title: 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment
text: # 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment
  
  The 10th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 10th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa, and Montezuma, Iowa, and mustered into Federal service on September 6 (9 companies) and September 28, 1861 (remaining company). The regiment was mustered out on August 15, 1865, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
  
  ## Total strength and casualties
  
  Total enrollment was 1319. The regiment lost 6 officers and 95 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 235 fatalities. 277 were wounded.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel Nicholas Perczel
  * Colonel William E. Small
  