The 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light

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from

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that served in the Union Army between August 17, 1861, and July 5, 1865, during the

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Service

The 1st Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at

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for a three-year enlistment on August 17, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on July 5, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 266 men served in the 1st Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 10 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 50 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 61 fatalities#http://www#civilwararchive #com/Unreghst/uniaart#htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry# A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion# 3 vols# New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959#

References

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Bibliography

The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War Military units and formations established in 1861 1861 establishments in Iowa Military units and formations disestablished in 1865