2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
Encyclopedia
The 2nd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery
that served in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
.
for a three year enlistment on August 18, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865.
It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 29 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 32 fatalities..
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems...
that served in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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Service
The 2nd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Council Bluffs, IowaCouncil Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...
for a three year enlistment on August 18, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 7, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 193 men served in the 2nd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 29 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 32 fatalities..