Total Strength and Casualties
A total of 2053 men served in the 2nd Iowa at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 1 officer and 59 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 8 officers and 207 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 269 (275?) fatalities.
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