The following is a list of Civil War Veterans from Clay County, Nebraska.  Many of them are buried in
Clay County and were members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).  The primary sources of information for the list were the 1890 U.S. Census of Veterans and Widows and GAR records.  GAR organizations in Nebraska in the early 1900's attempted to document from cemetery inscriptions all Civil War Veteran buried in Nebraska.  The results of this effort is an "Index to Civil War Veterans Buried in Nebraska".  However, some veterans died after this survey was taken.

This project was an effort to document the Civil War Veterans from Clay County, Nebraska.  Because over the years many gravestones have been broken and destroyed and because GAR flag markers may have been removed or moved, every effort was made to document that an individual was indeed a Civil War Veteran.  Individuals for whom little proof existed are not listed.

In constructing this list the author found many conflicts in information.  The older the source of information, the more reliable the information was considered. If you identify errors, only by sending me the additions or corrections can I pass the word on to others.  Copies of the soldier's military and pension records may be obtained by writing the Reference Service, 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20408

Because gravestones were not commonly used prior to the 1880's, some veterans may be buried in unmarked graves.  If an unmarked Civil War Veteran's grave is located and no Military stone previously was placed on the grave, a gravestone may be obtained through the Veterans Administration.