16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
caption=Iowa state flag
dates= December 10, 1861 to July 19, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Corinth
Battle of Port Gibson
Battle of Raymond
Battle of Champion's Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
The 16th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 16th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service by companies between December 10, 1861 and March 12, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 19, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The 16th Iowa mustered a total of 1,441 men over the span of its existence. [http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil408.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., "Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1"] Seven officers and 94 enlisted men were killed in action or died of their wounds, while three officers and 219 enlisted men died of disease, for a total of 323 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#16th 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 Alexander Chambers [Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., "Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1"]
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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