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Sixth Iowa Infantry.
Hicks's Brigade —
W. S. Smith's Division--Sixteenth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 2 | | 2 | | | | 14 |
| Company | A | | 14 | 14 | | 15 | 15 | 104 |
| | B | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 14 | 14 | 109 |
| | C | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 17 | 17 | 97 |
| | D | 1 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 120 |
| | E | | 19 | 19 | | 12 | 12 | 105 |
| | F | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 14 | 14 | 116 |
| | G | | 14 | 14 | | 15 | 15 | 108 |
| | H | | 9 | 9 | | 11 | 11 | 104 |
| | I | | 19 | 19 | | 10 | 10 | 115 |
| | K | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 110 |
| Totals | 8 | 144 | 152 | 2 | 126 | 128 | 1,102 |
152 killed == 13.7 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 572; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 14.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Shiloh, Tenn. | 63 | Big Shanty, Ga. | 4 |
| Jackson, Miss. (May 14, 1863） | 1 | Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. | 9 |
| Vicksburg, Miss. | 1 | Atlanta, Ga. | 10 |
| Jones's Ford, Miss. | 2 | Ezra Chapel, Ga. | 8 |
| Jackson, Miss. (July 16, 1863） | 6 | Lovejoy's Station, Ga. | 1 |
| Guerrillas | 3 | Griswoldville, Ga. | 8 |
| Missionary Ridge, Tenn. | 13 | Columbia, S. C. | 1 |
| Resaca, Ga. | 7 | Bentonville, N. C. | 1 |
| Dallas, Ga. | 10 | Goldsboro, N. C. | 2 |
| New Hope Church, Ga. | 1 | Place unknown | 1 |
Present, also, at
Athens, Mo.; Siege of
Corinth, Miss.;
Chulahoma, Miss.;
Holly Springs, Miss.; Ezra Chapel, Ga.;
Jonesboro, Ga.;
East Point, Ga.;
Coosaw River, S. C.;
Savannah, Ga.
notes.--Organized at
Burlington, Iowa, July 17, 1861, moving to
Keokuk on August 2d, and to
St. Louis on the 19th.
In October it participated in
Fremont's
Missouri campaign against
Price, and during the winter of 1861-2, the regiment guarded the railroad from
Sedalia to
Tipton.
In March, 1862, it moved to
Pittsburg Landing, where it was assigned to
Sherman's Division,
Colonel McDowell being placed in command of the brigade.
The
battle of Shiloh occurred soon after, in which the regiment was commanded by
Captain John Williams, its casualties in that battle amounting to 52 killed, 94 wounded, and 37 missing; a total of 183, out of less than 650 engaged.
The Sixth continued in
Sherman's Division during the Siege of
Corinth, after which
McDowell's Brigade moved to
Memphis, remaining there several months.
The regiment passed the winter of 1862-3 at
LaGrange, Tenn.
Under command of
Colonel Corse, the regiment distinguished itself on the skirmish line at
Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863, its gallantry there eliciting a special complimentary order from
General William S. Smith, the division commander.
At
Missionary Ridge, the regiment was in
Ewing's Division, Fifteenth Corps; its loss there was 8 killed and 57 wounded.
Colonel Corse received a serious wound in that battle, and soon after was promoted General for his gallant services.
He afterwards made a national reputation by his gallant defense of
Allatoona, where he received the historic dispatch signalled from
Sherman, to “Hold the
Fort, etc.”
