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christof139 -> RE: Unit's Home State (2/5/2007 11:32:38 AM)
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See 3rd paragraph ***** below:
http://civilwarhome.com/iron.htm
FOX'S REGIMENTAL LOSSES
CHAPTER IX
FAMOUS DIVISIONS AND BRIGADES
IRON BRIGADE
Equally good fighting was done by the famous "Iron Brigade of
the West," First Division, First Corps. Its record is, also, a heroic
one.
Killed or
Died of
Wounds
2nd Wisconsin Infantry 238
6th Wisconsin Infantry 244
7th Wisconsin Infantry 281
19th Indiana Infantry 179
24th Michigan Infantry 189
Total (during the war) 1,131
In proportion to its numbers this brigade sustained the
heaviest loss of any in the war. The brigade proper contained only the
five regiments mentioned; and, yet, its aggregate of losses is
exceeded in only one instance. At Manassas, under command of General
Gibbon, the first four regiments named lost 148 killed, 626 wounded,
and 120 missing; total, 894, out of about 2,000 engaged. At
Gettysburg, General Meredith commanding, the five regiments were
engaged, losing 162 killed, 724 wounded, and 267 missing; a total of
1,153 casualties, out of 1,883 engaged, or 61 per cent. Most of the
missing at Gettysburg were killed or wounded. The Iron Brigade was
also hotly engaged at South Mountain, Antietam, The Wilderness and
Spotsylvania. It was organized in August, 1861, at which time it was
composed of the three Wisconsin regiments and the Nineteenth Indiana.
In October, 1862, the Twenty-fourth Michigan was added. The Second
Wisconsin and Nineteenth Indiana did not reenlist, and so were
mustered out, respectively, in June and August, 1864. During the
Wilderness campaign the Seventh Indiana was attached to the brigade,
but it was mustered out in August. The First New York Sharpshooters'
Battalion was also attached to the brigade at one time, joining it in
the fall of 1863. In February, 1865, the brigade was broken up, the
Twenty-fourth Michigan having been ordered to Baltimore. The Sixth and
Seventh Regiments remained in the First Brigade, Third Division
(Crawford's), Fifth Corps, while the Sharpshooters' Battalion was
assigned elsewhere. General John Gibbon commanded the Iron Brigade at
Manassas, South Mountain, and Antietam; General Meredith, at
Gettysburg; and General Cutler at the Wilderness. Cutler was succeeded
in 1864, by General Edward S. Bragg,-- formerly Colonel of the Sixth
Wisconsin -- an officer of marked ability and an intrepid soldier.
*****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. But the Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, and
Thirtieth New York were two years regiments, and were mustered out in
May, 1863, thereby breaking up the organization. The Eighty-fourth New
York (14th Brooklyn) was an exceptionally fine regiment, while the
other regiments in the brigade made a reputation, also, as efficient
commands. It seems strange that two brigades in the same division
should adopt like synonyms; but, in justice to Hatch's Brigade, it
should be stated that it was the original Iron Brigade, and that
Gibbon's Brigade was not known by that title until after Antietam, at
which time it was so designated by a war correspondent, who was
apparently unaware of his lack of originality.
This Page last updated 01/26/02
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Chris
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