3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | June 8, 1861, to November 4, 1864 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | 1,099 |
Engagements | Battle of Shiloh Action at Blue Mills Landing Battle of Hatchie's Bridge Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Jackson Red River Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta |
The 3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 3rd Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on June 8, 1861.
The regiment was consolidated into a battalion of three companies in July, 1864 after those members of the regiment who did not reenlist mustered out and the survivors were transferred to 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry as Companies "A," "F," and "I" on November 4, 1864.
Total strength and casualties[]
Unit strength was 1099. The regiment suffered 8 officers and 119 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 122 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 249 fatalities.[1] 207 were wounded.
Commanders[]
- Colonel Nelson G. Williams
- Lieutenant Colonel John Scott[2]
See also[]
- List of Iowa Civil War Units
- Iowa in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf1.htm#3rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil304.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
References[]
Categories:
- Units and formations of the Union Army from Iowa
- 1861 establishments in Iowa
- Military units and formations established in 1861
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1864
- 1864 disestablishments in Iowa
- American Civil War unit and formation stubs