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	Iron Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Iron Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army during the American Civil War, consisting primarily of Western regiments, that was noted for its ability to withstand almost any fire, and its regiments combined took the highest casualty percentage of the war.
		The Iron Brigade initially consisted primarily of regiments raised in Wisconsin, which led it to be also nicknamed the Iron Brigade of the West.
		The Iron brigade was activated on October 1, 1861, upon the arrival in Washington, D.C., of the 7th Wisconsin Infantry regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iron_Brigade (789 words)

	Iron Brigade
		The Iron Brigade was also hotly engaged at South Mountain, Antietam, The Wilderness and Spotsylvania.
		General John Gibbon commanded the Iron Brigade at Manassas, South Mountain, and Antietam; General Meredith, at Gettysburg; and General Cutler at the Wilderness.
		There was another organization, in the Army of the Potomac, known as the Iron Brigade, and it was in the same division with the "Iron Brigade of the West." It was composed of the Second United States Sharpshooters, the Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, Thirtieth, and Eighty-fourth New York, forming Hatch's (1st) Brigade, First Division, First Corps.
	www.civilwarhome.com /iron.htm (417 words)

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		The names of the regiments are engraved upon the extremities of the cross with "Iron Brigade" inscribed on the center of the badge.
		He declares that "the original Iron Brigade was composed of the 14th, 22nd, 24th, 30th NY and the 2nd Berdan's Sharpshooters." Complementing Tibbals was H.E. Dickenson of the 24th NY.
		Edward Frisbee of the 30th NY was listening and replied "Yes, this is the Iron Brigade." Chandler also mentions that the New Yorkers were known by this name throughout the army, until their mustering out in June of 1863.
	www.bytenet.net /antietam/ironbrig.htm (2687 words)

	The Iron Brigade Guard at Gettysburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Iron Brigade Guard of the Gettysburg campaign was organized on June 22, 1863, as the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the I Corps marched northward to Pennsylvania.
		The brigade order No. 24 issued "near Guilford Station, Va.," also called for the guard to include one sergeant and one corporal from each of the regiments as well as three officers -- one captain, a 1st lieutenant and a 2nd lieutenant.
		On the morning of July 1, 1863, as the Iron Brigade double-quicked into the battle of Gettysburg, the Brigade Guard was at the rear of the column.
	carroll1.cc.edu /civilwar/ibguard.html (509 words)

	Iron Brigade meets Rebels in bloody Cornfield - The Washington Times: Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Iron Brigade, composed of the 2nd Wisconsin, 6th Wisconsin, 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana, was the lead brigade of Gen. Abner Doubleday's division in I Corps under Maj. Gen.
		John Gibbon, commander of the Iron Brigade, deployed prior to reaching the infamous Miller cornfield that morning.
		The intense fire from the Iron Brigade and Battery B was remarked on by Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who later wrote of the "terrific storm of shell, canister, and musketry" raining down on his men.
	www.washtimes.com /civilwar/20030919-075639-9933r.htm (1170 words)

	The Iron Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In late 2004, the Iron Brigade went through a large structural change, brought on by the departure of a large segment of its members.
		For those that remained in IRON, it was clear that some changes were needed to prevent future situations, where membership fragmentation happened, and to move IRON back to its roots, to follow the values whereby the community represented a non-elitest, casual gaming haven for people with limited time and resources to dedicate to gaming.
		The Iron Brigade is moving to merge those two types of communities together, drawing strength from each.
	www.iron-hq.com /aboutiron.asp (1007 words)

	The Iron Brigade of the West
		More than 22 years after Gettysburg, Harris wrote of the Iron Brigade Guard and his account was published in The Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph, a weekly newspaper which followed the news of soldier reunions and campfires.
		In the reenactment community, the Iron Brigade Guard has been brought back and is a member of the American Civil War Association.
		The Iron Brigade Guard is made up of members of each of the five represented regiments of the Iron Brigade.
	www.angelfire.com /ca5/ironbrigade/ibg.html (690 words)

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		The Iron Brigade is one of the most famous units to participate in the Civil War.
		A brotherhood of valor : the common soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A. and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A.
		An Irishman in the Iron Brigade by William J.K. Beaudot and Lance Herdegen.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Prairie/2089/ironbrigade.html (460 words)

	Carroll College - Visitors - Special Programs - Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Originally called the "Black Hat Brigade" because its soldiers wore the regular army's fl felt dress hats, the Iron Brigade was one of the most celebrated organizations of the Union Armies during the Civil War.
		Iron Brigade of the West course traces the evolution and transformation of the citizen-soldiers of 1861 to the hardened veterans of Appomattox Court House.
		Iron Brigade in the Wilderness challenges students to apply a more contemporary framework of analysis to the battle and to interpret the Wilderness Campaign of 1864 and its impact from the prospective of the five Western regiments.
	www.cc.edu /Visitors/visitors_specprogs_cw_classesoffered.html (673 words)

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	iron-brigade.ronuk.com (793 words)

	The Iron Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In September of 1861, the Iron Brigade was formed, under the leadership of Brigadier General Rufus King (right), a former editor of the Milwaukee's Sentinel and Gazette.
		Originally called "King's Brigade," the unit was composed of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin and the 19th Indiana regiments.
		In fact, the unit became known as the "Black Hat Brigade" or "that damn fl-hat brigade." It was said of Gibbon, that he was a harsh taskmaster, but such rigorous training of the Iron Brigade, quite likely led to its effectiveness and durability in combat.
	www.iron-hq.com /history.asp (758 words)

	The Iron Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In Sept. 1862 at South Mountain, Md., General McClellan, said, as he witnessed the "IRON BRIGADE" break the centre of an entrenched battle line, "These men must be made of iron".
		The training, leadership, and morale of the officers and men of the Iron Brigade were conspicuous at Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, and a dozen other battles and skirmishes.
		The Iron Brigade loss at Gettysburg was 1,153 out of 1,885 engaged, 61 per cent.
	mysite.freeserve.com /19th_indiana/The_Iron_Brigade.htm (460 words)

	Amazon API Demo - Books - The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War) - Chris Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In addition, the politics in the brigade and the Army of the Potomac as a whole are covered, and all of this without even getting into the combat history of the brigade.
		Nolan covers in depth every combat the Iron Brigade was engaged in while it consisted of just Westerners, and the Epilogue in the book deals with the addition of non Western units to the Brigade, the dissolution of some of the regiments and the mustering out of notable officers through discharges, wounds and death.
		Turner claims the Iron Brigade was "swept off" the field and calls Old Man Burns, the old citizen who came onto the field and fought with the Iron Brigade, a "cowardly" "bushwhacker" despite fighting in line and being wounded three times during the battle.
	www.chriscodes.com /store/detail/books/related_result/Book/0253208637 (788 words)

	2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
		The Second Brigade of the First Armored Division was organized on 5 April 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky as Combat Command B. In those days, the soldiers of the Brigade, their tanks, and other fighting equipment were forged into the the spearhead for the action in World War Two.
		During Operation Torch, the Second Brigade deployed as part of the North African invasion force and was committed in the first armored fight of the war.
		During the Febuary 1991 blitz of Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf conflict, The Iron Brigade took on the toughest of the Iraqi forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1ad-2bde.htm (721 words)

	Carroll College - Visitors - Special Programs - Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Certificate in Iron Brigade Studies offered by the Civil War Institute at Carroll College is for individuals interested in building upon their basic knowledge of the American Civil War to acquire a more specialized knowledge of one of the conflict's most celebrated military units--"The Iron Brigade of the West."
		The Iron Brigade of the West was in its twilight after Gettysburg, where it was almost destroyed on July 1, 1863.
		The famous Iron Brigade was engaged in the very opening of the battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
	www.cc.edu /Visitors/visitors_specprogs_cw_certib.html (428 words)

	Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - Battery B's Association with the Iron Brigade
		Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the Iron Brigade was organized at Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1861.
		Groveton (Second Bull Run) was costly for the Iron Brigade as well resulting in 751 casualties for the mid-westerners.
		In their dogged defense of that ground, the Iron Brigade suffered enormous casualties but managed to slow the Confederate advance thus enabling the timely deployment of fresh federal troops.
	www.batteryb.com /iron_brigade.html (873 words)

	Iron Brigade Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The majority of the Iron Brigade was composed of young men from Wisconsin.
		The truth is, the history of the Iron Brigade begins like a song of glory and victory assumed, and ends with the brigades virtual destruction on the first day of Gettysburg.
		The men were not of iron, but of flesh and blood and they anointed their nations fields with more of themselves than any other regiment in the Union.
	www.ironbrigade.net (273 words)

	Iron Brigade
		It was commanded by Brigadier General John Gibbon during the Battle of Antietam, where it first got its designation as the "Iron Brigade".
		However, a few months later, the corps was disbanded (causing severe protest), and the brigade was moved elsewhere.
		As a historical anecdote, the name "Iron Brigade" was coined by Gen. McClellan.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/iron_brigade (403 words)

	JohnSpace . . . Links List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The 1st (Iron) Brigade (Brigadier General Solomon Meredith commanding) and 2nd Brigade (Brigadier General Lysander Cutler commanding) comprised Brigadier General J. Wadsworth’s 1st Division in the 1st Corps (commanded by Major General John Reynolds) of the Army of the Potomac.
		The last regiment assigned to the Iron Brigade proper, the 24th Michigan was not immediately welcomed by the brigade’s veteran regiments.
		Having moved to the center of the Iron Brigade’s line in Herbst Woods, its position the nearest to Confederate lines, the 24th Michigan and the 19th Indiana on its left took the brunt of the afternoon assault by Pettigrew’s Brigade, the largest in the Army of Northern Virginia.
	www.wiu.edu /users/jh108/Links/US/Civil_War_2.htm (3175 words)

	Calafia - The Iron Brigade
		In addition, the Iron Brigade fights as the Second Brigade of the Royal Army of Caid.
		The Iron Brigade meets on the first Sunday of the month at 12 noon at Allied Gardens Park.
		Brigade practice is the first Sunday of the month at 10:00 am, unless otherwise specified.
	www.calafia.org /guilds/brigade.html (158 words)

	The Iron Brigade of the West
		The seed of the famed fighting unit of the Army of the Potomac, The Iron Brigade, began at 4:30 a.m.
		Many states starting mustering regiments for the Union, and with Lincoln’s call to arms, the future of the Iron Brigade was born.
		It is documented that the Iron Brigade used Scotts Tactics at lease through Jan, 1864 and then after used a combination of Scotts and Caseys.
	www.ironbrigade.org (580 words)

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		The Iron Brigade advanced through Miller's Farm with the 2nd and 6th on the left and the 19th Indiana on the extreme right.
		On a foggy December 13, the Iron Brigade turned and crossed Bowling Green Road, heading for the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R. line and were chewed up quite a bit by the Confederates who were dug-in in the woods on the other side.
		When General Hooker finally decided to withdraw, the Iron Brigade was again rear guard as they marched back to the river on May 6 at 3:30 in the morning.
	www.pasco.wednet.edu /staff/allison/ironbrigade.html (1019 words)

	Turning Points of Wisconsin: The Iron Brigade. A Member of It Tells Some of Its Experiences
		The "Iron Brigade" was one of the most famous military units in the Civil War.
		A brigade consisted of 2,000-5,000 men organized in regiments of a few hundred soldiers each; a regiment contained several companies of 100-300 soldiers, many of whom would have enlisted together from the same vicinity.
		The Iron Brigade was made up of five infantry regiments, and one of artillery: Wisconsin's 2nd Infantry, 6th Infantry, and 7th Infantry; Indiana's 19th Infantry; Michigan's 24th Infantry; and Battery B of the 4th U.S. Light Artillery.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /turningpoints/search.asp?id=990 (198 words)

	3rd Brigade ? 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
		Although stationed at Fort Carson, the BCT is the mechanized infantry brigade for the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
		The 3rd Brigade was constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 8th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 4th Infantry Division.
		The Brigade had a highly successful NTC rotation during July 1997, and was in the process of gearing up for some exciting training at Pinon Canyon, followed by another tour to the National Training Center in the fall of 1998.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/4id-3bde.htm (750 words)

	'Iron Brigade' won its fame through massive loss of life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Iron Brigade won its name from bravery displayed and its fame from blood spilled.
		Leaders of the Second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, part of the 'Iron Brigade,' gather in Virginia in 1862.
		The brigade's first commander was Rufus King, the Milwaukee newspaperman, followed by West Point graduate John Gibbon, a man from North Carolina who took charge in 1862.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/wis150/stories/1101sesq.stm (542 words)

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