Iowa 12th Volunteer Infantry, Company H (Union)
10/18/61
Organized - Iowa 12th Volunteer Infantry, Company H - Iowa
4/6/62
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
7/14/64
Battle - Tupelo - Tupelo, Mississippi
Tupelo
Union Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, commanding the Sixteenth Corps with more than 14,000 men, left LaGrange, Tennessee on July 5, 1864, and advanced south. Smith's mission was to insure that Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest and his cavalry did not raid Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's railroad supply line in middle Tennessee supporting the campaign against Atlanta. Laying waste to the countryside as he advanced, Smith reached Pontotoc, Mississippi, on July 11th. Forrest was in nearby Okolona with about 6,000 men, bu…READ MORE
7/21/65
Mustered Out - Iowa 12th Volunteer Infantry, Company H - Iowa
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regiment -Iowa 12th Volunteer Infantry (Union)
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