Private Hiram M. Kersey, 44th Iowa Infantry is shown here with musket, bayonet, knife, and revolver, ready to take his place in the line. The 44th Iowa Infantry was mustered into service in Davenport, Iowa and served in the area of Memphis. The Regiment was mustered out of service on September 15, 1864, and Hiram returned to the family farm near Liberty, in Marshall County, Iowa.
76,242 Iowa men served in the Civil War. 13,001 would die of wounds or disease. No state, North or South, had a higher percentage of its male population serve in the military during the course of the war.
Hand-colored tintype from the Liljenquist Family Collection.
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