2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
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Joseph R. Reed
John W. Coons
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Daniel P. Walling
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J.E. Snyder
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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.
Service
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.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 193 men served in the 2nd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.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
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 fatalitieshttp://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#
References
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Bibliography
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
Category:1861 establishments in Iowa
Category:Military units and formations established in 1861
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865