4th Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

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

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]

Service

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

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

  1. Unknown (2003), p. 101.
  2. http://iagenweb#org/civilwar/books/logan/mil722%5B%5D#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%5B%5D 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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