14th Iowa Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	14th Iowa Infantry Regiment
Dates:	November 6, 1861, to August 8, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	Fort Henry Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Corinth Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Pilot Knob

The 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 14th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November 6, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The 14th Iowa mustered a total of 1,720 during its existence.^[1]

It suffered 5 officers and 59 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 138 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 203 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Colonel William T. Shaw^[3]

See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War

Notes

1. http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil406.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#14th 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. Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

References

• The Civil War Archive