2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
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| 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | August 30, 1861 to September 19, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | siege of Corinth Battle of Corinth Grierson's Raid Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville |
The 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 2nd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between August 30, and September 28, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on September 19, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 2053 men served in the 2nd Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 1 officer and 59 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 207 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 269 (275?) fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Washington L. Elliott
- Colonel Edward Hatch
- Colonel Datus E. Coon[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil602.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/uniacav.htm#2ndcav 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
