Wallick Soldiers of the American Civil War

One Family's Journey Through The War of the Rebellion

"Fifty Wallicks are included in the National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database. Twenty-three of them are descendants of the German immigrant, Hans Michael Wallick."

Captain William Wallick, 51st Indiana Infantry, 1865

Capt. William Wallick, 51st Indiana, 1865

Family Heritage

A Legacy of Service

The Wallick family's roots in America stretch back to 1732, when Hans Michael Walck/Wallick emigrated from Germany and settled in the New World. Over the generations that followed, his descendants spread across the growing nation — and when the Civil War erupted in 1861, twenty-three of his descendants took up arms in defense of the Union.

This chronicle preserves their stories — drawn from service records, regimental histories, state archives, and two remarkable diaries that survived the war — so that future generations may know the sacrifice and courage of the Wallick family.