On many a bloody field : four years in the Iron Brigade
On Many a Bloody Field follows one of the Civil War's most famous combat organizations - Company B, 19th Indiana Volunteers of the Iron Brigade, in a vivid account of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Alan D. Gaff follows the men from recruitment through mustering out, from the tedium of camp to the excitement of battle. Marches and battles are described in detail, but Gaff also devotes close attention to how the war affected individuals, both physically and emotionally. Formed into a brigade with the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, these Indiana soldiers fought their first real battle at Brawner Farm. Over four difficult years they fought on many a bloody field : Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Fitzhugh Crossing, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Weldon Railroad. With meticulous care, Alan Gaff recounts the experience of war from the soldier's perspective, often in the words of the men themselves. This intimate portrait of men at war is an important contribution to the literature of the Civil War
History
xviii, 499 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780253330635, 0253330637
34116899
Richmond City Greys
Camp Morton
Camp Kalorama
Affair at Lewinsville
Indiana hospital
Arlington Heights
Headquarters guard
Winter camp
Spring advance
Arrival of Gibbon
The legging mutiny
Campaigning under Pope
Brawner Farm
Aftermath
Battles in Maryland
The Iron Brigade
South to Fredericksburg
Valley Forge
Fitzhugh Crossing
North again
Gettysburg
Last stand
Back to Virginia
Along the Rapidan
The veteran question
Veteran furlough
Arrival of Grant
Into the Wilderness
Grant's campaign
Nadir at Petersburg
Weldon Railroad
Betrayal
20th Indiana
The last winter
Appomattox
Peace