8th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa state flag
Active	August 31, 1861 to April 20, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Siege of Corinth Siege of Vicksburg Red River Campaign

The 8th 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 8th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered into Federal service between August 31 and September 4, 1861.^[1]

The regiment was mustered out on April 20, 1866.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 4 officers and 98 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 170 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 276 fatalities.^[2]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Frederick Steele
• Colonel James L. Geddes^[3]

[edit] See also

• List of Iowa Civil War Units
• Iowa in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 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
2. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf1.htm#8th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
3. ^ Logan 8th Iowa

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive