3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa flag
Active	June 8, 1861 to November 4, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of the Hatchie Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Jackson Red River Campaign Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta

The 3rd 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 3rd Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on June 8, 1861.

The regiment was consolidated into a battalion of three companies in July, 1864 after those members of the regiment who did not reenlist mustered out and the survivors were transferred to 2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry as Companies "A," "F," and "I" on November 4, 1864.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 119 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 122 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 249 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Nelson G. Williams
• Lieutenant Colonel John Scott^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf1.htm#3rd The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil304.htm 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