8TH
REGMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY: IT’S SERVICE
(Taken
from Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the
War of the Rebellion, 1979.)
ASSIGNMENTS
& ATTACHMENTS:
Organized
at Davenport August and Sept. 1861.
Left
State for St. Louis, MO., September 25.
Attached
to Dept. of the Missouri to March 1862.
3rd
Brig., 2nd Div., Army of Tenn., to April 1862.
1st
Brig., 2nd Div., Army of Tenn., to July 1862.
Dist.
of Corinth, Dept. of the Tenn, to Nov 1862.
1st
Brig., Dist. of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept.
Of the Tenn., to Dec. 1862.
Davenport,
IA. to Jan., 1863.
District
of St. Louis, MO., Dept. of the Missouri, to April 1863.
3rd
Brig., 3rd Div., 15th Army Corps, Army of Tenn., to Dec.
1863.
3rd
Brig., 1st Div., 16th Army Corps, to June 1864.
Unassigned
Dist. of Memphis, Tenn., Dist. of West Tennessee, to Feb. 1865.
3rd
Brig., 2nd Div., 16th Army Corps, Military Div. West
Mississippi, to August 1865.
Dept
of Alabama to April 1866.
ENGAGEMENTS
& SERVICE:
Moved
to Syracuse, MO., Oct 15, 1861.
Fremont’s
Campaign against Springfield, MO, Oct 21-Nov 8, 1861.
Duty
at Sedalia, MO till March 1862.
Expedition
to Milford, MO., Dec. 15-19, 1861.
Action
at Shawnee Mound, Milford on the Blackwater, Dec. 18, 1861.
(Companies
“E” and “K” detached to guard train to fort Leavenworth, KS Nov. 21,
1861, and duty on Border till March 1862.
Rejoin Regiment at Sedalia.)
Moved
from Sedalia to St. Louis; thence to Pittsburg Landing, TN, March 11-21, 1861.
Battle
of Shiloh, TN April 6-7. Most of
the Regiment was captured.
Men
confined at Macon, GA. Officers at Selma, AL and Madison, GA.
Paroled Oct 18, 1862. Exchanged Nov 10, 1862.
Those not captured attached to the Union Brigade and participated in advance on
and siege of Corinth, MS April 29 – May 30.
Duty
at Corinth, MS until Aug 1862.
Moved
to Danville, MS Aug 15, 1862 and duty there until Oct 1862.
Battle
of Corinth, Oct 3-4, 1862.
Pursuit
to Ripley Oct 5-12, 1862.
Duty
at Corinth, MS until Dec 18, 1862.
Ordered
to rejoin Regiment at Davenport, IA Dec 18, 1862.
While
en route participated in the defense of Jackson, TN, Dec 20, 1862 to Jan 4,
1863.
Arrived
at Davenport, IA Jan 7, 1863.
Regiment
reorganized at Davenport, IA and St. Louis, MO; Duty at Rolla, MO till April.
Ordered
to Young’s Point, LA Apr 9, 1863. Duty
there and at Duckport till May 2, 1863.
Moved
to join army in rear of Vicksburg May 18-July 4, 1863.
Assaults
on Vicksburg May 19 and 22, 1863.
Expedition
to Mechanicsburg May 26 – June 4, 1863.
Advance
on Jackson, MS July 5-10, 1863.
Siege
of Jackson, MS July 10-17, 1863.
At
Bear Creek till Oct 1863.
Moved
to Memphis, TN thence to Pocohontas, TN.
Duty
in Pocohontas guarding Memphis & Charleston Rail Road till Jan 31, 1864.
Moved
to Vicksburg, MS Feb 1-6, 1864.
Expedition
to Canton Feb 25-Mar 4, 1864.
Red
River Campaign, Mar 10-22, 1864.
At
Fort DeRussy Mar 14, 1864.
Henderson’s
Hill Mar 21, 1864.
Campti
March 26 and April 4, 1864.
Grand
Ecore April 5, 1864.
Battle
of Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864.
Retreat
to Natchitoches April 22-23, 1864.
Cane
River Crossing April 23, 1864.
Cloutiersvile
April 23-24, 1864.
At
Alexandria, LA April 27-May 13, 1984.
Bayou
La Mourie May 6-7, 1864.
Retreat
to Morganza May 13-20, 1864.
Mansura
May 14, 1864.
Yellow
Bayou May 18-19, 1864.
Moved
to Vicksburg, MS; thence to Memphis, TN, May 20-June 10, 1864.
Lake
Chicot, AR June 5-6, 1864.
Provost
duty at Memphis, TN till Feb 1865.
Repulse
of Forest’s attack on Memphis Aug 21, 1865.
Moved
to New Orleans, LA Feb 1865.
Campaign
against Mobile, AL March 7 – April 13, 1865.
Siege
of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 – April 8, 1865.
Fort
Blakely April 9, 1865.
Capture
of Mobile, April 12, 1865.
March
to Montgomery, AL April 13-22, 1865.
Provost
duty in Montgomery till Aug 1865.
Provost
duty at Tuscaloosa, AL and Selma, AL till April 1866.
Mustered
out April 20, 1866.
Regiment
members lost during service:
4 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
4 Officers and 170 enlisted men died of disease.
Total lost: 276.