34th Iowa Infantry Regiment

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|dates= October 15, 1862, to August 15, 1865

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|allegiance= Union

|branch= Infantry

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The 34th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 34th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 15, 1862.

The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 1081 men served in the 34th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil703.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 1 officer and 11 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 244 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 258 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf4.htm#32ndinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

Commanders

  • Colonel George W. Clark - Appointed colonel September 1, 1862 and mustered October 15, 1862; transferred to command Consolidated 34th and 38th Regiment, January 1, 1864; brevet brigadier general, April 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment on August 15, 1865.Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

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