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"The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic," by Jacob A. Swisher. Released in 1936 by the Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, this first edition, with sepia toned portraits, in beautiful condition, costs $ 75.00.

1st Iowa Infantry, "The Lyon Campaign in Missouri, being a History of the First Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment," by Captain Eugene Fitch Ware. Originally published in 1907 at Topeka, Kansas, this book reflects the causes leading up to its organization and how it earned the thanks of Congress, together with a Birdseye view of the conditions in Iowa preceding the Civil War. Based on his diary, Ware's book takes the regiment (nicknamed the Iowa Greyhounds) from its muster in, through its forced marches across the state of Missouri, to its ultimate test at Wilson's Creek. He also gives us a humorous, detailed look at pre-war life in the rough-and-tumble Mississippi River town of Burlington, Iowa. Ware went on to become a Sergeant Major and finally Captain in the 7th Iowa Cavalry. 377 pages, 1991 reprint, cost $ 25.00.

2nd Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Organized at Keokuk and mustered in May 27, 1861. Left State for Northern Missouri June 13. Attached to Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1861. 3rd Brigade, District of Cairo, October, 1861. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to February, 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District Corinth, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District Corinth, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.---Guarding railroad with headquarters at St. Joseph, Mo., till July 26, 1861. At Bird Point, Mo., till August 14. At Ironton, Pilot Knob, till August 27. At Jackson, Mo., till September 8. At Fort Jefferson, Ky., till September 23, and at Bird's Point till October 2. Expedition to Charleston October 2-12. At St. Louis, Mo., till February 10, 1862. Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 10-14. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson February 14-16. Duty at Fort Donelson till March 5. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 5-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth till September. March to Iuka September 18-22. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ruckerville October 5-12. Duty at Corinth till April, 1863. Skirmish at Little Brier Creek November 28, 1862. Expedition to intercept Forest December 9-14. Little Briar Creek December 12. Dodge's Expedition to intercept Forest December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition to Hamburg January 26, 1863, and to Jacinto February 25-27. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15-May 2. Bear Creek April 16-17. Tuscumbia April 23-24. Town Creek April 27-28. Duty at Corinth till August, and at LaGrange till November 1. March to Pulaski, Tenn., November 1-11. Duty there and along Nashville & Decatur Railroad, and at Decatur till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Movements on Resaca May 5-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle Resaca May 14-15. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Nickajack Creek July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Decatur July 19. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Skirmish on picket line Auguse 4. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Action Flint River Station August 30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Moved to Rome September 26, and duty there till November 10. Reconnoissance and skirmishes on Cave Springs Road October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Little Ogeechee River December 4. Jenks' Station December 7. Siege of Savannah December 10-11. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865, Sister's Ferry, Savannah River, January 31-February 5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Lynch's Creek February 26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va.. April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 12 and discharged at Davenport, Iowa, July 20, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 159 Enlisted men by disease. Total 283.

3rd Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

5th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

5th Iowa Infantry, With Fire and Sword: the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, by Samuel H. M. Byers, Major of the 5th Iowa. Originally published in 1911, Byers served with the 5th Iowa and is credited with writing the poem, "Sherman's March to the Sea" while in a Confederate prison following his capture at Missionary Ridge. The 5th Iowa served in Missouri, New Madrid, Iuka, Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg and Missionary Ridge. In July, 1864, this unit was merged into the 5th Iowa Cavalry. 220 page 1992 reprint by Camp Pope Bookshop, costs $ 20.00.

5th Iowa Infantry, "The Memoirs of Josiah Conzett, Company E, 5th Iowa Cavalry," by Larry Conzett. If interested, you can contact Larry at geocities.com/Nashville/5420/josiah.htm

Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Website

6th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

6th Iowa Regiment Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Burlington and mustered in July 17, 1861. Moved to Keokuk August 3, then to St. Louis, Mo., August 9, and duty there until September 19. Attached to Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army Tennessee, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862, and District of Memphis, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Corps, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Corps, to May, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Corps, to July, 1863. 4th Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE--Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., September 19, 1861. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October 7-November 9. At Sedalia until December 9. Moved to Lamine Bridge November 9, then to Tipton January 22, 1862, and duty there until March 7, Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tennessee River, and operations there March 7-14. Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via La-Grange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 2-July 21. Skirmish with Forest July 2. Provost duty at Memphis until November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Tallahatchie march November 2-December 12. At Grand Junction and duty along Memphis & Charleston railroad until June, 1863. Regiment mounted. Expedition to Hernando, Miss., April 17-26, 1863. Holly Springs April 17. Scout from LaGrange into Northern Mississippi April 29-May 5. Salem May 20. Expedition to Senatobia, Miss., May 21-26. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 9-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong Ferry, Big Black River, July 4-6. Jones' Ford and Messenger's Ferry July 6. Queen Hill July 7. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black until September 25. Moved to Memphis, then march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 25-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 17. At Scottsboro, Ala., until April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 14. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel. Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Snake Creek Gap October 15. Ships Gap October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Ogeechee River December 7-9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 21, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 144 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 280.

6th Iowa Infantry, "A History of the Sixth Iowa Infantry," by Henry H. Wright. Published in 1923 by the State Historical Society, Iowa City, Iowa, this first edition, with unopened pages, costs $ 175.00.

7th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

9th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

11th Iowa Infantry, "Recollections of Prison Life at Andersonville , GA and Florence, SC," by Charles Alvord Smith, Company G, Eleventh Iowa Volunteers, of "Crocker's Iowa Brigade." Originally published circa 1875, it chronicles the author's (Smith) capture at the Battle of Atlanta and his subsequent imprisonment at two Confederate prisons. Recently reprinted by the author's great-great nephew, Steven Fenton, 142 pages, paperback, with feature maps, photographs, introduction and with a biography of the author and a condensed historical sketch of the 11th Iowa Volunteers, this book retails for $ 10.00 and can be ordered from Martini Print Media at: msenew@aol.com

12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "Campaigns and Battles of the Twelfth Regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry," by David W. Reed, private printing, no publisher given, 1903. [Columbia University library has a copy.] " Reed's regimental history is informative and well-written. This regiment suffered in all the usual ways -- the deprivations of 19th century army life and the horrors of combat -- but they also were quite unjustifiably subjected to some very bad press after Shiloh. It was widely reported that they had been captured IN THEIR TENTS when Bragg attacked at Shiloh on the first day. Nothing could have been further from the truth, and Reed spent his later years piling up the evidence against those erroneous newspaper reports. What actually happened is that the 12th Iowa was camped a mile north of the front and was eating breakfast when the attack started. Under the command of Tuttle, they marched south to the front at a time when everybody else in a blue uniform was running north. They lined up on the sunken road, forming the very center of the Hornet's Nest and holding off a superior rebel force for approximately 6 hours. With just a few other regiments, mostly Iowan, they literally saved Grant's Army, but then paid the humiliating price of being captured en mass. Another quirky thing about this unlucky bunch is that they were not mustered out until January of 1866." Thanks to Thomas B. Jones, at jones@ece.rochester.edu, http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~jones/ University of Rochester for providing this information to me.

12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, University Recruits, Company C, 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment, USA, 1861-1865," by Charles Clark and Roger Bowen. Photos, roster, 1991 440 page costs $ 17.00.

13th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

15th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

22nd Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "Reminiscences of the Twenty Second Iowa Volunteers Infantry as Taken from the Diary of Lieutenant Samuel Calvin Jones, of Company A," by Lieutenant Samuel Calvin Jones. Originally released in 1907, Jones recounted in his diary form his travels through the Gulf region and his experiences as a war prisoner. 1993 reprint y the Camp Pope Bookshop has new introduction by Jeffry Burden. 217 pages, photos, cost $25.00.

24th Iowa....fact...."This distinguished regiment is included as one of William F. Fox's (circa 1889) top 300 Union Fighting Regiments."

29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "Soldier Boy: The Civil War Letters of Charles O. Musser, 29th Iowa," by C. O. Musser. Introduction by Barry Popchoch. "Soldier Boy contains many valuable insights into the Civil War in the West. It gives a realistic picture of life and death among the so-called common soldiers of that conflict, and does these things in a rough-hewn but frank and colorful fashion teat makes for enjoyable reading. This is a splendid addition to the literature of the Civil War produced by the men who fought.(Review by Albert Castel). This book contains 225 pages, photos, maps, costs about $ 25.00.

30th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at Keokuk and mustered in September 20, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., October 25, 1862; then to Helena, Ark. Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE:--Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Arkansas Post November 16-21, 1862. Hovey's Expedition to Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5. Mitchell's Cross Roads December 1. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 17-23, and duty there until April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2-14. Demonstration on Haines and Snyder's Bluffs April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Brandon Station July 17-19. Duty at Big Black until September 22. Moved to Memphis, then march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 22-November 21. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26. Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Garrison duty in Alabama until April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnoissance to Salkehatchie River, S. C, January 25. Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C, February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsborg March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 5, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 65 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 241 Enlisted men by disease. Total 317.

32^nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Organized at Dubuque and mustered in October 6, 1862. Moved to Davenport, Iowa, October 15-16; then to St. Louis, Mo., November 21-23. Attached to District of Columbus, 13^th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to January, 1863. District of Columbus, 6^th Division, 16^th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to January, 1864. 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 16^th Corps, to March, 1864. 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 16^th Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 16^th Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1864. 2^nd Brigade, 2^nd Division (Detachment), Army of Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2^nd Brigade, 2^nd Division, 16^th Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.

SERVICE---Companies "B," "C," "E," "H", "I" and "K" moved from St. Louis, Mo., to New Madrid, Mo., November 25-28, 1862, and duty there until December 28. Expedition to Clarkston, Mo., December 17-21 (Cos. "C" and "I"). Evacuation of New Madrid December 28, and moved to Fort Pillow, Tenn., December 28-29. Duty there until June 20, 1863. (Co. "F" at Fulton April 1 to June.) Ordered to Columbus, Ky., June 20, and duty there until January 20, 1864. Expedition to Rickman, Ky., August 1, 1863 (Cos. "B" and "I"). (Co. "C" mounted July 1, 1863, and attached to 4th Missouri Cavalry until January 15, 1864, when rejoined Regiment.) Companies "H," and "I" ordered to Island No. 10 September 1, 1863. Action at Island No. 10 October 16 (Cos. "H" and "I"). Expedition to Tiptonville November 21 (Co. "H"). All Companies moved to Vicksburg, Miss., January 20-26, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Meridian February 16. Near Canton February 27-28. Canton February 28. (Cos. "A," "D," "F" and "G" detached from Regiment and moved to Cape Girardeau, Mo., November 25-28, 1862. Attached to District of Southeast Missouri to July, 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, to August, 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas Expedition, to December, 1863. 1^st Brigade, 1^st Cavalry Division, Dept. of Arkansas, to January, 1864.

SERVICE.--Garrison duty at Cape Girardeau, Mo., until March 14, 1863. Moved to Bloomfield March 14 and return to Cape Girardeau April 21. Action at Cape Girardeau April 28. Pursuit of Marmaduke to Castor April 28-May 5. At Cape Girardeau until July. Moved to Bloomington July 10, then march to Clarendon, Ark., July 19-August 8. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 8-September 10. Expedition up White and Little Red Rivers August 13-16. West Point, White River, August 14. Harrison's Landing August 16. Reed's Bridge, Bayou Metoe, August 27. Shallow Ford, Bayou Metoe, August 30. Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock until January, 1864. Expedition to Mt. Ida November 10-18, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 31-February 5, 1864; then to Vicksburg, Miss., February 7-9, and duty there until March, when rejoined Regiment. (Red River Campaign March 10-May 22, 1864. Fort DeRussy March 14. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River Crossing April 22-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Alexandria May 2-9. Retreat to Morganza April 13-20. Mansura May 15-16. Mellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., then to Memphis, Tenn., May 20-June 10. Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6-7. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg July 13. Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Abbeville August 23. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., September 16; then to Desota, Mo., September 25. March through Missouri in pursuit of Price September 25-November 19. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 21-December 1. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood December 17-28. At Eastport, Miss., until February, 1865. Expedition from Eastport to Iuka January 9, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-22; then to Dauphin Island, Ala. Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses March 8-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 18. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and duty there and in District of Alabama until August. Mustered out August 24, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 101 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 213 Enlisted men by disease. Total 322.

Personnel Roster of Company "B" 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment Website

33rd Iowa Regiment Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Oskaloosa and mustered in October 4^th, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., November 20^th. Attached to the Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. 1^st Brigade, 13^th Division, 13^th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to February, 1863. 2^nd Brigade, 13^th Division, 13^th Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13^th Division, 16^th Corps, to August, 1863. 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864. 2^nd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 7^th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 1^st Brigade, 3^rd Division, 7^th Corps, to May, 1864. 1^st Brigade, 1^st Division, 7^th Corps, to February, 1865. 3^rd Brigade, 3^rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3^rd Brigade, 3^rd Division, 13^th Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE--Duty at St. Louis, Mo., until December 21, 1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky., December 21-24; then to Union City, Tenn., January 1-3, 1863, and to Helena, Ark., January 8. Duty there until August. Yazoo Pass Expedition by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Tallahatchie and Coldwater Rivers and operations against Ft. Pemberton and Greenwood February 14-April 8. Yazoo Pass April 16. Expedition from Helena May 6-13. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena July 4. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 11-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock until March, 1864. Expedition to Benton October 25-26, 1863. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3, 1864. Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2. Elkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Jenkins Ferry and Camden April 15. Occupation of Camden April 15-23. Moro Bottom April 25-26. Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, April 30. At Little Rock until February, 1865. Expedition to Fort Smith October 30-December 8, 1864. Expedition to Mt. Elba January 22-February 4, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 14-18. Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault on and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Whistler's Station April 13. At McIntosh's Bluff April 19 to June 1. Moved to Mobile, then to Brazos Santiago, Texas, June 1-7, and duty there until July 4. Ordered to New Orleans July 4. Mustered out July 17, 1865, and discharged at Rock Island, Ill., August 7, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 65 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 215 Enlisted men by disease. Total 284.

34th Iowa Regiment Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Burlington and mustered in October 15, 1862. Moved to Helena, Ark., November 22-December 5, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to April, 1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to August, 1865.

SERVICE--Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Chicago, Ill., with prisoners January 17-February 5. At St. Louis, Mo., until April 1. Guard prisoners to City Point, Va., April 1-20. Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo., and duty there until June 3. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-10. Siege of Vicksburg June 10-July 4. Expedition to Yazoo City July 12-21. Occupation of Yazoo City July 14. Moved to Port Hudson, then to Carrollton, La., August 20-24. Expedition to Morganza through swamps of the Atchafalaya September 9-10. Sterling's Plantation September 29. Moved to Carrollton October 10. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas, October 24-November 8. Brazos Santiago, November 2-3. Advance on Brownsville November 3-6. Expedition to Arkansas November 14-21. Mustang Island November 17. Fort Esperanza November 27-30. Duty on Matagorda Island until April. Moved to Alexandria, La., April 20-27. Red River Campaign April 27-May 22. Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Graham's Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansure May 15-16. Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Moved to Baton Rouge and duty there until July. Operations against Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, August 2-8, and against Fort Morgan August 9-23. Capture of Fort Morgan August 23. Moved to Morganza August 7-11. Duty there and at mouth of White River, Ark., until January 25, 1865. Expedition to Morgan's Ferry December 13-14, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La., January 25, 1865; then to Barrancas, Fla., January 26-28, and to Pensacola, Fla., March 11, March to Fort Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 2. Occupation of Canoe Station March 27. Siege of Fort Blakely April 2-9. Capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Duty at Mobile and Selma, Ala., until May. Ordered to Texas May 12. Duty at Galveston and Houston, Texas, until August. Mustered out August 15, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 244 Enlisted men by disease. Total 258.

37th Iowa Regiment Volunteer Infantry: the ("GREYBEARD REGIMENT"): Organized at Muscatine and mustered in December 15, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., January 1, 1863. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1863. Alton, Ill., to January, 1864. Rock Island, Ill., to June, 1864. Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to August, 1864. Indianapolis, Ind., Cincinnati, Columbus and Gallipolis, Ohio, to May, 1865. Provost guard duty at St. Louis, Mo., and guarding Military Prisons until May 1, 1863. Guard Pacific Railroad from St. Louis to Jefferson City, Me. Headquarters at Franklin until July 29. Moved to Alton, Ill., and guard Military Prison until January 16, 1864, and at Rock Island, Ill., until June 5. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., June 5, and duty there until August 27. Moved to Indianapolis, Ind., August 27-31. Guard prisoners at Camp Morton (5 Cos.) and Military Prisons at Cincinnati, Ohio (5 Cos.), until May, 1865. Detachments also at Columbus, Ohio, and at Gallipolis, Ohio. Mustered out May 24, 1865.

38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Dubuque and mustered in December 4, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., December 15; thence to Columbus. Ky., December 28-30. Attached to District of Columbus, Ky., 16th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. United States Forces, Texas, to August, 1864. United States Forces, Mobile Bay, to October, 1864. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to December, 1864.

SERVICE--Expedition to Union City, Tenn., December 31, 1862-January 1, 1863. Moved to New Madrid, Mo., January 1, 1863, and duty there until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 6-15. Siege of Vicksburg June 15-July 4. Expedition to Yazoo City July 12-21. Occupation of Yazoo City July 14, Moved to Port Hudson, La., July 24-27; thence to Carrollton, La., August 15. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas, October 23-November 4. Advance on Brownsville November 6. Duty at Brownsville until July 31, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La., July 31-August 5; then to Mobile Bay August 7-9. Siege of Fort Morgan August 9-23. Capture of Fort Morgan August 23. Moved to New Orleans, La., September 8-11. Duty at Donaldsonville till December. Consolidated with 34th Iowa Infantry December 12, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 311 Enlisted men by disease. Total 317.

39th Regiment of Iowa Volunters Infantry: Organized at Des Moines and Davenport and mustered in November 24, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., December 12-14; then to Columbus, Ky., December 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1865.

SERVICE:--Defence of Jackson, Tenn., and pursuit of Forest December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Parker's Cross Roads December 30-31, 1862. Moved to Corinth, Miss., January 6, 1863, and duty there until November, 1863. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Great Bear Creek and Cherokee Station April 17. Tuscumbia April 22-23. Town Creek April 28. March to Pulaski, Tenn., November 2-12, Guard duty at Reynolds Station and along railroad until January 21, 1864, and at Pulaski until March 12. Moved to Athens, Ala., March 12, and to Chattanooga, Tenn., April 30. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap and Sugar Valley May 9-10. Battle of Resaca May 13-14. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14-15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Kingston May 19. Moved to Rome May 22 and duty there until August 15. Expedities after Wheeler August 15-September 16. Moved to Allatoona October 4. Battle of Allatoona October 5. Moved to Rome October 9. Reconnoissance and skirmishes on Gave Springs Road October 12-13. Etowah River October 13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ogeechee Canal December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C. February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of Bentonville N. C., March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C. via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out August 2, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 134 Enlisted men by disease. Total 200.

47th (and last) Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment Raised: Organized at Davenport July 13, 1864. Ordered to Helena, Ark., and duty there and in District of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to September. Ordered to Davenport, Iowa, September 1. Mustered out September 28, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 57 Enlisted men by disease.

2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Organized at Davenport August and September, 1861. Left State for Benton Barracks, Mo., December 7, 1861, and duty there until February, 1862. Attached to Dept. of Missouri December, 1861, to March, 1862. Unassigned, Army of the Mississippi, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi, to June, 1862. Cavalry, 5th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. Grierson's Cavalry Brigade, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to March, 1863. (District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Corps, January to March, 1863--6 Companies.) 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to June, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to September, 1865.

SERVICE:--Moved to Bird's Point, Mo., February 17, 1862. Expedition against Thompson's forces February 25-29. Moved to New Madrid, Mo., March 4. Actions at New Madrid March 13-14. Operations against Island No. 10 March 16-April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 12-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Action at Birmingham April 24. Monterey April 28-29. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnoissance to Memphis & Charleston Railroad April 30. Glendale May 8. Farmington May 9. Near Farmington May 12. Reconnoissance to Memphis & Charleston Railroad May 13-15. Expedition to Booneville May 28-30. Booneville May 29. Occupation of Corinth and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Tuscumbia Creek May 31-June 1. Blackland June 4. Reconnoissance toward Baldwyn June 6. Reconnoissance to Guntown, Baldwyn, etc., June 9-10. Booneville July 1. Brown Springs July 21. At Rienzi until September. Rienzi August 26. Payton's Mills September 19. Iuka September 19-20. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Capture of Ripley and Orizaba November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Warsham's Creek November 6, 1862. LaGrange November 8-9. Coldwater November 8. Hudsonville November 9. Reconnoissance to Holly Springs November 12-14. Holly Springs November 13-14. Expedition to Ripley November 19-20. Ripley November 20. Waterford or Lumpkin's Mill November 29-30. Tallahatchie River November 30. About Oxford December 1-3. Yocana River and Spring Dale Bridge December 3. Water Valley December 4. Coffeeville December 5. Expedition against Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 14-19. Ripley December 23-25. Prairie Station February 21, 1863. Davis Mills March 14 (Detachment). Expedition to Mt. Pleasant, Miss., April 5-7. Grierson's Raid from LaGrange to Baton Rouge, La., April 17-May 2 (Detachment). Pontototoc, Miss., April 19. Pale Alto and Okolona April 21-22. Birmingham, Miss., April 24 (Detachment). Scout from LaGrange into Northern Mississippi April 29-May 5. Expedition from LaGrange to Panola, Miss., May 11-15. Walnut Hill and Pigeon Roost May 15. Tuskahoma May 15. Expedition from LaGrange to Senatobia, Miss., May 21-26. Senatobia May 23. Hernando May 28. Operations in West Mississippi June 15-22. Near Holly Springs June 16-17. Coldwater Bridge June 18 (Detachment). Matthews Ferry, Coldwater River, June 20 (Detachment). Jackson July 13. La-Grange July 16. Expedition from Memphis to Grenada, Miss., August 14-23. Grenada August 14. Expedition from Memphis to Hernando, Miss., October 10-11 (4 Cos.). Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad November 3-5. Colliersville, Tenn., and Coldwater, Miss., November 3. Moscow November 5. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad against Lee's attack November 28-December 10. Salisbury December 3. Wolf Bridge, near Moscow, December 3-4. Pursuit of Forrest December 22-30. Colliersville, Tenn., December 27-28. At Memphis until February 5, 1864. Smith's Raid from Colliersville to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Wall Hill February 12. West Point, Miss., February 20-21. Okolona February 21. Ellis Bridge February 21. Ivy's Hill, near Okolona, February 22. Veterans on furlough April-May. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Near Ripley July 7. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Hurricane Creek and Oxford August 9. Hurricane Creek August 13-14 and 19. Oxford August 19. Operations in Tennessee and Alabama against Hood, and Nashville Campaign October to January, 1865. Eastport, Miss., October 10, 1864 (Detachment). Near Hernando October 11 (Detachment). Expedition from Memphis to Moscow November 9-13. Shoal Creek November 11. On line of Shoal Creek November 16-20. Butler Creek November 22. Campbellsville and Lynnville November 24. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Lawrenceburg November 27. Mt. Carmel November 29. Battles of Franklin November 30; Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood December 17-29. West Harpeth River December 17. Spring Hill December 18. Rutherford Creek and Curtis Creek December 19. Lawrenceburg December 22. Lynnville and Richland Creek December 24. Richland Creek December 25. King's Gap, near Pulaski, December 25. Egypt Station, Miss., December 28 (Co. "E"). Tuscumbia February 20, 1865. Duty at Huntsville and Florence, Ala., Eastport, Miss., and Gravelly springs, Ala., until June, 1865. Expedition to Russellsville, Ala., February 19-23, 1865, and in the Dept. of Mississippi until September. Mustered out September 19, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 59 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 8 Officers and 207 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.

3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment, see "The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: The Career of the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers from Kansas to Georgia, 1861-1865," by William Forse Scott.

Hello. The following is from my mother's Taylor line. Thomas Jefferson Taylor, Capt. is mother's great uncle. Capt. Taylor writes to his brother Charles Taylor a teacher in KS. The original letter is a small folded item filled with writing. We treasure it. Maybe some of the names in the letter will help others and lead to a hit on the Taylor line. Claudia Edwards

May 18, 1862 "Sulphus Rock, Independence County, Arkansas Dear Bro. Having a little leisure today I thought I would write you a short epistle to let you know where we are and how we do. We are at the above named place it being about one hundred miles South of the Arkansas line (North line) and two hundred and fifty miles South of Rolla, MO. and three hundred and fifty miles from St. Louis by way of Rolla. The country from St. Louis until you get about thirty miles from here is one of the hardest looking countries that a white man ever saw being nothing but mountain knobs, rocks, etc. with now and then a garden spot along the small streams. A man may travel for days along the ridges without seeing a house and from the general appearances one would think that the country was entirely without inhabitants, but if you traverse the small streams (which are numerous and as clear as crystal) you can find a great many natives and as a general thing they are very ignorant and almost entirely illiterate not averaging one school to a township. But at each County Seat they generally have one good school at which the few planters (as they call them here- a man who owns darkies) school their children and any man who is not able to board his children from home and pay at the rate of twelve dollars per quarter per scholar can not school his children. Consequently they remain uneducated and almost as ignorant as the natives of the Western Territories and you can see them scaling the knobs and hills in every direction at the approach of the Union troop but the scene has changed considerable we have tolerable good country now and a good class of citizens who are fun to converse with and proud of the old flag which the majority of them are always ready to cheer at its first appearance. It is a fact-undeniable the majority of the citizens of this frontier of Arkansas are as big as the citizens of Iowa, but perhaps you may be puzzled to know how it happened that those men have not come out on the side of the Union ere this truth is that the state was taken out of the Union by intrigue and that on the heels of the election which gave a large majority to remain in the Union. Then they assumed the right to compel them into the state service for the protection of the states and then by fever of the Texans they were compelled to join the Confederate Service and then by aid of rebel Electors ( no other kind being allowed to publish a paper). They succeeded in making the people believe that we were negro thieves and that it was our avowed intention to free the negro and make him their equal. Another device was that we were sending no troops by lop-eared Dutch (as they call them) and that the Northern men were too big cowards to fight and consequently all they had to do was to clean out the Dutch and all would be safe. They have awakened up after a long sleep and find that in courage we are their equals and in physical strength and equipment we are their superiors. Things are perfectly quiet here now. The boys are all well with the exception of Isaac Duvall who has the Ague. ***George Charles Taylor is as big as his father. **William Bowiman, James Johnson and all the other boys are in fine health and good spirits. I was not able to leave you the money which I owe you but will send it to you as soon as I have an opportunity to do so. Give my respects to Harriett and the children tell them that when I return that I will bring them some presents. My respects to all inquiring friends.

Your Bro. T. J. Taylor." IOWA VOLUNTEERS Company I, Third Cavalry Third Regiment of Iowa Volunteers - Company I - Line Officer 3rd Calvary- Captain Thomas J. Taylor, with Thomas H. McDannal 1st Lieutenant, Edward F. Horton 2nd Lieutenant. T. J. Taylor (1833-24 July 1862) enlisted for three years at Keokuk. Age 26. Residence Unionville, nativity OH. Appointed Captain Aug 20, 1861. Mustered Sept. 6, 1861. died of disease July 24, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery, Mound City, IL. Section B, grave 2,253.

4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment, "The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: The Career of the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers from Kansas to Georgia, 1861-1865," by William Forse Scott, Adjutant, 4th Iowa Volunteers. Originally released in 1893 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York, with 602 pages, this excellent regimental can also be read as a history of the 3rd Iowa, the 5th and 11th Illinois, and the 10th Missouri (US) cavalry regiments, as they were brigaded with the 4th. "The best history of a Hawkeye cavalry unit; a detailed narrative, maps, full index recount the regiment's campaigns in the Western theater," (reviewed by Allan Nevins, for Civil War Books). The 4th Iowa Cavalry fought at Vicksburg, Memphis, Columbus, and Brice's Crossroads against Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate Cavalry. An original copy of the 1893 release may be hard to locate, includes the original introduction by Oscar H. La Grange of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry 630 pages, maps, 1992 reprint by Camp Pope Bookshop, costs $ 40.00.

4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment, "Such are the Trials: The Civil War Diaries of Jacob Gantz," by Jacob Gantz of the 4th Iowa Cavalry. Originally published in 1991 by the Iowa State University, this unit fought at Vicksburg and throughout Mississippi, as well as in Arkansas at Pea Ridge and other battles in the Western Theater. 122 pages, with index, photos, maps, costs $ 30.00.

Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Website

7th Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Organized at Davenport April 27 to July 13, 1863, Companies "A" to "H." Company "I" organized as Sioux City Cavalry November 14, 1861, and three Companies organized for 41st Iowa Battalion assigned as Companies "K," "L" and "M." Regiment moved to Omaha, Neb., June, 1863, and assigned to duty at various points in Nebraska and Dakota, as garrison, guarding lines of telegraph and travel, escorting trains and protecting Emigrants, having frequent combats with Indians in the Departments of Missouri, Kansas and the Northwest. Sully's Expedition against hostile Sioux Indians August 13-September 11, 1863. Actions at Whitestone HIll September 3 and 5. Niobrara December 4, 1863 (1 Co.). Sully's Expedition against hostile Sioux Indians July 25-October 8, 1864. Actions at Tah kah a kuty July 25. (Cos. "K" and "M"). Two Hills, Bad Lands, Little Missouri River, August 8 (Cos. "K" and "M"). Scout on Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas, August 1-5 (Co. "H"). Smoky Hill Crossing August 16 (Co. "H"). Operations against Indians in Nebraska August 11-November 24, 1864. Fort Cottonwood August 28 and September 18 (Co. "B"). Near Fort Cottonwood September 20. Detachment of Company "C." Operations against Indians in Nebraska and Colorado Territories September 29-November 30 (1st Battalion). Cow Creek near Fort Zarah December 4 (Detachment). Julesburg, Indian Territory, January 7, 1865 (Co. "F"). Rush Creek February 8 (Co. "D"). Mud Springs February 8-9. Rush Creek February 9. Boyd's Station June 3 (Co. "E"). Cow Creek Station, Kansas, June 12 (Co. "O"). Horse Creek, Dakota Ter., June 14 (Cos. "B" and "D"). Tongue River August 29 (Co. "F"). Duty on the plains until June, 1866. Mustered out June 22, 1866.

Killed and mortally wounded 1 Officer 29 Enlisted men; by disease 1 Officer 93 Enlisted men. Total 124.

8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment Website

9th Iowa Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry:. Organized at Davenport and mustered in November 30, 1863. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., December 8-11, thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., December 16, and duty there till April, 1864. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. Missouri, to May, 1864. 3rd (Cavalry) Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Little Rock, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to March, 1866.

SERVICE--Moved to Rolla, Mo., and return to Jefferson Barracks April 14-19, 1864, Duty there till May 15. Moved to Duvall's Bluff, Ark., May 15-23, and duty there till September. West Point June 16. Clarendon June 25-26. Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River August 6-16. Jones' Hay Station August 24. Long Prairie August 24. Brownsville August 25. Bull Bayou August 26. Expedition in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6. Searcy September 6. At Austin and Brownsville till November 4. Brownsville October 30. Pursuit of Price November 4-18. Expedition from Brownsville to Des Arc, and skirmish December 6 (Detachment). Expedition to Fort Smith November 2-24 (Detachment). At Brownsville till June, 1865. Expedition from Brownsville to Augusta January 4-27. Moved to Lewisburg June 11. Duty there and at various points in Arkansas till March, 1866. Mustered out March 23, 1866.

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