The 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The 27th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 3, 1862. As soon as it was mustered in the Regiment was sent north to help deal with the Sioux uprising in Minnesota. Iowa was in the Army's newly formed Department of the Northwest commanded by Major General John Pope at Fort Snelling.Neighbors to the Rescue: Wisconsin and Iowa, Minnesota History Winter 1979, Edward Noyes, Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul, Mn, p.312
The regiment was mustered out on August 8, 1865.
Total strength and casualties A total of 1172 men served in the 27th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil511.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 23 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds, and 2 officers and 167 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 193 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf3.htm#22ndinf 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 James I. Gilbert Lieutenant Colonel Jed LakeIowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
See also List of Iowa Civil War Units Iowa in the American Civil War
References
External links The Civil War Archive