Iowa Regiments


For regimental information, history of units and battles they fought, see Guy Logan's Official Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 thru VI. Also see the County Military page for links to county sites with information on soldiers for their county.

INFANTRY

1st Iowa Infantry
2nd Iowa Infantry 3rd Iowa Infantry 4th Iowa Infantry 5th Iowa Infantry 6th Iowa Infantry 7th Iowa Infantry 8th Iowa Infantry 9th Iowa Infantry 10th Iowa Infantry  11th Iowa Infantry 12th Iowa Infantry 13th Iowa Infantry 14th Iowa Infantry

The original companies of A, B, and C never served under the command of the 14th; they were transferred to and made a battalion of the 41st Iowa Infantry. Companies D thru K formed from Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Lee, and Van Buren Counties. 15th Iowa Infantry

Company A - Clinton & Linn Counties; Company B - Polk County; Company C - Mahaska County; Company D - Wapello & Mahaska Counties; Company E - Van Buren, Des Moines & Lee Counties; Company F - Fremont & Mills Counties; Company G - Marion & Warren Counties; Company H - Pottawattamie & Harrison Counties; Company I - Lee & Clarke Counties; Company K - Wapello, Marion & Van Buren Counties. 16th Iowa Infantry 17th Iowa Infantry18th Iowa Infantry 19th Iowa Infantry

These regiments were obtained from the book History of the 19th Iowa Infantry by W. Irvine Dungan written right after the Civil War. It gives name, rank, and occupation of the men. The entire book is now available on line. Published in 1865, it is out of copyright and may be downloaded freely.Company A - Lee County, Company B - Jefferson County,  Company C - Washington County, Company D - Jefferson County, Company E - Lee County, Company F & G - Louisa County, Company H & I - Van Buren County and Company K - Henry County. 20th Iowa Infantry 21st Iowa Infantry 22nd Iowa Infantry 23rd Iowa Infantry

24th Iowa Infantry

Two companies - Cedar County; two companies - Jackson County; one company - Johnson County; one company - Jones County; three companies - Linn County; one company - Tama County. 25th Iowa Infantry

After the turn of the century, several Old Soldiers Reunions were held that reminisce about the men that served, the battles they fought in, and those surviving to tell the story. These Union Reunion Rosters sometimes gave the ages and where they were living at the time of the reunion.
26th Iowa Infantry
  • Memorial dedicated to the 26th Iowa Infantry located at the base of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, TN. Submitted by Phil Harris.
27th Iowa Infantry 28th Iowa Infantry

29th Iowa Infantry 30th Iowa Infantry 31st Iowa Infantry32nd Iowa Infantry 33rd Iowa Infantry 34th Iowa Infantry  35th Iowa Infantry 36th Iowa Infantry 37th Iowa Infantry - 'Greybeard Regiment' The Greybeard Regiment consisted of men 45 years old & older from the state at large. Iowa was the only state of the Union to raise such a regiment.

38th Iowa Infantry 39th Iowa Infantry Please note the 40th - 48th regiments are on the government site that has moved. similar information can be found in the Six volumes of Civil War Records for Iowa published by Guy E. Logan. 

40th Iowa Infantry 41st Battalion Iowa Infantry

42nd Iowa Infantry

43rd Iowa Infantry

44th Iowa Infantry

45th Iowa Infantry

46th Iowa Infantry

47th Iowa Infantry - 100 days

48th Battalion Iowa Infantry - 100 Days 49th Iowa Infantry

50th Iowa Infantry

1st Iowa Colored Infantry; 60th US Regiment.

CAVALRY

1st Iowa Cavalry 2nd Iowa Cavalry 3rd Iowa Cavalry 4th Iowa Cavalry

5th Iowa Cavalry

6th Iowa Cavalry

7th Iowa Cavalry 8th Iowa Cavalry
  • PVT. DAVID BARRETT, CO. H, 8th IOWA CAVALRY, USA, Information on Bonerges (sic) F. RUBY, Addison S. RUBY, and J.A. BENSON
9th Iowa Cavalry
  • John G Krouse - Military papers and photos, see also 14th IA Infantry
Sioux City Cavalry

ARTILLERY

1st Battery Artillery - Griffith's 2nd Battery Artillery - Spoor's 3rd Iowa Light Artillery - Wright's 4th Battery Artillery - Goode's

OTHER REGIMENTS

Engineer Regiment of the West

Northern Border Brigade Southern Border Brigade Abingdon Home Guards