<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The state of Iowa played a role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, and troops for the Union army, though its contributions were overshadowed by larger and more populated eastern states . </P> <P> Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846, and the state continued to attract many settlers, both native and foreign - born . Only the extreme northwestern part of the state remained a frontier area . With the development in the 1850s of the Illinois Central and the Chicago and North Western Railway, Iowa's fertile fields were linked with Eastern supply depots as the Civil War began . Manufacturing companies in the eastern part of the state, as well as farmers, could readily get their products to the Union army . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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