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The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861. The Honorable William Vandever, Representative from the 2nd Congressional District, Iowa, was authorized by President Lincoln to organize this regiment from the counties in his district, and he was commissioned by Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood as its first Colonel. [1]
The 8th Iowa Infantry Regiment was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered into Federal service between August 31 and September 4, 1861. [1] The unit left the state for St. Louis on September 25 of that year and was attached to Dept. of Missouri until March, 1862.
This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa.
The sacred cause of union: Iowa in the Civil War. Iowa and the midwest experience. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1-60938-435-7. Bergman, Marvin, ed. Iowa History Reader (1996) essays by scholars. Clark, Olynthus B. The Politics of Iowa during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1911)
The 45th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men , an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.
The 6th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on July 17, 1861, by United States Army lieutenant Alexander Chambers.On August 6, 1861, Colonel John Adair McDowell received orders to proceed to Keokuk, Iowa, where he received arms for six companies of his regiment and immediately marched across the Missouri border to help the 5th Iowa Infantry prevent ...
Such Are the Trials: The Civil War Diaries of Jacob Gantz (Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press), 1991. ISBN 0-8138-0947-9; Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1866 (Des Moines, IA: E. H. English, State Printer), 1908-1911. Scott, William Forse.