8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment

8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
	Iowa state flag
Active	September 30, 1863, to August 13, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Cavalry
Engagements	Battle of Resaca; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Franklin; Battle of Nashville

The 8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 8th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa, for a three-year enlistment on September 30, 1863.

The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 13, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 1442 men served in the 8th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.^[1] It suffered 15 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 176 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 194 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

Colonel Joseph B. Dorr
Colonel Horatio G. Barner.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil608.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/uniacav.htm#8thcav 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

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[Logan-1] ttp://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil608.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.com/Unreghst/uniacav.htm#8thcav The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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