Iowa In the Civil War
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Iowa provided 75,797 white soldiers, five sailors and Marines, and 440 black soldiers in nine cavalry regiments, four light artillery batteries, 45 infantry regiments, and two infantry battalions to the Union Army.

The state lost 119 officers and 1946 enlisted men killed, 82 officer and 1393 enlisted men died of wounds, 107 officers and 8906 enlisted men died of disease, 3 officers and 114 enlisted men committed suicide, 12 enlisted men died of sunstroke, 5 enlisted men were murdered, 3 enlisted men were killed after capture, 3 enlisted men were executed by the Confederates, 3 officers and 48 enlisted men died of miscellaneous known causes, 2 officers and 137 enlisted men died of unstated causes, and 21 officers and 685 enlisted men died as prisoners of war making the total 337 officers and 13,252 enlisted men. These figures are only the dead, many times this number were wounded or maimed in battle.

Iowa Civil War Regimental Muster Records

***Iowa Civil War Descendant Rosters***

Iowa At Vicksburg

(Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress)

Artillery Regiments Cavalry Regiments Infantry Regiments Militia Regiments
Other Enlistment's Independent Cavalry Companies

Iowa Civil War Tax Stamp

Sioux City Cavalry
What's New
 
Letters, Journals, Diaries, Oral Accounts and Historical information from the Civil War THE STRANGE TALE OF THE IOWA SOLDIERS WHO GUARDED CONFEDERATE GOLD
Some Individual Iowa County histories during the war
(some include rosters )
Hungarians in the Civil War
(10th and 15th Iowa Infantry)
 
 Iowa Civil War Home Guard
Civil War Campaign Medal
Iowans who served with the Confederacy "Famous Crocker's Brigade"
 
Iowa Medal of Honor Recipients Iowa Burial Places of Medal of Honor Recipients AN INTERESTING IOWA SOLDIER AT ANDERSONVILLE Iowa Brevet General Promotions
 
 Iowa Civil War Poetry G.A.R History Civil War State Maps Roster Photos
 
Iowa Civil War History and Diaries Contemporaneous Accounts Civil War Help List Obtaining Civil War Military and Pension Records
 
Fighting Hawkeye's
A new online book on the 4th Iowa Infantry, 4th Iowa Light Artillery and the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment. Including unit histories and rosters. (new pages being added daily as time allows)
 
State Civil War Directory Search the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System at the National Park Service Service
If you don't know the regiment your ancestor was in? -> help for finding what Iowa regiment
Our New SEARCHING page, people looking for identifications, whereabouts, information etc. .....
 
CW Round Table Discussion Groups Looking for Descendants (information available) Iowa Civil War Re-enactment Page OTTUMWA MAN WAS A GUARD DURING THE TRIAL OF JOHN BROWN
 

Photos of Iowa Regimental Soldiers

Photo's of General Officers of the Civil War

V.P. TWOMBLY CAMP #2 IOWA CITY, IA
SONS OF UNION VETERANS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
Black Hawk County during the Civil War
 
President Abraham Lincoln issued an order of thanks to the 100 Day Volunteers on Oct. 1, 1864. He instructed the Governors of Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin to cause a certificate to be delivered to the officers and men who served in these units.

This 100 Day Certificate  was contributed to the site by of Converse, Texas!

 The Generals' Burials Listing

The Iowa Civil War Heritage Foundation

Iowa Genealogy Page

Iowa Civil War Researchers Professional Genealogical Researchers Directory

Harrison County Iowa History - Civil War Veterans

Shelby County Iowa History - Civil War Pensioners

Iowa Battle Flags

Iowa Underground Railroad Operators

Appanoose County, Iowa: Civil War Orphans

Scott County Men who served in the Civil War

Iowa Civil War Soldiers buried at the Florence National Cemetery, SC

Special Guest Sites and other important Civil War sites

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