40th Iowa Infantry Regiment
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| image=Flag of Iowa.svg
| image_size = 100
|caption=Iowa state flag
|dates= November 15, 1862, to June 5, 1865
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
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|battles= Siege of Vicksburg
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The 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 40th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa, on November 15, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 5, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1136 men served in the 40th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil709.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 19 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 184 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 205 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf4.htm#40thinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
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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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