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Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G (Union)

21/03/1862

Organized - Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G - Iowa

19/09/1862

Battle - Iuka - Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Iuka
Iuka

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

13/10/1864

Battle - Tilton, Georgia

25/07/1865

Mustered Out - Iowa 17th Volunteer Infantry, Company G - Iowa


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