William F. Fox included the 6th Iowa Infantry in his list of “Three Hundred Fighting Regiments” and rightfully so! Although the 6th
Iowa Infantry was present at the Athens skirmish, the unit mostly guarded
Missouri railroads early in its service. Closely associated with William T.
Sherman, the unit went on to see extensive service in Mississippi, the Atlanta
campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolina campaign.
For more information about the 6th
Iowa, go to the following:
Iowa in the Civil War: a history and a
complete roster are on this site
“Hick's Brigade —W. S. Smith's Division--Sixteenth
Corps.
(1) Col. John A. McDowell.
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(2) Col. John M. Corse; Bvt. Major-Gen.
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(3) Col. William H. Clune.
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Companies.
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killed and died of wounds.
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died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c.
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Total Enrollment.
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Officers.
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Men.
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Total.
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Officers.
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Men.
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Total.
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Field and Staff
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2
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2
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14
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Company
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A
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14
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14
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15
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15
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104
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B
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1
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14
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15
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14
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14
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109
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C
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2
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14
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16
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17
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17
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97
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D
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1
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14
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15
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1
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9
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10
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120
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E
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19
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19
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12
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12
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105
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F
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1
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15
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16
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14
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14
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116
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G
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14
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14
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15
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15
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108
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H
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9
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9
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11
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11
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104
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I
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19
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19
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10
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10
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115
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K
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1
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12
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13
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1
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9
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10
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110
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Totals
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8
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144
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152
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2
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126
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128
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1,102
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152 killed =13.7 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 572; died in Confederate prisons
(previously included), 14.
Battles.
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K. & M. W.
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Shiloh, Tenn.
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63
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Jackson, Miss. (May 14, 1863)
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1
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Vicksburg, Miss.
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1
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Jones’s Ford, Miss.
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2
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Jackson, Miss. (July 16, 1863)
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6
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Guerrillas
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3
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Missionary Ridge, Tenn.
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13
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Resaca, Ga.
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7
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Dallas, Ga.
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10
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New Hope Church, Ga.
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1
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Big Shanty, Ga.
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4
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Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.
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9
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Atlanta, Ga.
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10
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Ezra Chapel, Ga.
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8
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Lovejoy’s Station, Ga.
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1
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Griswoldville, Ga.
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8
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Columbia, S. C.
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1
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Bentonville, N. C.
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1
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Goldsboro, N. C.
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2
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Place unknown
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1
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Present, also, at Athens, Mo.; Siege of Corinth, Miss.; Chulahoma,
Miss.; Holly Springs, Miss.; Ezra Chapel, Ga.; Jonesboro, Ga.; East Point, Ga.;
Coosaw River, S. C.; Savannah, Ga.
Notes.--Organized at Burlington, Iowa, July 17, 1861, moving to Keokuk
on August 2d, and to St. Louis on the 19th. In October it participated in
Fremont’s Missouri campaign against Price, and during the winter of 1861-2, the
regiment guarded the railroad from Sedalia to Tipton. In March, 1862, it moved
to Pittsburg Landing, where it was assigned to Sherman's Division, Colonel
McDowell being placed in command of the brigade. The battle of Shiloh occurred
soon after, in which the regiment was commanded by Captain John Williams, its
casualties in that battle amounting to 52 killed, 94 wounded, and 37 missing; a
total of 183, out of less than 650 engaged. The Sixth continued in Sherman’s
Division during the Siege of Corinth, after which McDowell's Brigade moved to Memphis,
remaining there several months. The regiment passed the winter of 1862-3 at
LaGrange, Tenn. Under command of Colonel Corse, the regiment distinguished
itself on the skirmish line at Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863, its gallantry
there eliciting a special complimentary order from General William S. Smith,
the division commander. At Missionary Ridge, the regiment was in Ewing’s
Division, Fifteenth Corps; its loss there was 8 killed and 57 wounded. Colonel
Corse received a serious wound in that battle, and soon after was promoted
General for his gallant services. He afterwards made a national reputation by
his gallant defense of Allatoona, where he received the historic dispatch
signalled from Sherman, to ‘Hold the Fort, etc.’” (Fox, p. 406)
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