48th Iowa Infantry Battalion

The 48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days.

48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry
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ActiveJuly 13, 1864, to October 21, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry

Service

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The 48th Iowa Infantry was organized as Companies A, B, and C at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for one-hundred days federal service on July 13, 1864, as part of a plan to raise short term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. As there were not enough recruits to complete an entire regiment in the time allotted, the unit was redesignated a battalion. The battalion spent its entire service guarding prisoners of war at the Rock Island Barracks, Illinois.

The battalion was mustered out on October 21, 1864.

Total strength and casualties

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358 men served in the 48th Iowa Battalion at one time or another.[1] Four enlisted men died of disease.[2]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil716.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. ^ a b Logan, "Roster"

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