Unit Name: | 4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery |
Dates: | November 23, 1863 – July 14, 1865 |
Country: | United States |
Allegiance: | Union |
Branch: | Artillery |
Size: | Battery |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Disbanded: | July 14, 1865 |
Commander1: | Philip H. Goode[1] |
Commander1 Label: | Captain |
The 4th Iowa Light Artillery Battery was a light artillery battery from Iowa that served in the Union Army between November 23, 1863, and July 14, 1865, during the American Civil War
The 4th Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three-year enlistment on November 23, 1863. The battery was mustered out of Federal service on July 14, 1865.
A total of 171 men served in the 4th Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.[2] It suffered 5 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 5 fatalities.[3]