IOWA

According to census data, almost 675,000 people lived in Iowa the year before the American Civil War began, of which almost 674,000 were white and 144,000 were males between that ages of 15 and 39. The state raised 50 infantry regiments (1 colored), 4 artillery batteries, and 9 cavalry regiments. No major military actions occurred in Iowa, and the state lost 13,000 of its men during the war, 3,500 killed or mortally wounded.

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