Iowa 5th Volunteer Infantry, Company F (Union)

15/7/61

Organized - Iowa 5th Volunteer Infantry, Company F - Iowa

19/9/62

Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE

8/8/64

Mustered Out - Iowa 5th Volunteer Infantry, Company F - Iowa

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regiment -Iowa 5th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

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