9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 9th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
caption=Iowa state flag
dates= September 24, 1861 to July 18, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Pea Ridge
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Atlanta
March to the Sea
The 9th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment lost 12 officers and 142 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 386 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel William Vandever [http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil401.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]
Medal of Honor Awardee
Sergeant James M. Elson (later Lieutenant) [http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/elson_james.html Home of Heroes Iowa Grave page] received the Medal of Honor for his action during the Siege of Vicksburg. His citation notes that Elson, "Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works." [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/elson.html Medal of Honor Citation for James M. Elson]
ee also
*List of Iowa Civil War Units
*Iowa in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]
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