List of Iowa Civil War units explained

This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa.^[1]

Infantry

• 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment (African Descent)
• 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 4th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 5th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 6th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 7th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 8th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 9th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 15th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 17th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 19th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 20th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 21st Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 23rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 25th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 26th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 28th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 30th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 31st Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 33rd Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 34th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 35th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 36th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 37th Iowa Infantry Regiment - The "Graybeard Regiment"
• 38th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 39th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment
• 41st Iowa Infantry Regiment - Failed to complete organization and was not mustered into service.^[2]
• 41st Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry
• 42nd Iowa Infantry Regiment - Failed to complete organization and was not mustered into service.^[3]
• 43rd Iowa Infantry Regiment - Failed to complete organization and was not mustered into service.^[4]
• 44th Iowa Infantry Regiment - 100-day service regiment
• 45th Iowa Infantry Regiment - 100-day service regiment
• 46th Iowa Infantry Regiment - 100-day service regiment
• 47th Iowa Infantry Regiment - 100-day service regiment
• 48th Iowa Infantry Regiment - 100-day service regiment, failed to complete organization and was not mustered as regiment, see 48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry.^[5]
• 48th Iowa Infantry Battalion - 100-day service unit

Cavalry

• 1st Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 6th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
• 9th Iowa Cavalry Regiment

Artillery

• 1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
• 2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
• 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery - "The Dubuque Battery"
• 4th Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

See also

• Iowa in the American Civil War
• Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
• United States Colored Troops

References

• The Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Iowa_in_the_Civil_War familysearch.com
2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf4.htm 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. Dyer, "Compendium"
4. Dyer, "Compendium"
5. Dyer, "Compendium"