16th Iowa Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Davenport December 10, 1861, to March, 1862. Left State for St. Louis, Mo., March 20, 1862; thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee and District of Corinth, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--

April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth and Bolivar until November. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Lake Providence, La., January 18, and duty there until April, 1863. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River Crossing May 17.

May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4.
- Jones' Ferry, Big Black, June 28.
- July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10.
Guarding Ammunition and Subsistence trains.
Duty at Vicksburg until February, 1864.
- August 20-September 2, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana
Expedition to Canton October 14-20.
February 3-March 2, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi

Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., thence march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 21-June 8.

May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Bushy Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
- Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21.
- July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Lovejoy Station, September 2-6.
Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26.
November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14-16.
- Salkehatchie Swamps February 3-5.
- River's Bridge February 3.
- South Edisto River February 9.
- Orangeburg February 11-12.
- Columbia February 15-17.
- Cheraw March 3.
- Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
- Battle of Bentonville March 20-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
  - Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
Mustered out July 19, 1865.