34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment


The 34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 34th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 15, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

A total of 1081 men served in the 34th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 1 officer and 11 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 244 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 258 fatalities.

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