The 25th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 25th Iowa Infantry was organized at

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and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 27, 1862. They were immediately sent north to

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assigned to the

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. There four companies were posted at Camp Lincoln

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and South Bend.Military Matters, The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat, Dec. 5, 1862, p.8, Minnesota Digital Newspaper hub, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, Mn, 202

/ref> Two Companies were posted at Paynesville and Sauk Rapids while G Company was at Richmond in Sterns County. Orders came each Company to report to Fort Snelling prior to movement by foot to Winona. At Winona the

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was still open and they embarked

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s to be taken south to participate in The Battle of Arkansas Post, fought January 9-11, 1863. The regiment was mustered out on June 6, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 1136 men served in the 25th Iowa at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 2 officers and 63 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 207 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 274 fatalities.

Commanders

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George A. StoneIowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive
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Service

Total strength and casualties

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