Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade

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Editors Alan Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond's insightful essaysprovide fresh perspectives on the Iron Brigade's exploits, detailing military andpolitical events in the words of actual combatants." -- MilitaryReview Originally called "The Black Hat Brigade" becausethe soldiers wore the regular army's dress black hat instead of the more typicalblue cap, the Iron Brigade was the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies ofthe Union. From Brawner Farm and Second Bull Run to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg-- the Western soldiers earned and justified the proud name Iron Brigade. And whenthe war was over, the records showed that it led all federal brigades in percentageof deaths in battle. These essays, by some of the best known historians of thebrigade, spotlight significant moments in the history of the Civil War's mostcelebrated unit.