16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES: The 16th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service by companies between December 10, 1861, and March 12, 1862. It fought throughout the war in the west beginning with Shiloh and ended the war with the Carolinas’ Campaign. OFFICERS: Alexander CHAMBERS. – Colonel. Promoted Brevet Brig. Gen. of Volunteers
Addison H. SANDERS. Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 14, 1861. Promoted Brevet Colonel of Volunteers and Brevet Brigadier General March 13, 1865.
William PURCELL. Major Dec. 11, 1861.
George E. McCOSH. Adjutant
Charles W. FRACKER. Quartermaster
Fred HOPE. Quartermaster
Jacob H. CAMBURN. Surgeon
Frederick LLOYD. Surgeon. Brevet Lieutenant colonel
Josiah L. PHILIPS. Assistant Surgeon. Promoted Surgeon.
Dixon ALEXANDER. Assistant Surgeon
D. C. McNEIL. Assistant Surgeon
Freeman McCLELLAND. Assistant Surgeon
Josiah T. HERBERT. Quartermaster . Promoted First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Promoted Major May 11, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel. Colonel
Jesse R. BURGESS. Hospital Steward
Oliver P. WHARTON. Appointed Sergeant Major
ASSIGNMENTS: Organized at Davenport December 10, 1861, to March, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 20, 1862; thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee and District of Corinth, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1865.
SERVICE: Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth and Bolivar until November. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Lake Providence, La., January 18, and duty there until April, 1863. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River Crossing May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Jones' Ferry, Big Black, June 28. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Guarding Ammunition and Subsistence trains. Duty at Vicksburg until February, 1864. Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 5, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., thence march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 21-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station, September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14-16. Salkehatchie Swamps February 3-5. River's Bridge February 3. South Edisto River February 9. Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Cheraw March 3. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 19, 1865.
ROSTERS: The roster of this unit has the names of 1431 men.

Company A - enrolled in Clinton County
Company B - enrolled in Scott County
Company C - enrolled in Muscatine County
Company D - enrolled in Boone County etc.
Company E - enrolled in Scott County
Company F - enrolled in Scott County etc.
Company G - enrolled in Dubuque County
Company H - enrolled in Dubuque County
Company I - enrolled in Linn County, Benton County &c.
Company K - enrolled in Lee County, Boone County, Scott County, Polk County, etc.
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REFERENCES: REF: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
"The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3