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7th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Flag of Iowa.svg
Iowa flag
Active July 24, 1861, to July 12, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Belmont
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Corinth
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville

The 7th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The 7th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and assembled into Federal service between July 24 and August 4, 1861.

The regiment was sent out on July 12, 1865.

Unit strength was 1552. The regiment lost 7 officers and 134 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 160 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 305 fatalities. 354 were wounded.



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