By Alan T. Nolan,Sharon Eggleston Vipond
"Editors Alan Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond's insightful essays offer clean views at the Iron Brigade's exploits, detailing army and political occasions within the phrases of tangible combatants." —Military Review
Originally known as "The Black Hat Brigade" as the squaddies wore the general army’s gown black hat rather than the extra common blue cap, the Iron Brigade used to be the single all-Western brigade within the japanese armies of the Union. From Brawner Farm and moment Bull Run to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg—the Western squaddies earned and justified the proud identify Iron Brigade. And whilst the warfare was once over, the documents confirmed that it led all federal brigades in percent of deaths in conflict. those essays, via the superior identified historians of the brigade, highlight major moments within the heritage of the Civil War’s such a lot celebrated unit.
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