40th Iowa Infantry Regiment
40th Iowa Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | November 15, 1862, to June 5, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements | Siege of Vicksburg |
The 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 40th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa, on November 15, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 5, 1865.
Total strength and casualties[]
A total of 1136 men served in the 40th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 19 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 184 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 205 fatalities.[2]
Commanders[]
See also[]
- List of Iowa Civil War Units
- Iowa in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil709.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf4.htm#40thinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ 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
- Military units and formations established in 1862
- 1862 establishments in Iowa
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
- American Civil War unit and formation stubs