Organized at Florence, Ill., and mustered in August 23, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., August 23-24, 1862. At Benton Barracks, Mo., till Se...

This regiment was organized in August, 1862, and numbered 976 men. The companies were recruited chiefly in the counties of Dubuque, Black Ha...

The official reports of the Adjutant General of Iowa show that Company A, of the Twenty-first Regiment of Infantry, was ordered into quarter...

TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY. Colonel Samuel Merrill is a native of the State which was first settled by traders and fishermen "on the Maine,...