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=== Brief History  ===
=== Brief History  ===


This Unit was organized at Iowa City and mustered in October 10, 1862. They mustered out July 31, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
This Unit was organized at Iowa City and mustered in October 10, 1862. They mustered out July 31, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
 
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
 
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf3.htm#28thinf 28th Regiment Infantry], (accessed 26 June 2012).<br>
 
*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Iowa_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment], (accessed 26 June 2012).<br>


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,621 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UIA0028RI Roster]. This Unit listed as 'UIA0028RI'.<br>


Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.  


<br> Company A - enrolled in Benton County  
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Company A - enrolled in Benton County  


Company B - enrolled in Iowa County  
Company B - enrolled in Iowa County  
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Information about the companies and their counties comes from Iowa. Adjutant General's Office, ''Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa'', (Des Moines [Iowa]: F.W. Palmer, 1863), pages 983-1013. {{FSC|322680|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.7 M25ag}}. <br>  
Information about the companies and their counties comes from Iowa. Adjutant General's Office, ''Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa'', (Des Moines [Iowa]: F.W. Palmer, 1863), pages 983-1013. {{FHL|322680|item|disp=FHL book 977.7 M25ag}}. <br>  


Rosters are also listed in this book. <br>
Rosters are also listed in this book. <br>


=== Regimental History and Roster ===
=== Source Material ===
 
*''A succinct history of the 28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry : from date of muster into service ... to its final muster out ....'' By Ephraim E Blake. Belle Plaine, IA : Union Press, 1896. '''''Online at:''''' [https://archive.org/details/succincthistoryo00blak/page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]
 
=== Other Sources  ===
 
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Iowa in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br>
 
*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
 
*[[Iowa in the Civil War|Iowa in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Iowa, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
 
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
 
*Brown, Eula Marie Holtze. ''Parks family history: ancestors and descendants of George Washington Parks, a Civil War veteran and Adams County Nebraska homesteader.'' (Beaver City, Nebraska: E.M.H. Brown, 1997), {{FSC|1174556|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6008589}}.


=== References ===
=== References ===


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Brief History[edit | edit source]

This Unit was organized at Iowa City and mustered in October 10, 1862. They mustered out July 31, 1865.[1]

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


Company A - enrolled in Benton County

Company B - enrolled in Iowa County

Company C - enrolled in Poweshiek County

Company D - enrolled in Benton County

Company E - enrolled in Johnson County

Company F - enrolled in Tama County

Company G - enrolled in Iowa County

Company H - enrolled in Poweshiek County

Company I - enrolled in Iowa County

Company K - enrolled in Jasper County


Information about the companies and their counties comes from Iowa. Adjutant General's Office, Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa, (Des Moines [Iowa]: F.W. Palmer, 1863), pages 983-1013. FHL book 977.7 M25ag.

Rosters are also listed in this book.

Source Material[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).
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