10th Iowa Infantry Regiment

The 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1]

10th Iowa Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 6, 1861–August 15, 1865
DisbandedAugust 15, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. Nicholas Perczel

Service

The 10th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa, and Montezuma, Iowa, and mustered into Federal service on September 6 (9 companies)[1] and September 28, 1861 (remaining company).[1] The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Total strength and casualties

Total enrollment was 1319. The regiment lost 6 officers and 95 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 235 fatalities.[2] 277 were wounded.

Commanders

See also

References
  1. Lieutenant Colonel William H. Silsby (March 30, 1865). "Regimental History of the 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry". Headquarters of the 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  2. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#10th 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. Baker (1863), Volume 1 p. 366.
  4. http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil402.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

Bibliography
  • Baker, Nathaniel B. (1863). The Report of The Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of Iowa. Volume 1. F.W. Palmer. State Printer. Des Moines, Iowa.
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