| Unit Name: | 2nd Iowa Light Artillery Battery |
| Dates: | August 18, 1861 – February 7, 1865 |
| Country: |  United States |
| Allegiance: | Union |
| Branch: | Artillery |
| Size: | Battery |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
| Disbanded: | February 7, 1865 |
| Commander1: | Nelson T. Spoor Joseph R. Reed John W. Coons |
| Commander1 Label: | Captain |
| Commander2: | John Burk Daniel P. Walling |
| Commander2 Label: | 1st Lieutenant |
| Commander3: | C.F. Reed J.E. Snyder |
| Commander3 Label: | 2nd Lieutenant |
The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between August 18, 1861, and February 7, 1865, during the American Civil War.
The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Council Bluffs, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on August 18, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865.
A total of 193 men served in the 2nd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 29 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 32 fatalities[2]