8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment
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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
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Notes
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- ↑ 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.
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