The 3rd 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
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Service
The 3rd Iowa Infantry was organized at
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, United States. It is Iowa's southernmost city. The population was 9,900 at the time of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The city is named after the Sauk people, Sauk chief K ...
and mustered into Federal forces on June 8, 1861.
The regiment was consolidated into a battalion of three companies in July, 1864 after those members of the regiment who did not reenlist mustered out and the survivors were transferred to
2nd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry as Companies "A," "F," and "I" on November 4, 1864.
Total strength and casualties
Unit strength was 1099. The regiment suffered 8 officers and 119 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 122 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 249 fatalities. 207 were wounded.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Nelson G. Williams
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Lieutenant Colonel John Scott
[http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil304.htm 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 ...
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Modena Weston, "Mother" of the Regiment
References
External links
The Civil War ArchiveRecollections with the Third Iowa regiment
at the Library of Congress
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Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
1861 establishments in Iowa
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864
1864 disestablishments in Iowa
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