| 词条 | 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
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|unit_name= 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry | image=Flag of Iowa.svg | image_size = 100 |caption=Iowa state flag |dates= June 1, 1864, to September 15, 1864 |country= United States |allegiance= Union |branch= Infantry |equipment= |battles= }} The 44th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days. ServiceThe 44th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for one-hundred days Federal service on June 1, 1864, as part of a plan to raise short-term regiments for service as rear area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. The 44th Iowa garrisoned strategic points in the Memphis, Tennessee, district. The regiment was mustered out at Davenport on September 15, 1864. Total strength and casualtiesA total of 996 men served in the 44th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 2 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 15 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 17 fatalities.[2] Commanders
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Notes1. ^http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil712.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1 2. ^1 Logan, "Roster" References
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