11th Iowa Infantry Regiment
| 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | September 28, 1861 – July 15, 1865 |
| Disbanded | July 15, 1865 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Engagements | American Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel | Abraham M. Hare |
| Colonel | Colonel William Hall |
| Colonel | John C. Abercrombie[1] |
The 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 11th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered into Federal service between September 28 and October 18, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on July 15, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
Total enrollment was 1297. The regiment lost 5 officers and 86 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 166 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 259 fatalities.[2] 234 were wounded.
References
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil403.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/uniainf2.htm#11th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- Sources
- The Civil War Archive
- War diary of regiment member Alexander Downing [1]
- War diary of Mifflin Jennings [2]