8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
Dates:	September 30, 1863, to August 13, 1865
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Cavalry
Battles:	Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville

The 8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 8th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa, for a three-year enlistment on September 30, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 13, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 1442 men served in the 8th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 15 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 176 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Colonel Joseph B. Dorr
• Colonel Horatio G. Barner.^[3]

See also

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

Notes

1. http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil608.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/uniacav.htm#8thcav 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