5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa flag
Active	July 15, 1861 to August 8, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Siege of Corinth Battle of Iuka Battle of Port Gibson Battle of Champion's Hill Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge

The 5th 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 5th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on July 15, 1861.

The regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry on August 8, 1864.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 9 officers and 108 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 131 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 250 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel William H. Worthington
• Colonel Charles L. Matthies^[2]
• Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel S. Sampson

[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#5th 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/mil307.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