Submitted by Bob Bowen; Mason City, Iowa Enlistment period: 12 Aug 1862-23 Aug 1862 All personnel from Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, and Worth Counties COMPANY "B" THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY, IOWA VOLUNTEERS UNIT MOVEMENTS, 12 AUGUST 1862 - 24 AUGUST, 1865 DATES REMARKS ====== ======== 12 August '62 - 23 August '62 Enlistment period. Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago and Worth County personnel. 24 August '62 Personnel travel: Mason City, Des Moines, Waterloo to Camp Franklin, Dubuque, IA. 11 September '62 Company B personnel mustered in to service. 16 November '62 Relocated Benton Barracks, St. Louis, MO. 25 November '62 Relocated New Madrid, MO. 27 December '62 Relocated Ft. Pillow, TN with a detachment at Fulton, TN. 18 June '63 Transported to Columbia, KY. 8 July '63 - 11 July '63 Check for Rebel troops at Union City, TN. 21 January '64 - 24 March '64 Relocated Vicksburg, MS. 3 February '64 - 3 March '64 Meridian, MS Expedition March - May '64 Red River campaign. Unit was a part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, under the command of Gen. J.A. Smith. Red River /Atchafalaya River, Simmsport, LA. Capture of Ft. DeRussy, LA, Alexandria, LA, Grand Ecore, Pleasant Hill Battlegrounds. Retreat to Grand Ecore, Alexandria, Red River to Vicksburg, MS. 9 April '64 10 April '64 Battle of Pleasant Hill. 5 June '64 - 4 September '64 Relocated Greenville, MS., Point Chicot, AR.; Columbia, AR., Memphis, TN. 24 June '64 - 31 July '64 Battles of Tupelo, Old Town Creek, MS 4 August '64 - 30 August '64 Oxford, MS expedition 5 September '64 - 2 October '64 Transportation to Cairo, IL., Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO. 2 October '64 - 24 November '64 Searching for Rebel troops of Gen. Price, from Mineral Point, MO., Ozark Mts. in MO., returning to St. Louis, MO. 25 November '64 Transported to Smithland, KY., via water to outskirts of Nashville, TN. 15 December '64 - 5 January '65 Battle of Nashville, TN., thence to Lawrenceburg and Clifton, TN. via Tennessee River to Eastport, MS. 5 February '65- 21 February '65 Steamship to New Orleans, LA. 7 March '65 - 27 April '65 To Dauphine Island, LA., Mobile, AL., Ft. Blakely. Surrender of Ft. Blakely on 9 April '65, thence to Montogomery, AL. 15 July '65 - August '65 Steamship to Selma AL., via rail to Jackson, MS., via water to Vicksburg,MS., steamship to Clinton, IA 24 August '65 Personnel of Company B, 32nd Regiment Infantry Iowa Volunteers mustered out of military service, to return to their homes ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************