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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 2,656 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UIA0004RC Roster]. | The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 2,656 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UIA0004RC Roster]. This Unit is listed as 'UIA0004RC'.<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. <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. <br> | ||
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Company B - mostly men were from Delaware County, though many came from Buchanan, Dubuque, Clayton and other counties.<ref>Wm. Forse Scott, ''Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865,'' (New York: J.J. Little, 1902), page 42.</ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/rosteroffourthio00scot#page/42/mode/2up Roster]. | Company B - mostly men were from Delaware County, though many came from Buchanan, Dubuque, Clayton and other counties.<ref>Wm. Forse Scott, ''Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865,'' (New York: J.J. Little, 1902), page 42.</ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/rosteroffourthio00scot#page/42/mode/2up Roster]. | ||
Company I - many men from Adair County<ref>Lucian Moody Kilburn, ''History of the Adair County, Iowa, and its people'', (Chicago, Illinois : Pioneer Pub. Co., 1915), page 34. [https://dcms.lds.org/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&amp;amp;amp;dps_pid=IE920259&amp;amp;amp;dps_dvs=1342480847772~679&amp;amp;amp;dps_pid=IE920259&amp;amp;amp;change_lng=en FHL digital version]. {{FHL|189408|item|disp=FHL 977.773 H2k}}</ref> <br> | Company I - many men from Adair County<ref>Lucian Moody Kilburn, ''History of the Adair County, Iowa, and its people'', (Chicago, Illinois : Pioneer Pub. Co., 1915), page 34. [https://dcms.lds.org/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&amp;amp;amp;amp;dps_pid=IE920259&amp;amp;amp;amp;dps_dvs=1342480847772~679&amp;amp;amp;amp;dps_pid=IE920259&amp;amp;amp;amp;change_lng=en FHL digital version]. {{FHL|189408|item|disp=FHL 977.773 H2k}}</ref> <br> | ||
Company K - from Wright County <br> | Company K - from Wright County <br> | ||