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laced in Rice's (4th) Division, Fifteenth Corps, in which it served during Sherman's Georgia and Carolina campaigns. Mustered out July 12, 1865. Ninth Iowa Infantry. Thayer's Brigade — Steele's Division--Fifteenth Corps. (1) Col. William Vandever; Bvt. Major-Gen. (2) Col. Frank J. Herron; Major-Gen. (3) Col. David Carskaddon. companies. killed and died of wounds. died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. Total Enrollment. Officers. Men. Total. Officers. Men. Total. Fique, September 24, 1861, it left the State on the 26th, 1,007 strong, and proceeded to Benton Barracks, St. Louis. Four months of active service were passed in Missouri, and then it joined Curtis's Army of the Southwest, having been assigned to Vandever's Brigade, Carr's Division. It fought at Pea Ridge, withstanding a severe attack and sustaining the heaviest loss of any regiment on that field, its casualties amounting to 38 killed, 176 wounded, and 4 missing,--a total of 218 out of 560 enga
with the Sioux Indians and other hostile tribes. The 2d Minnesota Infantry distinguished itself early in the war by its participation in the battle of Mill Springs, Ky., one of the first battles, and the first Union victory, in the West. It took a prominent part in this engagement, its casualties amounting to 12 killed and 33 wounded. Official Records, Vol. VII; but the Army Register of U. S. Vols. states this loss at 10 killed and 75 wounded. At Chickamauga this regiment fought in Vandever's (3d) Brigade, Brannan's (3d) Division, Fourteenth Corps, its losses on that field aggregating 34 killed, 107 wounded, Including the mortally wounded. and 51 missing; total, 192. The 3d Minnesota served mostly in Minnesota. Missouri, and on the frontier. The 4th sustained its principal losses at Vicksburg, and at Allatoona Pass. One company (B) of the 5th Minnesota lost 23 men killed in a fight with Indians at Red Wood. Minn., August 18, 1862. This regiment fought at Corinth, V