8th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry

HISTORICAL NOTES: The Eighth Regiment of Iowa Cavalry was organized under special authority of the War Department, bearing date April 6, 1863. The twelve companies of which it was composed were ordered into quarters by the Governor of the State, on dates ranging from August 13 to September 1, 1863. Davenport, Iowa, was designated in the order as the place of rendezvous, and there, on the 30th day of September, 1863, the twelve companies and their officers, together with the field and staff officers of the regiment, were-mustered into the service of the United States, by Lieutenant Colonel William N. Grier, of the Regular Army. At the date of its muster into the service, the regiment had an aggregate strength of 1,234 men in its camp, near Davenport, was given the name of "Camp Roberts," in official orders. OFFICERS:

Colonel Joseph B. Dorr

Colonel Horatio G. Barner.

ASSIGNMENTS: Organized at Davenport September 30, 1863. Moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 17-22, thence to Nashville, Tenn., November 14-16. Attached to Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Cumberland, and to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to June, 1865. Dept. of Georgia to August, 1865. SERVICE: Guard and garrison duty and operating against guerrillas at Waverly and points west of Nashville until March, 1864. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 13-17, thence to Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tenn., April 1-15. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Varnell's Station May 7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Tilton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Stilesborough May 23. Burnt Hickory May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Near Burned Church May 26. Ackworth June 3-4. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 9-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. McCook's Raid on Atlanta & West Point Railroad July 27-31. Lovejoy Station July 29. Clear Creek and near Newnan July 30. At Kingston, Ga., until Sept. 17. Pursuit of Wheeler Sept. 1-8. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, thence to Franklin, Tenn. Pursuit of Forest September 25-October 10. Pulaski September 27. Florence, Ala., October 6-7. Muscle Shoals near Florence October 30. Near Shoal Creek October 31. Nashville Campaign November-December. Shoal Creek near Florence November 5-6 and 9. On line of Shoal Creek November 16-20. Fouche Springs November 23. Campbellsville November 24. Front of Columbia November 24-27. Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Lynnville December 24-25. Pulaski December 25-26. Expedition into Mississippi January 5-21, 1865. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-May 1. Northport near Tuscaloosa April 3. Occupation of Tuscaloosa April 4. Occupation of Talladega April 22. Munford's Station April 23. Rejoined Wilson at Macon May 1. Duty at Macon and in Georgia until August. Mustered out August 13, 1865. ROSTERS: The roster of this unit has the names of 1763 men.

Company F - Many men from Appanoose County.
Company H - Many men from Appanoose County BIBLIOGRAPHY:

REFERENCES: REF: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
"The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3