18th Iowa Infantry Regiment
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|unit_name= 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment
| image=Flag of Iowa.svg
| image_size = 100
|caption=Iowa state flag
|dates= August 6, 1862, to July 21, 1865
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
|equipment= .68 cal. Austrian Rifles
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The 18th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 18th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on August 6, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 20, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The 18th Iowa mustered 1127 men at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil502.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
It suffered 2 officers and 33 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 131 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 167 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#18th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. 79 were wounded.
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References
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:1862 establishments in Iowa
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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