4th Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

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4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery
ActiveNovember 23, 1863 – July 14, 1865
DisbandedJuly 14, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
SizeBattery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
CaptainPhilip H. Goode[1]

The 4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between November 23, 1863, and July 14, 1865, during the American Civil War

Service[edit]

The 4th Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on November 23, 1863. The battery was mustered out of Federal service on July 14, 1865.

Total strength and casualties[edit]

A total of 171 men served in the 4th Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[2] It suffered 5 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 5 fatalities.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Unknown (2003), p. 101.
  2. ^ http://iagenweb#org/civilwar/books/logan/mil722[permanent dead link]#htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E#, Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol# 1
  3. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniaart.htm[permanent dead link] The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Volume 3, New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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