Principal Counties of Enlistment

Principal Counties of Enlistment
Listed by County, by Regiment, and how the Counties were Named

Adair —Infantry—29th ----- Cavalry—2nd, 4th
Adams —Infantry—4th, 29th ----- Cavalry—4th
Allamakee—Infantry—9th, 12th, 27th -----Cavalry—1st, 6th, 9th
Appanoose —Infantry—18th, 36th, 46th, 47th -----Cavalry—3rd , 8th
Benton —Infantry—2nd, 8th, 13th, 19th, 47th -----Cavalry—2nd, 3rd, 6th
Black Hawk —Infantry—9th, 31st, 47th -----Cavalry—1st, 4th, 7th, ---- Artillery—3rd
Boone —Infantry—3rd, 9th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 44th
Bremer --Infantry—14th, 38th, 44th
Buchanan —Infantry—9th, 27th, 47th -----Cavalry—1st, 4th
Butler —Infantry—14th, 32nd, 33rd, 44th -----Artillery—3rd
Cass —Infantry—4th
Cedar -Infantry-1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 24th, 31st, 35th, 37th, 46th---Cavalry—2nd, 6th, 9th --- Artillery—3rd
Cerro Gordo —Infantry—32nd -----Cavalry—2nd, 22nd
Chickasaw —Infantry—7th, 13th, 38th -----Cavalry—4th
Clarke —Infantry—6th, 18th, 34th, 46th -----Cavalry—3rd
Clayton —Infantry—4th, 9th, 21st, 27th, 47th -----Cavalry—1st, 4th, 6th, 7th
Clinton —Infantry—2nd, 8th, 16th, 18th, 24th, 26th, 44th -----Cavalry—1st, 2nd
Dallas —Infantry—4th, 15th, 23rd, 39th, 44th, 46th --- Artillery—2nd
Davis —Infantry—2nd, 7th, 30th -----Cavalry—3rd
Decatur —Infantry—3rd, 4th, 34th, 39th, 48th -----Cavalry—3rd, 9th
Delaware —Infantry—3rd, 6th, 12th, 21st, 27th, 46th -----Cavalry—2nd, 4th, 6th
Des Moines —Infantry—7th, 14th, 25th, 30th, 39th
Dubuque --Infantry—1st, 3rd, 9th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 27th, 37th, 44th, 46th --Cavalry—1st,  2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th ---Artillery--3rd
Fayette —Infantry—3rd, 9th, 12th, 18th, 21st, 38th -----Cavalry—1st, 6th
Floyd —Infantry—27th -----Cavalry—9th -----Artillery—3rd
Franklin —Infantry—6th, 14th, 32nd
Fremont —Infantry—13th, 29th, 33rd, 36th -----Cavalry—4th
Greene —Infantry—10th, 39th
Grundy —Infantry—32nd -----Cavalry—1st
Guthrie —Infantry—4th, 29th , 46th
Hamilton —Infantry—32nd , 36th -----Cavalry—1st, 2nd
Hancock —Infantry—32nd -----Cavalry—1st, 2nd
Hardin—Infantry—32nd, 44th -----Cavalry—1st, 2nd, 6th
Harrison —Infantry—4th, 13th, 29th -----Cavalry—6th
Henry —Infantry—14th, 19th, 25th, 45th -----Cavalry—4th
Howard —Infantry—7th, 38th -----Cavalry—6th -----Artillery—3rd
Humboldt —Infantry—32nd -----Cavalry—4th
Iowa —Infantry—1st, 6th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, 32nd, 37th,47th ----Cavalry—1st,2nd,6th
Jackson —Infantry—5th, 9th, 24th, 26th, 31st, 44th -----Cavalry—2nd , 5th, 6th
Jasper —Infantry—5th, 10th, 13th, 48th
Jefferson —Infantry—2nd, 7th, 13th, 14th, 22nd, 45th -----Cavalry—3rd , 4th
Johnson —Infantry—22nd, 24th -----Cavalry—2nd , 5th
Jones —Infantry—9th, 14th, 24th, 31st -----Cavalry—1st
Keokuk — Infantry—5th, 8th, 13th, 33rd, 47th
Kossuth —Cavalry—2nd
Lee —Infantry—7th, 9th, 13th, 17th, 45th -----Cavalry—1st, 3rd, 4th
Linn —Infantry—9th, 14th, 24th, 31st -----Cavalry—9th
Louisa —Infantry—5th, 8th, 11th, 19th, 35th, 45th -----Cavalry—1st, 2nd
Lucas —Infantry—13th, 34th, 36th, 46th -----Cavalry—1st
Madison —Infantry—4th, 23rd, 34th, 39th, 47th -----Cavalry—1st
Mahaska —Infantry—3rd, 7th, 15th, 33rd, 40th, 47th -----Cavalry—4th
Marion —Infantry—3rd, 8th, 15th, 17th, 33rd, 36th, 40th, 47th -----Cavalry—3rd , 7th, 9th
Marshall —Infantry—5th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 23rd, 25th, 44th -----Cavalry—2nd, 6th, 8th
Mills —Infantry—15th, 29th
Mitchell —Infantry—27th -----Cavalry—2nd , 4th
Monroe —Infantry—18th, 36th, 46th -----Cavalry—1st, 3rd
Montgomery —Infantry—4th, 23rd, 29th -----Cavalry—6th
Muscatine — Infantry—1st, 7th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 35th, 37th, 44th -----Cavalry—2nd , 9th
Page —Infantry—4th, 23rd -----Cavalry—4th , 5th
Polk —Infantry—2nd 4th, 10th, 23rd, 44th, 47th -----Cavalry—2nd -----Artillery—1st, 2nd
Pottawattamie —Infantry—4th, 9th, 13th, 29th -----Cavalry—5th -----Artillery—3rd
Poweshiek —Infantry—10th, 28th, 46th -----Cavalry—4th
Ringgold —Infantry—4th, 29th , 46th -----Cavalry—3rd
Scott —Infantry—8th, 13th, 20th, 44th -----Cavalry—2nd
Shelby —Infantry—4th , 13th
Story —Infantry—3rd, 13th, 23rd, 32nd -----Cavalry—2nd
Tama —Infantry—10th, 14th, 24th, 28th, 47th -----Cavalry—2nd , 6th
Taylor —Infantry—4th, 29th , 46th
Union —Infantry—4th, 29th
Van Buren —Infantry—2nd, 13th, 15th, 19th, 24th, 30th, 36th, 45th -----Cavalry—3rd , 7th
Wapello —Infantry—2nd, 7th, 15th, 36th, 37th, 47th -----Cavalry—1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th
Warren —Infantry—4th, 10th, 15th, 18th 34th, 48th -----Cavalry—1st
Washington —Infantry—2nd, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 25th, 30th, 45th --- Cavalry—1st, 9th
Wayne —Infantry—4th, 46th -----Cavalry—3rd
Webster —Infantry—32nd
Winnebago —Cavalry—5th
Winneshiek —Infantry—3rd, 12th, 13th, 38th -----Cavalry—1st
Worth —Infantry—21st , 32nd
Wright — Infantry—32nd -----Cavalry—2nd
 
Infantry
1st-- Recruited from the state at large.
2nd-- Lee, Polk, Jefferson, Van Buren, Davis, Washington, Clinton, Wapello, Scott
3rd-- Dubuque, Marion, Clayton, Winneshiek, Story, Fayette, Warren, Mahaska, Black Hawk
4th-- Mills, Pottawattamie, Harrison, Cass, Shelby, Guthrie, Dallas, Decatur, Clarke, Polk,  Warren, Madison,Ringgold, Adams, Union,              Wayne, Taylor, Page
5th-- Cedar, Jasper, Louisa, Keokuk, Buchanan, Marshall, Benton, Jackson, Linn, Hardin, Franklin
6th-- Linn, Hardin, Franklin, Monroe, Clarke, Johnson, Lee, Henry
7th-- Muscatine, Washington, Chickasaw, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Mahaska, Lee, Wapello, Henry, Iowa, Des Moines, Jefferson
8th-- Scott, Clinton, Louisa, Washington, Benton, Linn, Marion, Keokuk, Iowa, Mahaska, Monroe
9th-- Jackson, Jones, Buchanan, Clayton, Fayette, Black Hawk, Winneshiek, Howard, Bremer, Linn
10th-- Polk, Boone, Warren, Tama, Madison, Greene, Jasper, Poweshiek, Washington
11th-- Muscatine, Louisa, Cedar, Henry, Washington, Keokuk, Van Buren, Linn, Marshall
12th-- Dubuque, Jackson, Delaware, Black Hawk, Hardin, Fayette, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Linn
13th-- Linn, Jasper, Marion, Lucas, Keokuk, Scott, Polk, Benton, Marshall, Washington
14th-- Henry, Lee, Van Buren, Des Moines, Dubuque, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Iowa, Jasper
15th-- Clinton, Linn, Polk, Mahaska, Wapello, Van Buren, Fremont, Mills, Marion, Warren, Harrison, Pottawattamie
16th-- Boone, Muscatine, various other parts of the state.
17th-- Decatur, Lee, Van Buren, Polk, Wapello, Appanoose, Washington, Marion, Louisa, Dallas
18th-- Linn, Clinton, Jones, Dubuque, Winneshiek, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Iowa, Keokuk, Mahaska, Muscatine, Louisa, Linn, Wapello,              Appanoose, Marion, Warren, Polk, Fayette, Benton, Washington
19th-- Lee, Van Buren, Jefferson, Henry, Louisa, Washington
20th-- Scott, Linn
21st-- Mitchell, Worth, Black Hawk, Clayton, Dubuque, Delaware
22nd-- Johnson, Monroe, Jasper, Wapello
23rd-- Polk, Dallas, Story, Wayne, Page, Montgomery, Jasper, Madison, Cass, Marshall, Pottawattamie
24th-- Linn, Cedar, Jackson, Johnson, Tama, Jones
25th-- Henry, Des Moines, Washington, Louisa
26th-- Clinton, Jackson, Jones
27th-- Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Floyd, Buchanan, Mitchell, Chickasaw
28th-- Benton, Iowa, Tama, Poweshiek, Johnson, Jasper
29th-- Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison, Adams, Adair, Fremont, Taylor, Ringgold, Union, Guthrie
30th-- Lee, Davis, Jefferson, Washington, Des Moines, Van Buren
31st-- Linn, Black Hawk, Jackson, Cedar, Jones
32nd-- Hamilton, Wright, Hardin, Kossuth, Cerro Gordo, Winnebago, Hancock, Black Hawk, Boone, Butler, Grundy, Floyd, Franklin,                  Webster, Humboldt, Marshall, Story
33rd-- Marion, Keokuk, Mahaska
34th-- Decatur, Warren, Lucas, Clarke, Marion, Wayne
35th-- Muscatine, Cedar
36th-- Monroe, Wapello, Appanoose, Marion, Lucas, Van Buren
37th-- Recruited from the state at large.
38th-- Fayette, Winneshiek, Bremer, Chickasaw, Howard
39th-- Madison, Polk, Dallas, Clarke, Greene, Des Moines, Decatur
40th-- Marion, Jasper, Poweshiek, Mahaska, Keokuk, Benton
41st - 43rd-- never mustered.
44th - 47th-- at large.

Cavalry
1st-- Eastern half of state.
2nd-- Muscatine, Scott, Jackson, Harrison, Cerro Gordo, Mitchell, Winnebago, Johnson, Polk, Hardin,Tama, Story
3rd-- Lee, Van Buren, Davis, Jefferson, Marion, Appanoose, Wapello, Wayne
4th-- Fremont, Page, Mills
5th-- Midwest region
6th-- At large
7th-- Western half of state and at large.
8th-- at large.
9th-- at large.

Artillery
1st-- at large.
2nd-- Polk, Dallas, Harrison, Fremont, Pottawattamie
3rd-- Dubuque
4th-- at large.
 
 
ADAIR
John Adair….General, War of 1812
ADAMS
John Adams….2nd President of U.S.
ALLAMAKEE
Alan Makee…..Indian Trader
APPANOOSE
Sac Indian Chief
AUDUBON
John James Audubon….Artist and Naturalist
BENTON
Thomas Hart Benton…. Missouri Senator
BLACK HAWK
Black Hawk…. Sac Indian Chief
BOONE
Nathan Boone…..Army Officer, son of Daniel Boone
BREMER
Fredricka Bremer…. Swedish traveler and author
BUCHANAN
James Buchanan….15th President of U.S.
BUENA VISTA
Battle, Mexican War
BUTLER
William O. Butler…. General, Mexican War
CALHOUN
John Calhoun….. Vice President of U.S.
CARROLL
Charles Carroll…Declaration of Independence
CASS
Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan
CEDAR
Red Cedar River
CERRO GORDO
Battle, Mexican War
CHEROKEE
Southern Indian Tribe
CHICKASAW
Southern Indian Tribe
CLARKE
James Clarke...Territorial Governor of Iowa
CLAY
Lt. Col. Henry Clay, Jr….killed in the Mexican War
CLAYTON
Senator John Middleton Clayton of Delaware
CLINTON
DeWitt Clinton.....5th Governor of New York
CRAWFORD
William H. Crawford....Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
DALLAS
George Mifflin Dallas....Vice President of U.S
DAVIS
Garret Davis....Representative from Kentucky
DECATUR
Stephen Decatur....American Naval Officer
DELAWARE
State of Delaware
DES MOINES
Des Moines River
DICKINSON
Senator Daniel S. Dickinson of New York
DUBUQUE
Julien Du Buque…. 1st white settler in Iowa
EMMET
Robert Emmet…. Irish nationalist
FAYETTE
Marquies de Lafayette....French General, Revolutionary War
FLOYD
Sgt. Charles Floyd of Lewis and Clarke's Expedition
FRANKLIN
Benjamin Franklin
FREMONT
Lt. Col. John Charles Fremont, Mexican War
GREENE
Nathaniel Greene.....General, Revolutionary War
GRUNDY
Felix Grundy....Chief Justice Kentucky Supreme Court
GUTHRIE
Edwin Guthrie....Captain, Mexican War
HAMILTON
William W. Hamilton, president of the Iowa Senate
HANCOCK
John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress
HARDIN
John J. Hardin, Illinois Colonel killed in the Mexican War
HARRISON
William Henry Harrison....9th President of U.S.
HENRY
General Henry Dodge.....Governor of Wisconsin Territory
HOWARD
Tighlman A. Howard...General, Mexican War
HUMBOLDT
Baron Friedrich Alexander von Humboldt.....German Scientist
IDA
Ida Smith.....first white child born in what is now Ida Grove
IOWA
Iowa River
JACKSON
Andrew Jackson….7th President of U.S
JASPER
William Jasper…Sergeant, Revolutionary War
JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson….3rd President of U.S
JOHNSON
Richard Mentor Johnson…. Vice President of U.S.
JONES
George Jones…. 1st delegate, Wisconsin Territory
KEOKUK
Sac Indian Chief
KOSSUTH
Lajos Kossuth….Hungarian Patriot
LEE
William Elliot Lee, a land dealer
LINN
Senator Lewis Field Linn of Missouri
LOUISA
Louisa Massey....area folk heroine who avenged her brother's murder by slaying his assassin.
LUCAS
Robert Lucas…1st Governor of Iowa Territory
LYON
Nathaniel Lyon…Army Officer in Seminole and Mexican Wars
MADISON
James Madison.... 4th President of U.S..
MAHASKA
Chief of the Ioway Tribe
MARION
Francis Marion....Revolutionary War Hero
MARSHALL
John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of U.S.
MILLS
Major Frederick Mills.....Iowa Officer, Mexican War
MITCHELL
John Mitchell….. Irish refugee
MONONA
An Indian girl who, believing her white lover was killed by her people, jumped from a high rock into the Mississippi River
MONROE
James Monroe, 5th President of U.S.
MONTGOMERY
Richard Montgomery….General, Revolutionary War
MUSCATINE
Indian word thought to mean "prairie"
O’BRIEN
William Smith O'Brien, Irish Independence
OSCEOLA
Seminole Indian Chief
PAGE
Captain John Page...killed Mexan War
PALO ALTO
First battlefield victory in the Mexican War
PLYMOUTH
Landing place of the Mayflower Pilgrims
POCAHONTAS
Virginia Indian Princess
POLK
James Knox Polk….11th President of the U.S.
POTTAWATTAMIE
Indian Tribe and former possessor of Iowa Territory
POWESHEIK
Fox-Mesquaki Indian Chief
RINGGOLD
Major Samuel Ringgold, killed in Mexican War
SAC
Iowa Indian Tribe, name means "red bank."
SCOTT
Major General Winfield Scott
SHELBY
General Isaac Shelby.....Revolutionary War and War of 1812
SIOUX
Indian Tribe Iowa and Minnesota.
STORY
Joseph Story, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
TAMA
Fox Indian Chief
TAYLOR
General Zachary Taylor….Mexican War and 12th President of U.S.
UNION
Union of the States
VAN BUREN
Martin Van Buren…. 8th President of U.S.
WAPELLO
Fox Indian Chief
WARREN
General Joseph Warren, Revolutionary War
WASHINGTON
George Washington….1st President of U.S.
WAYNE
General Anthony Wayne, Revolutionary War
WEBSTER
Daniel Webster…..American Statesman and Orator
WINNEBAGO
Iowa Indian Tribe
WINNESHIEK
Winnebago Indian Chief
WOODBURY
Levi Woodbury….New Hampshire and U.S. Statesman
WORTH
William J. Worth…. Major General, Mexican War
WRIGHT
Joseph A. Wright….Governor of Indiana
 
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