25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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25th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa state flag
Active	September 27, 1862 to June 6, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Fort Hindman Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea

The 25th 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 25th Iowa Infantry was organized at Mount Pleasant, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 27, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on June 6, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

A total of 1136 men served in the 25th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 2 officers and 63 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 207 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 274 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel George C. Stone^[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/mil509.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/uniainf3.htm#22ndinf 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