The 41st Iowa Infantry Battalion was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 41st Iowa Infantry was organized as Companies A, B, and C of the

14th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 14th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November ...

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and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November 6, 1861. These three companies were immediately detached and sent to

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, arriving there on December 5, 1861. The companies were permanently detached from the 14th Iowa on September 18, 1862, where they remained until May 1863. At one time, the state of

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intended to use these companies as the nucleus of a 41st Iowa Regiment, but this plan was abandoned. The battalion was transferred to the 7th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in April 1863.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 293 men served in the 41st Iowa Battalion at one time or another during its existence.http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil710.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 It suffered 2 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 2 fatalities.Logan, "Roster"

Commanders

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John Pattee

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