Grand Army of the Republic, Jefferson County Post # 227, Glasgow, Iowa FHL film 1,695,920 item 6.Īdditional Sources.Grand Army of the Republic Records Iowa Posts: Indexes to veterans post membership records.The original records are at the State Historical Society in Des Moines, which has a good Civil War section. The forms are on microfilm, are listed by county, and often name the parents, spouse, and children.
Often the cards also give the exact birth date, county of birth, exact death date and place, name and location of cemetery, and parents’ names. 1800–1962 The index cards generally provide the name of the person, his company and regiment, the state from which he served in the Civil War, and the number and city of the GAR post where he was listed.
Post records give the name, birth date, birthplace (town and state), war record (regiment, enlistment date, date mustered out), wife’s name and sometimes, the names and residences of children and parents. At its peak in the 1890s, the GAR had posts and members throughout Iowa. For more information see Union Pension Records.Īfter the Civil War, veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The actual service records have not been filmed and are available only at the National Archives.įor more information on service records see Union Service Records.Ĭivil War Pension Index Cards - An Index to Pension Applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. There are also references to service in other units. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Iowa This index lists each soldier’s name, company, unit, rank in, and rank out.Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), FHL film 965938 Item 3.Īn index to the compiled military service records is: Family History Library FHL book 977.7 M2i films 987646–50.Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.(Family History Library book 977.7 M2i index film 1033761 items 3–9 fiche 6051153) ( Worldcat) N.p.: Idaho State Historical Society Genealogical Library, 1979. Volume 6 ( Google Books) - Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in Miscellaneous Organizations of the Mexican War, Indian Campaigns, War of the Rebellion, and the Spanish American and Philippine Wars Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organization.Volume 5 ( Google Books) - 32d through 48th Regiments, Infantry, 1st Regiment African Infantry, and 1st through 4th Batteries Light Artillery.Volume 4 ( Google Books) - 1st through 9th Regiments, Cavalry and Two Independent Companies, Cavalry.Volume 3 ( Google Books) - 17th through 31st Regiments, Infantry.Volume 2 ( Google Books) - 9th through 16th Regiments, Infantry.Volume 1 ( Google Books) - 1st through 8th Regiments, Infantry.Volume 6 has names of Iowans that served in organizations of other states and other miscellaneous organizations. The soldiers are listed by company but not alphabetically. This book provides each soldier’s name, rank, and often the date and place he was mustered out. Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: Together with Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861–1866 is available online.Records and Resources Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers įor lists of the soldiers by regiment, see: That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
The information in the lists of Iowa Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units. Most units were numbered, however, some were named. For additional information, see the Wikipedia article, Iowa in the American Civil War. Iowa troops included 48 infantry regiments, 8 cavalry regiments, 4 artillery regiments, and one unassigned volunteer regiment. Iowa provided over 76,000 troops to the Civil War, of which 13,000 died.