2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
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| 2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | August 18, 1861 to August 7, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Battle of Iuka Battle of Corinth Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Nashville |
The 2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Council Bluffs, Iowa for a three year enlistment on August 18, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 193 men served in the 2nd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 3 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 29 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 32 fatalities..[2]
[edit] Commanders
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil720.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/uniaart.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.
- ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
