14th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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14th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa state flag
Active	November 6, 1861 to August 8, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Fort Henry Fort Donelson Battle of Shiloh Battle of Corinth Battle of Pleasant Hill

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

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

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

The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

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

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

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel William T. Shaw^[3]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive