6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
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| 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | January 31, 1863 to October 17, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
The 6th 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 6th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three year enlistment between January 31 to March 5, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 17, 1865.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 1420 men served in the 6th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 1 officer and 21 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 74 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 97 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil606.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#6thcav 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
