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Tag Archives: Iron Brigade
Book Review: Wisconsin at Antietam: The Badger State’s Sacrifice on America’s Bloodiest Day
Sometimes you just need everything in one place–background, analysis, good quotes, orders of battle, pertinent illustrations, some politics, maps, context, chapter notes, and an easy-to-use-index. From cover to cover, this little gem–Cal Schoonover’s Wisconsin at Antietam: The Badger State’s Sacrifice on … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Book Review
Tagged Antietam, Army of the Potomac, Book Review, Iron Brigade, Wisconsin
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Who Was First at Gettysburg?
When one thinks of the red corps badge of the First Division, First Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the mind immediately jumps to everyone’s favorite black hat wearing westerners, the First Brigade, the Iron Brigade. However, another group … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Memory
Tagged 147th New York, 14th Brooklyn, 2nd Mississippi, 2nd Wisconsin, 42nd Mississippi, 55th North Carolina, 76th New York, 7th Indiana, 7th Wisconsin, 95th New York, Andrew Grover, Battle of Gettysburg, Iron Brigade, John Hofmann, Lysander Cutler, National Tribune
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2nd Wisconsin Infantry: A Study In Demographics
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Bill Backus One of the famous regiments that served in the Civil War was the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. As part of the famed Iron Brigade, the 2nd Wisconsin saw hard service with the Army … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier
Tagged 2nd Wisconsin, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, demographics, Iron Brigade
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The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part three)
Part three of a series. Camp Health and Winter Huts Camp health and cleanliness was also a major concern. Most of the enlisted men spent their winters in small huts, reminiscent of those used by Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 127th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania, 2nd Michigan Infantry, 8th Ohio, Alonzo Snow, Ambrose Burnside, Chatham, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, George B. McClellan, Iron Brigade, Joseph Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Stafford County, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac, Winter Encampment
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An Enduring Controversy: The Pipe Creek Circular and the Battle of Gettysburg
Part Two In part one of this two-part series, we examined the content of the Pipe Creek Circular, and we also looked at the Pipe Creek Line itself. In this, the second part, we will examine the controversy created by … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, First Corps, George G. Meade, III Corps, Iron Brigade, John Buford, John Reynolds, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Oliver O. Howard, Pipe Creek, Pipe Creek Circular, Winfield S. Hancock, XI Corps, XII Corps
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The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg: Part Two
The Conclusion of a Series The Army of the Potomac benefited greatly early on July 1st due to the fact that no high ranking Confederate officer seemed to want to take control of the fight. Division commander Henry Heth has … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns
Tagged 2nd Mississippi, 55th North Carolina, 6th Wisconsin, 84th New York, 95th New York, A.P. Hill, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Belo, Battle of Gettysburg, Fight Like the Devil, Francis Waller, Hall's Battery, Henry Heth, Iron Brigade, John Blair, Joseph Davis, Lysander Cutler, McPherson Ridge, Medal of Honor, Railroad Cut at Gettysburg, Rufus Dawes, The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg
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The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg: Part One
Part One in a Series On the morning of July 1st, 1863, Union and Confederate soldiers made their way towards the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. Three full days of viscous fighting were touched off three miles to the west … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns
Tagged 147th New York, 2nd Maine Battery, 2nd Mississippi, 42nd Mississippi, 55th North Carolina, 56th Pennsylvania, 76th New York, Abner Doubleday, Alfred Belo, Andrew Grover, Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Charles Veil, First Volley at Gettysburg, Francis Miller, Herbst Woods, Iron Brigade, James Archer, James Wadsworth, Jefferson Davis, John Connally, John Reynolds, John WIlliam Hoffman, Joseph Davis, Lysander Cutler, Sheads Woods, The Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg
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The Western Federal
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jim Taub. As Joseph Polley, a sergeant of the 4th Texas Infantry, moved through the dense Georgia underbrush, the sounds and smells of battle overwhelmed his senses. The cracking of musketry and … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Common Soldier, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Michigan, 25th Illinois, 2nd Wisconsin, 4th Texas Infantry, 4th U.S. Artillery, 6th Wisconsin, 90th Illinois Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee, Army of the Cumberland, Army of the Potomac, Army of the Tennessee, Battle of Chickamauga, Bell Irvin Wiley, Braxton Bragg, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Fort Donelson, George Meade, Governeur Warren, Iron Brigade, Joe Hooker, John Gibbon, Joseph Polley, Pittsburg Landing, Samuel Crawford, The Iron Brigade, Viniard Field, XI Corps, XII Corps
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“Sally had a baby, and the baby had red hair”—part two
Today, we bring you the second part of Lance Herdegen’s two-part piece about the music of the Iron Brigade, which was not only one of the most famous fighting units in the Army of the Potomac but whose members also … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Ties to the War
Tagged Iron Brigade, Lance Herdegen, music, sally-had-a-baby
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