28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 28th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | October 10, 1862 to July 31, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion's Hill Battle of Big Black River Siege of Vicksburg Red River Campaign Battle of Sabine Crossroads Battle of Cedar Creek |
The 28th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 28th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 10, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 1195 men served in the 28th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 6 officers and 76 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 186 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 271 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil512.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
- ^ 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.
- ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
