6th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa flag
Active	July 17, 1861 to July 21, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Chattanooga Battle of Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Kennesaw Mountain March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 6th 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 6th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on July 17, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 21, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 8 officers and 144 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 126 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 280 fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel John Adair McDowell
• Colonel John M. Corse^[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#6th 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/mil308.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