45th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 45th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Keokuk May 25, 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.. It moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Memphis and Moscow, Tenn., and assigned to duty guarding Memphis camp; Charleston Railroad till September, 1864. They mustered out September 16, 1864.

The regiment lost 21 Enlisted men by disease. OFFICERS:

Colonel Alvah H. Bereman

ATTACHMENTS:
guarding Memphis camp; Charleston Railroad SERVICE:
guarding Memphis camp; Charleston Railroad ROSTERS:
The roster of this regiment contains 1066 names.

Company A - enrolled in Henry County

Company B - enrolled in Washington County

Company C - enrolled in Lee County

Company D - enrolled in Davis County

Company E - enrolled in Lee County

Company F - enrolled in Des Moines County

Company G - enrolled in Des Moines County

Company H - enrolled in Henry County and Louisa County

Company I - enrolled in Jefferson County

Company K - enrolled in 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