The Iron Brigade in Civil War and Memory
The Iron Brigade in Civil War and Memory

Author: Lance J. Herdegen

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781611211061

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The Iron Brigade is one of the most celebrated military organisations of the American Civil War. Although it is primarily known for its remarkable stand on the first bloody day at Gettysburg, its stellar service from the earliest days of the war all the way to Appomattox Court House is routinely ignored. The Iron Brigade in the Civil War is based on decades of archival research and includes scores of previously unpublished letters, photos, journals, and other primary accounts. This well researched and written tour de force, which includes reunion and memorial coverage until the final expiration of the last surviving member, will be the last word on the Iron Brigade for the foreseeable future. "When we were young", explained one Black Hat veteran many years after the war, "we hardly realised that we had fought on more fields of battle than the Old Guard of Napoleon, and have stood fire in far greater firmness." Here, at long last, is the full story of how young farm boys, shopkeepers, river men and piney camp boys in a brigade forged with iron helped save the Union. AUTHOR: Lance J. Herdegen is the award-winning author of several books on Civil War topics. His latest work, Those Damned Black Hats: The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign, won the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award. Lance is the former director of the Institute for Civil War Studies at Carroll University and presently chairs the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. He was recently inducted into the Milwaukee Press Club's Hall of Fame and lives in Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin. SELLING POINTS: The first book-length account of this legendary combat unit from Bull Run to the grand march up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington ILLUSTRATIONS: 68 b/w photographs & 15 maps

The Second Battle of Cabin Creek: Brilliant Victory
The Second Battle of Cabin Creek: Brilliant Victory

Author: Steven L. Warren

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 161423762X

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The commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack during the dark of night in Union-held territory. But Brigadier Generals Richard Gano and Stand Watie defeated the unsuspecting Federals in the early morning hours of September 19, 1864, at Cabin Creek in the Cherokee nation. The legendary Watie, the only Native American general on either side, planned details of the raid for months. His preparation paid off--the Confederate troops captured wagons with supplies that would be worth more than $75 million today. Writer, producer and historian Steve Warren uncovers the untold story of the last raid at Cabin Creek in this Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal-winning history.

The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army
The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1428910220

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This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917 and the history of the brigade colors.

The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War
The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War

Author: Wiley Britton

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781230350745

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... relations between the United and Confederate States of America, and which may render an alliance on our part with the latter States expedient and desirable." The resolutions upon the question of their passage were carried by acclamation, and the Executive Committee of the Cherokee Nation, headed by Chief Ross, at once addressed a letter to General McCulloch advising him of the action taken at the meeting, which authorized them to form an alliance with the Confederate States, which they had determined to do as early as practicable, and inclosed him a copy of the proceedings, preamble and resolutions passed by acclamation; and they further stated that they would proceed to organize a regiment of mounted men to be commanded by Colonel John Drew and tender them for service, and if accepted by the Confederate Government, would have to be armed and equipped and prepared for active service in the field. But in spite of the preamble and resolutions of confidence in the Confederacy at this great mass meeting of the Cherokee people and an expression of willingness to make an alliance with it, there was unquestionably a strong undeveloped opposition to such a course, for as General McCulloch had reported to the Confederate Government, nearly all of the fullblood and many half-breed Cherokees, with Chief Ross as their leader, were opposed to slavery and called abolitionists, and it would have been a safe prediction, would show their true colors when they could do so with reasonable safety. CHAPTER II SOUTHERN FORCES ATTACK HOPOEITHLEYOHOLA At the time the Cherokee Nation decided to sever relations with the General Government, the Union cause in Missouri was suffering from serious blunders of Federal commanders in the State, which permitted the...

Wilson's Creek
Wilson's Creek

Author: William Garrett Piston

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2004-08-01

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780807855751

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In the summer of 1861, Americans were preoccupied by the question of which states would join the secession movement and which would remain loyal to the Union. This question was most fractious in the border states of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. In Mi