- 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
caption=Iowa state flag
dates=June 1 ,1864 toSeptember 15 ,1864
country=United States
allegiance= Union
branch=Infantry
equipment=
battles=The 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that served in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War . It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 asHundred Days Men , an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.ervice
The 44th Iowa Infantry was organized at
Davenport, Iowa , and mustered in for one-hundred days Federal service onJune 1 ,1864 , as part of a plan to raise short-term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman'sAtlanta Campaign . The 44th Iowa garrisoned strategic points in theMemphis, Tennessee , district.The regiment was mustered out at Davenport on
September 15 ,1864 .Total strength and casualties
A total of 996 men served in the 44th Iowa at one time or another during its existence. [http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil712.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1] It suffered 2 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 15 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 17 fatalities. [Logan, "Roster"]
Commanders
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Colonel Stephen H. Henderson [Logan, "Roster"]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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