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| 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery | |
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| File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa state flag | |
| Active | September 24, 1861 to October 23, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Engagements | Battle of Pea Ridge |
The 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery, known as the "Dubuque Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service[]
The 3rd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Dubuque, Iowa for a three year enlistment on September 24, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 23, 1865.
Total strength and casualties[]
A total of 290 men served in the 3rd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities.[2]
Commanders[]
- Captain Mortimer M. Hayden.[3]
See also[]
- List of Iowa Civil War Units
- Iowa in the American Civil War
Notes[]
- ↑ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil721.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
References[]
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