2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between August 18, 1861, and February 7, 1865, during the American Civil War.

2nd Iowa Light Artillery Battery
ActiveAugust 18, 1861 – February 7, 1865
DisbandedFebruary 7, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchArtillery
SizeBattery
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
CaptainNelson T. Spoor
Joseph R. Reed
John W. Coons
1st LieutenantJohn Burk
Daniel P. Walling
2nd LieutenantC.F. Reed
J.E. Snyder

Service

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The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Council Bluffs, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on August 18, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865.

 
Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park

Total strength and casualties

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A total of 193 men served in the 2nd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 29 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 32 fatalities[2]

References

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  1. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil720.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. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniaarty.htm#2ndarty 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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