Kent Gramm, D. Scott Hartwig

Giants in Their Tall Black Hats (eBook, ePUB)

Essays on the Iron Brigade
Redaktion: Nolan, Alan T.; Vipond, Sharon Eggleston

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of essays by renowned Civil War historians provides a comprehensive history of the legendary Iron Brigade and its service to the Union. Fighting in the Civil War for the Union Army of the Potomac, Brigadier General Rufus King's Wisconsin Brigade was the only all-Western Brigade to fight for the Eastern armies of the Union. Known as "The Black Hat Brigade" because the soldiers wore the regular army's dress black hat instead of the more typical blue cap, they were renowned for their discipline and valor in combat. From Brawner Farm and Second Bull Run to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, the Western soldiers were giants of the battlefield, earning their reputation as "The Iron Brigade." And when the war was over, the records showed that it led all federal brigades in percentage of deaths in battle. These essays, by some of the most renowned Civil War historians and experts on the brigade, spotlight significant moments in the history of this celebrated unit. "Editors Alan Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond's insightful essays provide fresh perspectives on the Iron Brigade's exploits, detailing military and political events in the words of actual combatants."-Military Review

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253028471
• Artikelnr.: 47465117

Autorenporträt

Edited by Alan T. Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Editors' Acknowledgments
Introduction, Alan T. Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond
1. John Brawner's Damage Claim, Alan T. Nolan
2. "They Must Be Made of Iron": The Ascent of South Mountain, Kent Gramm.
3. "I Dread the Thought of the Place": The Iron Brigade at Antietam, D.
Scott Hartwig
4. John Gibbon and The Black Hat Brigade, Steven J. Wright
5. "The Dread Reality of War": Gibbon's Brigade, August 28-September 17,
1862, Alan D. Gaff and Maureen Gaff
6. "Like So Many Devils": The Iron Brigade at Fitzhugh's Crossing, Marc
Storch and Beth Storch
7. John F. Reynolds and The Iron Brigade, Lance J. Herdegen
8. "A New Kind of Murder": The Iron Brigade in The Wilderness, Sharon
Eggleston Vipond
9. The Iron Brigade Battery: An Irregular Regular Battery, Silas Felton10.
In Peace and War: Union Veterans and Cultural Symbols - The Flags of the
Iron Brigade, Richard H. Zeitlin
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index