3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

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|dates =September 24, 1861 – October 23, 1865

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|commander1 =Mortimer M. Hayden
Melvil C. Wright
Orlo H. Lyon

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H.H. Weaver
O.G. Day
J.J. Dengl
W.H. Gilford
W.H. Crozier
Jervine Bradley
Leroy S. House
Charles S. Martin
D.U. Lee
R. McFate

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The 3rd Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between September 24, 1861, and October 23, 1865, during the American Civil War.

Service

The 3rd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Dubuque, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on September 24, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 23, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 290 men served in the 3rd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil721.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 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities#http://www#civilwararchive {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326070849/http://www/ |date=March 26, 2006 }}#com/Unreghst/uniaart#htm 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

Bibliography

[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]

Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa

Category:1861 establishments in Iowa

Category:Military units and formations established in 1861

Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865