The 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
.
Service
The 27th Iowa Infantry was organized at
Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque (, ) is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 59,667 at the 2020 United States census. The city lies along the Mississippi River at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a region ...
and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 3, 1862. As soon as it was mustered in the Regiment was sent north to help deal with the
Sioux uprising in Minnesota. Iowa was in the Army's newly formed
Department of the Northwest
The Department of the Northwest was an U.S. Army Department created on September 6, 1862, to put down the Sioux uprising in Minnesota. Major General John Pope was made commander of the Department. At the end of the Civil War the Department was re ...
commanded by
Major General John Pope at
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint An ...
.
The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1172 men served in the 27th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 1 officer and 23 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 193 fatalities.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
James I. Gilbert
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Lieutenant Colonel Jed Lake
[Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]
See also
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List of Iowa Civil War Units
This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa.
Infantry
* 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment
* 1st Iowa I ...
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Iowa in the American Civil War
The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army.
Prelude to war
Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846. Settlers had defea ...
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive
Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
Military units and formations established in 1862
1862 establishments in Iowa
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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