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Those Damned Black Hats! The Iron Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign. Savas, 2008. ISBN 978-1-932714-48-7; Magnusen, Steven R., "To My Best Girl - The Inspiring Life Stories of Rufus Dawes (Iron Brigade) and Mary Gates", GoToPublish 2020. ISBN 978-1-64749-092-8. Madaus, Howard Michael & Richard Zeitlin. "The Flags of the Iron Brigade".
The Iron Brigade and the 19th Indiana were sent over to nearby Culp's Hill, where they entrenched. They saw comparatively little action the rest of the battle. Out of 288 men, the 19th would leave Gettysburg with but 78 men present for duty.
Western Pride: the Iron Brigade from Its Creation to South Mountain. 1999. Term paper written by Kochanowski while a student at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado providing a history of the Iron Brigade in the Civil War, which was composed of the 2nd, 6th, 7th Wisconsin; 19th Indiana; and 24th Michigan Infantries.
He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a post-war businessman, Congressman , and author, and the father of four nationally known sons, one of whom, Charles G. Dawes , won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Vice President of the United States, and of two daughters.
Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness ... From 1861 to January 1863 they were members of the "First Iron Brigade" also known as the "Iron Brigade of the East".
A SE View of the RR Cut at Gettysburg, where the 6th Wisconsin made their famed charge. The 6th's next major engagement would be at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. However, the 6th would be held in reserve on Seminary Ridge, while the rest of the Iron Brigade advanced to Herbst's Woods, being led by General John Reynolds himself.
One of the commanders of the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, Meredith led the brigade in the Battle of Gettysburg. Although he never fully recovered from the wounds he received that day, he became a prize-winning farmer and cattleman at home and hosted veterans of his unit.
Perhaps the regiment's finest hour came at Gettysburg, where it lost 77% of its strength (233 casualties out of 302 effectives) in stubborn fighting on McPherson's Ridge during the Iron Brigade's lengthy action on July 1, 1863.