4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa flag
Active	August 8, 1861 to July 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Pea Ridge Fort Hindman Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Jackson Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro Battle of Bentonville

The 4th 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 4th Iowa Infantry was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on August 8, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 6 officers and 109 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 285 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 402 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Grenville M. Dodge
• Lieutenant ColonelJohn Galligan
• Colonel James A. Williamson^[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#4th 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/mil306.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