4th Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

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4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery
ActiveNovember 23, 1863 – July 14, 1865
DisbandedJuly 14, 1865
CountryFlag of the United States (1865-1867).svg  United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Artillery
Size Battery
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Captain Philip H. Goode [1]

The 4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between November 23, 1863, and July 14, 1865, during the American Civil War

Artillery battery artillery unit equivalent to an infantry company

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of artillery, mortars, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface to surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems. The term is also used in a naval context to describe groups of guns on warships.

Iowa State of the United States of America

Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest and Minnesota to the north.

Union Army Land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War


During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. Also known as the Federal Army, it proved essential to the preservation of the United States of America as a working, viable republic.

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Service

The 4th Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on November 23, 1863. The battery was mustered out of Federal service on July 14, 1865.

Davenport, Iowa City in Iowa, United States

Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. It is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population estimate of 382,630 and a CSA population of 474,226; it is the 90th largest CSA in the nation. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, and was appointed a quartermaster with the rank of colonel during the Black Hawk War. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 99,685. The city appealed this figure, arguing that the Census Bureau missed a section of residents, and that its total population was more than 100,000. The Census Bureau estimated Davenport's 2011 population to be 100,802.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 171 men served in the 4th Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence. [2] It suffered 5 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 5 fatalities. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Unknown (2003), p. 101.
  2. ↑ http://iagenweb#org/civilwar/books/logan/mil722#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/uniaart.htm%5B%5D The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Volume 3, New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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