32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 32nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | October 6, 1862 to August 24, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Red River Campaign Battle of Pleasant Hill Battle of Nashville< |
The 32nd 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 32nd Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 6, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on August 24, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 1292 men served in the 32nd Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 6 officers and 101 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 213 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 322 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel John Scott
- Lieutenant Colonel Gustavus A. Eberhart[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil701.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/uniainf4.htm#32ndinf 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
