These three companies were immediately detached and sent to Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, arriving there on December 5, 1861.

[1] The Battalion was permanently detached from the 14th Iowa on September 18, 1862 for service in the Department of the Northwest, where they remained until May 1863.

The battalion was transferred to the 7th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Regiment in April 1863.

A total of 293 men served in the 41st Iowa Battalion at one time or another during its existence.

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