gold Star Mothers written by a Mom whose son served
  Draft Cards list w/basic info
WORLD WAR II U. S. Army enlistment for our men & women
  Served newspaper collection, some w/photos
  Casualties they didn't come home - w/a few photos
KOREAN WAR Casualties List of men we lost

Other Suggested Links Off This Site

Illinois State Archives - Databases of Illinois Veterans



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