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The title of Iron Brigade has been given to a number of different US Army brigades during the last century and a half, but it is becoming almost completely synonymous with the Civil War soldiers who fought in the brigade for the Army of the Potomac. Also known as the Iron Brigade of the Western, Rufus King's Brigade and the Dark Hat Brigade, the Iron Brigade was made up of the next, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiments, the 19th Indiana, Power B of the 4th US Light Artillery, and later, the 24th Michigan. Wisconsin governor Alexander William Randall got hoped to arrange an all-Wisconsin brigade to donate to the Union's Civil Battle effort, however the US Army dispersed Wisconsin regiments to different areas as needs arose. Nevertheless, Wisconsin regiments comprised most the brigade, and it could identify itself as the only real all-Western brigade in the Army of the Potomac. It could come to be recognized because of its unique uniforms, strong self-discipline, and flat iron disposition, generating the name during the Maryland Marketing campaign both because of its tenacity and for the expenses paid by fighting with each other so hard. Naturally, historians have centered on the battles where the Iron Brigade attained its name and proven its reputation. Renowned Civil Battle historian Alan T. Nolan wrote and released the most satisfactory military record of the Iron Brigade in 1961, tracing the brigade's activity in the Civil Battle from the first mustering of Wisconsin regiments to the battle of Gettysburg. Nolan's The Iron Brigade: A Military services History offered as the power on Iron Brigade history for decades and called Gettysburg the Iron Brigade's last stand, arguing that the battle was where the brigade lost its Western character. Since the publication of Nolan's reserve in 1961, however, new options - including characters and publications of men in the brigade - have been discovered, providing new depth to the annals of the Iron Brigade. Thus, scholars in more recent years have contributed to the annals of the Iron Brigade by focusing on the character and efforts of different regiments within the Iron Brigade, or by picking right up where Nolan left off at the Fight of Gettysburg. Historians like Lance J. Herdegen dispute that there is a lot more to be learned about the Iron Brigade by evaluating its have difficulties in the years after Gettysburg. In The Iron Brigade in Civil Battle and Storage area: The Dark Hats from Bull Run to Appomattox and Thereafter (2012), Herdegen provides a deeper accounts not only of the remnants of the Iron Brigade within the last 2 yrs of the Civil Battle, but also of its individual soldiers after and during the war. Discovering the experience of associates of the Iron Brigade before, after and during the Civil Battle contributes to an improved knowledge of their rise to popularity and glory, and the cost of their sacrifice.
