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Iron Brigade: A Military History
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by Alan T. Nolan and Wilson K., III Hoyt
Sales Rank: 1871582
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List Price: $64.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 466 pages
Published by: Indiana University Press January 1994
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0253341027
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0253341020
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War) (Paperback)
This is the definitive history of what I consider the best brigade-sized unit in either army during the Civil War. Alan Nolan is THE authority on this famous, hard-hitting outfit and this book is a classic. Interesting, vivid, full of valor, heartbreaking losses, and gallant deeds, it chronicles the Army of the Potomac's sole western unit from its meager beginnings, its first engagement at Brawner's Farm the day before Second Bull Run, where it met and defeated the vaunted Stonewall Brigade in a vicious stand-up fight though outnumbered and still an untried unit of well-trained rookies. through the tough tutelage of veteran artilleryman John Gibbon, its first commander of note, to its moment of truth at Gettysburg, where, suffering almost 70% casualties, it goes into the fire unperturbed and outnumbered, both ruining and capturing opposing Confederate units, coming onto the field behind its tattered regimental flags like a wave of blue doom. I first became interested in the Iron Brigade while reading Bruce Catton's excellent trilogy on the Army of the Potomac. Not until this superb volume, however, did the whole story come out in gripping detail and hard-to-put-down narrative. The author paints a vivid picture of the realities of war, what losses can do to even a veteran, well-trained unit, and the value of personal valor and leadership. This book is highly recommended and should be on the book shelf of every Civil War reenactor, historian, and enthusiast.
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