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


This Unit was organized at Davenport December 10, 1861, to March, 1862. They mustered out July 19, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>
This Unit was organized at Davenport December 10, 1861, to March, 1862. They mustered out July 19, 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>
 
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
 
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UIA0016RI 16th Regiment Infantry], (accessed 21 June 2012)<br>
 
*The Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Iowa_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment], (accessed 21 June 2012)<br>
 
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=== 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 2,271 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UIA0016RI Roster]. This Unit listed as 'UIA0016RI'.<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.  
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Company K - enrolled in Lee County, Boone County, Scott County, Polk County, etc.  
Company K - enrolled in Lee County, Boone County, Scott County, Polk County, etc.  


<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 583-615. {{FHL|322680|item|disp=FHL book 977.7 M25ag}}. <br>  
<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 583-615. {{FSC|322680|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.7 M25ag}}. <br>  


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


=== Source Material ===
=== Regimental History and Roster ===
*In the Matter of the Controversy Between the Shiloh National Military Park Commission and the Iowa Shiloh Commission Relating to Inscriptions Upon the r
Regiment Monuments of the 15th and 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry
by Albert Baird Cummins, n.p., n.p., 1903 '''''Online at:'''''[https://archive.org/details/inmatterofcontro00cumm/page/n7/mode/2upInternet 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>


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


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[[Category:Iowa_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]
[[Category:Iowa_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] [[Category:Union Military Units]]

Latest revision as of 13:50, 18 April 2024

Brief History[edit | edit source]

This Unit was organized at Davenport December 10, 1861, to March, 1862. They mustered out July 19, 1865.[1]

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


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

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,271 men on its roster for this unit. Roster. This Unit listed as 'UIA0016RI'.

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 Clinton County

Company B - enrolled in Scott County

Company C - enrolled in Muscatine County

Company D - enrolled in Boone County etc.

Company E - enrolled in Scott County

Company F - enrolled in Scott County etc.

Company G - enrolled in Dubuque County

Company H - enrolled in Dubuque County

Company I - enrolled in Linn County, Benton County &c.

Company K - enrolled in Lee County, Boone County, Scott County, Polk County, etc.


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 583-615. FS Catalog book 977.7 M25ag.

Rosters are also listed in this book.

Regimental History and Roster[edit | edit source]

  • In the Matter of the Controversy Between the Shiloh National Military Park Commission and the Iowa Shiloh Commission Relating to Inscriptions Upon the r

Regiment Monuments of the 15th and 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry by Albert Baird Cummins, n.p., n.p., 1903 Online at:Archive

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

  • 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).
  • National Park Service, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

References[edit | edit source]

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