39th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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39th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa state flag
Active	November 24, 1862 to August 2, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Resaca Battle of Allatoona March to the Sea

The 39th 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 39th Iowa Infantry was organized at Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November 24, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 2, 1864.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

A total of 1064 men served in the 39th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 6 officers and 58 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 134 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 200 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Henry J. B. Cummings^[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/mil708.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/uniainf4.htm#39thinf 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