1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

January 2014 January 2014 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery flag.jpg 1st Iowa Light Artillery Battery flag August 17, 1861 – July 5, 1865 United States 1865 23px Union Artillery Battery 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 July 5, 1865 Charles H. FletcherJunius A. JonesHenry H. GriffithsWilliam H. Gay Captain Virgil J. DavidOrrin W. GambellThomas A. IjamsJames W. Williams 1st Lieutenant 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.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 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#http://www#civilwararchive https://web.archive.org/web/20060326070849/http://www/ March 26, 2006 #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# References Bibliography The Civil War Archive Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:1861 establishments in Iowa Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865