6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
| 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry | |
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| Active | January 31, 1863 to October 17, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Cavalry |
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The 6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the Indian Wars.
The 6th Iowa Cavalry was mustered into Federal service at Davenport, Iowa for a three-year enlistment between January 31 to March 5, 1863. In 1864, eleven of the regiment's twelve companies were part of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Pollock's 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Alfred Sully's District of Iowa. In this organization, these companies participated in the Northwestern Indian Expedition, fighting at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain and in the Battle of the Badlands. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 17, 1865.
Full details can be found at http://american_reflections.home.mchsi.com/sixthiowa.html
A total of 1420 men served in the 6th Iowa at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 1 officer and 21 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 74 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 97 fatalities.
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