10th Iowa Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:10th Iowa Infantry Regiment
Dates:September 6, 1861–August 15, 1865
Country: United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Infantry
Size:Regiment
Battles:American Civil War
Disbanded:August 15, 1865
Notable Commanders:Col. Nicholas Perczel

The 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1]

Service

The 10th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa, and Montezuma, Iowa, and mustered into Federal service on September 6 (9 companies)[1] and September 28, 1861 (remaining company).[1] The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Total strength and casualties

Total enrollment was 1319. The regiment lost 6 officers and 95 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 235 fatalities.[2] 277 were wounded.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regimental History of the 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry . Lieutenant Colonel William H. Silsby . March 30, 1865 . Headquarters of the 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry . March 16, 2010.
  2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#10th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  3. Baker (1863), Volume 1 p. 366.
  4. http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil402.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1