View source for 3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery

{{Use American English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name =3rd Iowa Light Artillery Battery
|image = 3rd Iowa Light Artillery Battery flag.jpg
|caption =3rd Iowa Light Artillery Battery flag
|dates =September 24, 1861 – October 23, 1865
|country ={{flag|United States|1865|23px}}
|allegiance =[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]
|branch =[[Artillery]]
|type =
|role =
|size =[[Artillery battery|Battery]]
|command_structure =
|garrison =
|garrison_label =
|nickname =Dubuque Battery
|patron =
|motto =
|colors =
|colors_label =
|march =
|mascot =
|equipment =
|equipment_label =
|battles =[[American Civil War]]
|anniversaries =
|decorations =
|battle_honours =
|battle_honours_label =
|disbanded =October 23, 1865
|flying_hours =
|website =
<!-- Commanders -->
|commander1 =Mortimer M. Hayden<br>Melvil C. Wright<br> Orlo H. Lyon
|commander1_label =[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]
|commander2 =W.H. McClure<br>H.H. Weaver<br>O.G. Day<br>J.J. Dengl<br>W.H. Gilford<br>W.H. Crozier<br>Jervine Bradley<br>Leroy S. House<br>Charles S. Martin<br>D.U. Lee<br>R. McFate
|commander2_label =[[Lieutenant]]
|commander3 =
|commander3_label =
|commander4 =
|commander4_label =
|notable_commanders =
<!-- Insignia -->
|identification_symbol =
|identification_symbol_label =
|identification_symbol_2 =
|identification_symbol_2_label =
|identification_symbol_3 =
|identification_symbol_3_label =
|identification_symbol_4 =
|identification_symbol_4_label =
}}
The '''3rd Iowa Light Artillery Battery''' was a light [[artillery battery]] from [[Iowa]] that served in the [[Union Army]] between September 24, 1861, and October 23, 1865, during the [[American Civil War]].
== Service ==
The 3rd Iowa Light Artillery was mustered into Federal service at [[Dubuque, Iowa]] for a three-year enlistment on September 24, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 23, 1865.
== Total strength and casualties ==
A total of  290 men served in the 3rd Iowa Battery at one time or another during its existence.<ref>http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil721.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., '''Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1'''</ref> It suffered 3 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 34 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 37 fatalities#<ref>http://www#civilwararchive {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060326070849/http://www/ |date=March 26, 2006 }}#com/Unreghst/uniaart#htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry# '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''# 3 vols# New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959#</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
*[http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]
[[Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in Iowa]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1861]]
[[Category:Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865]]