3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
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| 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | August 30, 1861 to August 9, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Battle of Pea Ridge Siege of Vicksburg |
The 3rd 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 3rd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service between August 30, and [[September 14], 1862.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 9, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 2165 men served in the 3rd Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 5 officers and 79 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 230 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 318 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel Cyrus Bussey
- Colonel Henry C. Caldwell
- Colonel John W. Noble[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil603.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#3rdcav 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
