44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:
This Unit was organized at Davenport June 1, 1864. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days. They were ordered to Memphis, Tennessee, and assigned to guard duty in that district until September, 1864, relieving experienced troops to join Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. They mustered out September 15, 1864.

They lost 21 men by disease. OFFICERS:
Colonel Stephen H. Henderson ATTACHMENTS:
guard duty in Memphis, Tennessee SERVICE:
ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains 1046 names.

Company A - enrolled in Dubuque County

Company B - enrolled in Muscatine County

Company C - enrolled in Delaware County

Company D - enrolled in Johnson County

Company E - enrolled in Butler County

Company F - enrolled in Jackson County and Clinton County

Company G - enrolled in Marshall County

Company H - enrolled in Boone County

Company I - enrolled in Scott County

Company K - enrolled in Scott County

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REFERENCES:

REF: Wikipedia
Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company