48th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Battalion

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 48th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Battalion 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.

The battalion spent its entire service guarding prisoners of war at the Rock Island Barracks, Illinois. Four enlisted men died of disease. OFFICERS:

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver H. P. Scott

ASSIGNMENTS:

Guards at Rock Island Barracks.

SERVICE:

Guards at Rock Island Barracks.

ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains 409 names.

Company A - enrolled in Warren County

Company B - enrolled in Jasper County and other counties

Company C - enrolled in Decatur County

Company D - enrolled in Lee County and Des Moines 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

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Historical Sketch & Roster of The 48th Battalion Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Rigdon, John C.


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