8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
- 8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
caption=Iowa state flag
dates= September 30, 1863 to August 13, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Cavalry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Nashville
The 8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 8th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three year enlistment on September 30, 1863.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 13, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1442 men served in the 8th Iowa at one time or another during its existence. [http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil608.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 15 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 176 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniacav.htm#8thcav 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 Joseph B. Dorr
*Colonel Horatio G. Barner. [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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