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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
This Unit was organized at Camp Harlan, Mount Pleasant, September to November, 1861. Companies muster in "A," "E" and "F" November 23, "B," "C," "D," "I," "K" and "M" November 25, "G" November 27, "L" December 24, and "H" January 1, 1862. They mustered out at Atlanta August 10, 1865, and discharged at Davenport, Ia., August 24, 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 Camp Harlan, Mount Pleasant, September to November, 1861. Companies muster in "A," "E" and "F" November 23, "B," "C," "D," "I," "K" and "M" November 25, "G" November 27, "L" December 24, and "H" January 1, 1862. They mustered out at Atlanta August 10, 1865, and discharged at Davenport, Ia., August 24, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
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The roster of the 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry is found in ''[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosteroffourthio00scot#page/n5/mode/2up Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers 1861-1865], ''by Wm. Forse Scott, (New York: J J Little, 1902). | The roster of the 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry is found in ''[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosteroffourthio00scot#page/n5/mode/2up Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers 1861-1865], ''by Wm. Forse Scott, (New York: J J Little, 1902). | ||
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=== 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, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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]] | ||