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''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] | ''[[United States of America|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Iowa|Iowa]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Iowa Military Records|Iowa Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Iowa_in_the_Civil_War]]''<br> | ||
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<center>'''Iowa Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style=" | <center>'''Iowa Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Units 1st through 9th|1st-9th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Units 10th through 30th|10th-30th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Units 31st through 48th|31st-48th]] </div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Units A to Z|A to Z]]</div> | ||
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<center>'''Iowa Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style=" | <center>'''Iowa Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Iowa Civil War Union Other Units|Other]]</div> | ||
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An index to the compiled military service records is: | |||
*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa'' <ref>United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa''. National Archives Microfilm Publications; M0541. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library {{FHL|315985|title-id|disp=films 881808–36}}) </ref>This index lists each soldier’s name, company, unit, rank in, and rank out. There are also references to service in other units. The actual service records have not been filmed and are available only at the National Archives. | *''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa'' <ref>United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa''. National Archives Microfilm Publications; M0541. Washington, DC: The National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library {{FHL|315985|title-id|disp=films 881808–36}}) </ref>This index lists each soldier’s name, company, unit, rank in, and rank out. There are also references to service in other units. The actual service records have not been filmed and are available only at the National Archives. | ||
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*For a list of the Civil War soldiers living in Iowa in 1886, see the book, ''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa,'' <ref>''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa''. Des Moines, Iowa: G. E. Roberts, State Printer, 1886. (Family History Library {{FHL|322671|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M22ig; film 982150}}) </ref>mentioned previously. The Civil War soldiers are listed by the state from which they served, then by their regiment and then alphabetically. | *For a list of the Civil War soldiers living in Iowa in 1886, see the book, ''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa,'' <ref>''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa''. Des Moines, Iowa: G. E. Roberts, State Printer, 1886. (Family History Library {{FHL|322671|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M22ig; film 982150}}) </ref>mentioned previously. The Civil War soldiers are listed by the state from which they served, then by their regiment and then alphabetically. | ||
'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | ||
After the Civil War, veterans formed the [http://www.suvcw.org/research.htm Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)]. At its peak in the 1890s, the GAR had posts and members throughout Iowa. Post records give the name, birth date, birthplace (town and state), war record (regiment, enlistment date, date mustered out), wife’s name and sometimes, the names and residences of children and parents. For the index and post records, see: | After the Civil War, veterans formed the [http://www.suvcw.org/research.htm Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)]. At its peak in the 1890s, the GAR had posts and members throughout Iowa. Post records give the name, birth date, birthplace (town and state), war record (regiment, enlistment date, date mustered out), wife’s name and sometimes, the names and residences of children and parents. For the index and post records, see: | ||