Iowa Independent Cavalry Companies

Iowa Independent Cavalry Companies

The two independent companies were the Sioux City Volunteer Cavalry Company

which was organized by authority of the Governor and mustered into Federal

service Nov. 14, 1861 It was transferred to the 7th Iowa Cav, Co. I July

25, 1863 No Historical record exists of the Company prior to the transfer

to the 7th. It was formed to protect the outlying settlements from

marauding Indians when the Army sent the regular troops to fight the South.

The 7th was formed for the same reason and all their service was on the frontier.

The other company was the Iowa Cavalry company, which was assigned to the

State of Pa. and became Co. A 11th Pa. Cavalry. It was formed at Ft. Dodge,

Ia. in Aug. 1861

The officers and men of this company were all Iowa men

(Above information contributed by )

This Web site includes links to other sites, and you may on occasion leave our site. Although we periodically review the linked sites for acceptable content, we are not responsible for the content posted on these independent sites.

We try to review and list only "PG" rated home pages due to the number of children who visit this site, but of course we can not guarantee it. These other sites may and often do contain links to other sites!

If you find any sites that you do not feel meet these standards, please let us know and if we agree, the listing will be removed immediately. 1). Absolutely no home pages with adult language or adult photos. Iowa Counties is rated PG.

2). We reserve the right to reject any pages and or information for inclusion and to remove any without explanation.

If you have any additional information that you would like to add to this page or other pages and share with