1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
| 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery | |
|---|---|
 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery flag | |
| Active | August 17, 1861 – July 5, 1865 |
| Disbanded | July 5, 1865 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Artillery |
| Size | Battery |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Captain | Charles H. Fletcher Junius A. Jones Henry H. Griffiths William H. Gay |
| 1st Lieutenant | Virgil J. David Orrin W. Gambell Thomas A. Ijams James W. Williams |
The 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between August 17, 1861, and July 5, 1865, during the American Civil War.
Service
[edit]The 1st Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Burlington, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on August 17, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on July 5, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
[edit]A total of 266 men served in the 1st Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 10 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 50 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 61 fatalities#[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil719.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 Archived March 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine#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#