1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery
Active	August 17, 1861 – July 5, 1865
Disbanded	July 5, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Size	Battery
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge; Siege of Vicksburg; Battle of Lookout Mountain; Battle of Missionary Ridge; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Nashville;
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

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

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]

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References

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#

Bibliography

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://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

[2] ttp://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#