The 28th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

28th Iowa Infantry Regiment
Iowa state flag
ActiveOctober 10, 1862, to July 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Port Gibson
Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Big Black River
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Sabine Crossroads
Battle of Cedar Creek

Service

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The 28th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 10, 1862. Iowa circuit court judge William E. Miller retired from the bench to become the colonel of the regiment at Camp Pope, near Iowa City. For two months they engaged in drilling of recruits, and in November of that year marched through Missouri to an encampment at Helena, Arkansas. The regiment engaged in various expeditions, but Miller "contracted a disease which meant death in the South", which forced him to return to Iowa in March 1863.[1]

The regiment was mustered out on July 31, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

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A total of 1195 men served in the 28th Iowa during its existence [2] It lost 6 officers and 76 enlisted men to combat action, and 3 officers and 186 enlisted men to disease, for a total of 271 fatalities.[3]

Commanders

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Chief Justice Miller Dead", The Des Moines Register (November 10, 1897), p. 1.
  2. ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil512.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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