Civil War

 

 

Types of Records

Muster rolls are arranged by regiment and company. Provide name, rank, muster dates, nativity and remarks.

 

Certificates of service. Provide name, nativity, residence, physical description, rank, when and where enliste, when and where mustered into service, and date of termination of service.

 

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) has post minutes and roster books. These include rosters of members.

 

Published Sources

Byers, S.H.M. Iowa in War Times. Des Moines: W. D. Condit & Co., 1888. Digital copy available in FamilySearch catalog.

Ingersoll, Lurton D. Iowa and the Rebellion. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1867. Lists officers by unit.

Iowa. Adjutant General's Office. List of Ex-soldiers, Sailors and Marines Living in Iowa. Des Moines: G. E. Roberts, 1886. Digital copy available in FamilySearch catalog.

Iowa. Adjutant General's Office. Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1866. 6 vols. Des Moines: E.H. English, 1908-1911. Digital copy available in FamilySearch catalog.

Iowa. Adjutant General's Office. Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster of Iowa, 1861-1867 9 vols. Des Moines: state printer, 1861-1868.

Stuart, Addison A. Iowa Colonels and Regiments... Des Moines: Mills & Co., 1865. Digital copy available in FamilySearch catalog.

 

• Individual Civil War Records, images, etc.
• First Regiment Co."H" Volunteer Cavalry
• 2nd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
• 2nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
• 3rd Battery, Iowa Light Cavalry
• 4th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
• 6th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 7th Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
• 7th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 8th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 15th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 17th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 18th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 22nd Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 36th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 37th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 46th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 48th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
• 1864 draft
• Military Organizations
• List of Soldiers Residing in Monroe County Who Enlisted from Other Localities

Off Site

Civil War Files

• Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the American Civil War
• Thomas P. Gray gravestone
• Newton Scott Company A,36 Volunteers