Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G (Union)
1862-03-21
Organized - Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G - Iowa
1862-09-19
Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Army of the West main column marched into Iuka, Mississippi, on September 14th. Price's superior, Gen. Braxton Bragg, had ordered Price to prevent Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi from moving into Tennessee and reinforcing Nashville. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Army of the Tennessee, feared that Price intended to go north to join Bragg. Grant devised a plan for his left wing commander, Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, to advance on Iuka from the west;…READ MORE
1864-10-13
Battle - Tilton, Georgia
1865-07-25
Mustered Out - Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G - Iowa
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regiment -Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
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