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Number of Troops Furnished by Iowa
During the Civil War

The following is a chapter from "The History of Jefferson County, Iowa", Page 254, published by the Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1879.

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NUMBER OF TROOPS FURNISHED BY THE STATE OF IOWA
DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION,
TO JANUARY 1, 1865.

No. Regiment.
No. of
men.
   
No. Regiment.
No. of
men.
1st Iowa Infantry....................   959    39th Iowa Infantry.........................   933
2d     "      "     .................... 1,247    40th   "       "      .......................   900
3d     "      "     .................... 1,074    41st Battalion Iowa Infantry..............   294
4th    "      "     .................... 1,184    44th Infantry (100-days men)............   867
5th    "      "     .................... 1,037    45th     "           "        "  ............   912
6th    "      "     .................... 1,013    46th     "           "        "  ............   892
7th    "      "     .................... 1,138    47th     "           "        "  ............   884
8th    "      "     .................... 1,027    48th Battalion       "       "  ............   346
9th    "      "     .................... 1,090    1st Iowa Cavalry........................... 1,478
10th  "       "     ................... 1,027    2d     "      "    ........................... 1,394
11th  "       "     ................... 1,022    3d     "      "    ........................... 1,360
12th  "       "     ...................   981    4th    "      "    ........................... 1,227
13th  "       "     ...................   989    5th    "      "    ........................... 1,245
14th  "       "     ...................   840    6th    "      "    ........................... 1,125
15th  "       "     ................... 1,196    7th    "      "    ...........................   562
16th  "       "     ...................   919    8th    "      "    ........................... 1,234
17th  "       "     ...................   956    9th    "      "    ........................... 1,178
18th  "       "     ...................   875    Sioux City Cavalry* ........................     93
19th  "       "     ...................   985    Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry ................     87
20th  "       "     ...................   925    1st Battery Artillery ......................   149
21st  "       "     ....................   980    2d     "          "     ......................   123
22d   "       "     .................... 1,008    3d     "          "     ......................   142
23d   "       "     ....................   961    4th    "          "     ......................   152
24th  "       "     ...................   979    1st Iowa African Infantry, 60th U.S.  †   903
25th  "       "     ...................   995    Dodge's Brigade Band .....................     14
26th  "       "     ...................   919    Band of 2d Iowa Infantry .................     10
27th  "       "     ...................   940    Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1,
 1864, for the older Iowa regiments.....		 2,765
28th  "       "     ...................   956    Enlistments of Iowa men in regiments of
 other states, over......................... 		2,500
29th  "       "     ................... 1,005      --------
30th  "       "     ...................   978    Total......................................... 61,653
31st  "       "     ....................   977       
32d   "       "     ....................   925    Re-enlisted Veterans for different Regiments................................... 7,202
33d   "       "     ....................   985    Additional enlistments...................... 6,664
34th  "       "     ...................   953      --------
35th  "       "     ...................   984    Grand total as far as reported up to
 Jan. 1, 1865..............................		 75,519
36th  "       "     ...................   986       
37th  "       "     ...................   914       
38th  "       "     ...................   910       

This does not include those Iowa men who veteranized in the regiments of other States, nor the names of men who enlisted during 1864, in regiments of other States.

* Afterward consolidated with Seventh Cavalry.

† Only a portion of this regiment was credited to the State.

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