The Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated military units on the American Civil War (1861–1865). Wearing distinctive black hats, they were easily recognised by friend and foe alike. The five volunteer regiments in . . . — — Map (db m4117) HM
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated units of the Civil War (1861-1865). Of its five regiments, three came from Wisconsin: the Second, Sixth, and Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. (The other two regiments were the Nineteenth . . . — — Map (db m4119) HM
Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861–1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat . . . — — Map (db m202747) HM
Highway 12 is dedicated to the brave soldiers of the Iron Brigade who fought in the Civil War of 1861-1865. Of the 672 infantry brigades in the Union Army, the Iron Brigade, composed of the 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana and 24th Michigan . . . — — Map (db m50807) HM
One-quarter mile south of this marker is the home of General Solomon A. Meredith, Iron Brigade Commander at Gettysburg. Born in North Carolina, Meredith was an Indiana political leader and post-war Surveyor-General of Montana Territory. — — Map (db m4122) HM
The Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade became one of the most celebrated military units of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It was composed of five volunteer infantry regiments (2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, and 24th Michigan) and . . . — — Map (db m42264) HM
(Front):7th Wis. Vol. Inft'y 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 1st Corps. ———— This monument marks one of the advanced positions of the Regt in battle July 1st 1863 It went into action with 370, and lost Killed ——— 39. Wounded ————103 Missing ————52 . . . — — Map (db m12450) HM WM
24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry Iron Brigade of the 496 men who went into battle on July 1, 1863, 99 answered roll call here on the morning of July 2-3, 1863 — — Map (db m14127) HM WM
(Front):24th. Mich. 1st. (Iron) Brig. 1st. Div. 1st. Corps. (Left Side):July 1st. 1863.Arriving upon the field to the south of these woods in the forenoon of July 1st. this regiment with others of the Brigade, (2nd. and 7th Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m12635) HM WM
When the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Invaded Maryland in June 1863, the Army of the Potomac headed north in pursuit. On Monday, June 29, a “rainy, miserable day,” the 15,000 men, 2,900 horses and mules and 475 wagons of Gen. John F. . . . — — Map (db m105250) HM
Army of the Potomac First Corps First Division First Brigade Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith Col. William W. Robinson 19th. Indiana, 24th. Michigan 2d. 6th. 7th. Wisconsin Infantry July 1 Arrived at 10 a.m. went into position and charged Brig. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m12626) HM
(Front):6th Wis. Vol. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. ————— July 1, 1863. Iron Brigade (Left):In the charge made on this R.R. cut the 2nd Miss. Regt. officers, men and battle flag surrendered to the 6th Wis. Loss in the 6th Regt. . . . — — Map (db m15362) HM WM
At Brawner Farm there was little maneuvering. Union and Confederate infantry stood in parade-style lines fifty yards apart. At that range they could not miss. The soldiers fired volley after volley for two hours, with only a few fence rails and ruts . . . — — Map (db m8402) HM
Near this point on the morning of October 23, 1864, Capt. Richard A. Collins' Confederate battery of Shelby's Brigade went into action, supported by two cavalry battalions. for two hours this battery dueled with the 9th Wisconsin battery, covering . . . — — Map (db m309592) HM
U.S.A. First Army Corps, Phelps' Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Col. Walter Phelps, 22d New York Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 22d, 24th, 30th and 84th New York Infantry, and 2d U.S. Sharpshooters, (September 17, 1862.) Phelps' Brigade . . . — — Map (db m6854) HM
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia Hill's Corps Heth's Division Archer's Brigade 5th. Battalion and 13th. Alabama 1st. 7th. 14th. Tennessee Infantry July 1 The Brigade moved from Cashtown early in the morning toward Gettysburg. After a march of . . . — — Map (db m12643) HM
U.S.A. First Army Corps Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division Brigadier General John Gibbon, Commanding, Organization 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana Infantry The Iron Brigade September 17, 1862 On the morning of the 17th, with its . . . — — Map (db m6132) HM
Army of the Potomac First Corps Third Division Brig. Gen. Thos. A. Rowley, Major Gen. Abner Doubleday First Brigade Col. Chapman Biddle, Brig. Gen. T.A. Rowley Second Brigade Col. Roy Stone, Col. Langhorne Wister, Col. E.L. Dana Third Brigade . . . — — Map (db m15235) HM
Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Regiment Pettigrew's Brigade Heth's Division Hill's Corps Army of Northern Virginia ——————— Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. Colonel John Thomas Jones Major John Randolph Lane . . . — — Map (db m12658) HM
4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps Lieut. Colonel Alois O. Bachman Commanding Until he fell mortally wounded 150 yards due east, occupied this ground at 2 p.m. September 17th 1862. Loss 13 killed; 58 wounded — — Map (db m6063) HM
Gen. Sterling Price was on this spot at 11:00 a.m. but retired before the armies had reached this disposition.
Positions after the Union flank attack. Lines moved back and forth with charges and countercharges, although cavalry, most were . . . — — Map (db m28114) HM
Army of the Potomac First Corps Major General John F. Reynolds Major General Abner Doubleday Major General John NewtonFirst Division Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth Second Division Brigadier General John C. Robinson Third Division Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m255536) HM
August 28, 1862 7:15 p.m. Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division Left Wing (Jackson) Army of Northern Virginia, CSA 26th Georgia Infantry Maj. Eli S. Griffin "We were ordered in just after dark. We marched steadily across an open field for about . . . — — Map (db m18358) HM
"My thanks are specially due to a citizen of Gettysburg named John Burns who although over seventy years of age shouldered his musket and offered his services to Colonel Wister One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Colonel Wister advised . . . — — Map (db m12424) HM
Fallen Warrior Memorial 2nd BCT The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (2/28 BCT), Pennsylvania Army National Guard, was mobilized January 2005 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Known as the "IRON BRIGADE," it marked the . . . — — Map (db m12543) HM
On the morning of May 3, 1863, Lee's forces drove the Federals away from the crossroads at Chancellorsville. Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's V Corps shifted from the Union left to defend this Portion of a strong defensive Perimeter, the flanks of which . . . — — Map (db m296476) HM
In November 1862, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood constructed this fort a half mile northeast on the Rappahannock River in an effort to prevent Union gunboats from ascending the river toward Fredericksburg. Four rifled guns of . . . — — Map (db m4123) HM
-G-A-R-
1861•1865
To Our Dead Comrades
Erected by J. A. Kellogg W.R.C. No. 70. 1905
Roster
John A. Kellogg Post No. 78
G. A. R.
F. E. Allen •
J. B. Beemer •
W. B. Brainard •
C. Beadlestone • . . . — — Map (db m78924) WM
Built in 1838, the general’s 2-story wooden house on the northeast corner of Mason and Van Buren lent this intersection the name “King’s Corner.” It was razed in 1915. Rufus King (1814-1876) came to Milwaukee in 1845, was editor of the . . . — — Map (db m38787) HM
(Front):151st Pennsylvania Infantry July 1st fought here and in the grove west of the Theological Seminary July 2, in reserve on Cemetery Hill July 3, in position on left centre and assisted in repulsing the charge of the enemy in the . . . — — Map (db m15244) HM
Army of the Potomac First Corps Third Division Second Brigade Col. Roy Stone, Col. Langhorne Wister Col. Edmund L. Dana 143d. 149th. 150th. Pennsylvania Infantry July 1 Arrived and went into position at the McPherson building between Reynolds's . . . — — Map (db m12392) HM
Army of the Potomac Second Corps Second Division Brig. General John Gibbon, Brig. General William Harrow First Brigade Brig. Gen. Wm. Harrow, Col. Francis E. Heath Second Brigade Brig. Gen. A.S. Webb Third Brigade Col. H.J. Hall One Co. Mass . . . — — Map (db m16347) HM WM
Union General John Reynolds rushed his First Corps to the aid of General John Buford's cavalry. Riding at the head of his command, he led the Midwesterners of the Iron Brigade into this woodlot as the advancing Confederates opened fire. Spurring his . . . — — Map (db m195834) HM
Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Regiment Pettigrew's Brigade - Heth's Division Hill's Corps Army of Northern Virginia Although nearly destroyed during its successful attack against Meredith's Iron Brigade on July 1, the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina . . . — — Map (db m14908) HM
This monument honors all the valiant men who lost their lives on the battlefields of the North Anna May 23-26, 1864 “No more shall the war cry sever, or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger forever when they laurel the graves of . . . — — Map (db m15167) HM
Brigadier General John Gregg formed his four Confederate regiments near the far edge of the Tapp Field behind you and advanced them about 400 yards toward the Union battle line, which stood near here. The Southerners moved diagonally across the . . . — — Map (db m6088) HM
Born in New York in 1827, Edward S. Bragg was admitted to the bar in 1848 and moved to Fond du Lac in 1850, where he practiced law and played an active role in politics. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Bragg joined other "War Democrats" in . . . — — Map (db m4118) HM
Charles King, one of America's most illustrious soldiers, was born in New York and came to Milwaukee in 1845. His father was Rufus King, editor and publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel and first commander of the famed Civil War Iron Brigade. . . . — — Map (db m146391) HM
“Forward, men, forward for God’s sake, & drive those fellows out of those woods.” Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, U.S.A. Commander, First Army Corps. On the morning of July 1, 1863, the bloodiest single battle of the Civil War began here on . . . — — Map (db m202943) HM
He found this cemetery neglected and desolate. He transformed it into a place of charm and beauty. He made the wilderness to blossom as the rose.
To commemorate the character and virtues of one who endeared himself to all by an unbroken record . . . — — Map (db m16461) HM
"At 4:15 p.m. … a strong column broke through the skirmish line connecting our right with the Jerusalem plank road and ... swept steadily down through the woods toward our left until it reached within 200 yards of the railroad." . . . — — Map (db m275790) HM
Born in Madison 1839. Family home on West Main Street. Attended Hanover College 1856-1858 to pursue practice of law. Attended Kentucky Military Institute in Frankfort. Organized Madison City Greys 1858, which became part of Sixth Regiment Indiana . . . — — Map (db m206804) HM
On Oct. 23, 1864, Confederate Gen. Shelby being forced back from Westport by Gen. Curtis and flanked on the east by Gen. Pleasonton formed a defensive line here behind stone fences running east and west to the state line. Jackman's Brigade of . . . — — Map (db m26692) HM
Built in 1877 by Francis A. Deleglise Father Phillip St. Louis, a Catholic priest of Phlox, Wisconsin, celebrated the first Mass in this house on May 2, 1880——— This tablet is presented by Antigo Council No. 1002 Knights of . . . — — Map (db m297598) HM
Plymouth Township
Pioneers from New England began settling and farming in this area around 1825. Abram B. Markham, an early leader, built the first gristmill in the area. Settlers held “raising bees” to help new arrivals build their log . . . — — Map (db m187062) HM
The building before you, Gettysburg's iconic train station, played a key role in both misery and grandeur associated with the Battle of Gettysburg.
On June 30, 1863, even before vicious fighting began, Union cavalry Gen. John Buford established . . . — — Map (db m227770) HM
Following the Civil War, state officials reorganized the Wisconsin Militia and in 1879 renamed it the Wisconsin National Guard. Adjutant General Chandler P. Chapman of Madison, a veteran of the famed Iron Brigade, purchased 440 acres near the . . . — — Map (db m31744) HM
As Union soldiers stepped out of the Cornfield (in front of you) at dawn, September 17, 1862, Confederate troops, aligned in the fields just behind you, unleashed a horrific volley. The single bloodiest day in American History had begun in earnest. . . . — — Map (db m41710) HM
Joseph W. Guyton (1889-1918) lived
most of his life near Evart, working
as a farmer, plumber, and well
driller. When the U.S. entered World
War I in 1917, Guyton was drafted
into the army. He could have elected
not to go since he was . . . — — Map (db m235309) HM WM
Charlotte remembers with honor her gallant sons in the Charlotte Grays, Company C, 1st Regiment N.C. Volunteers, who fought in the first battle of the War of Secession. The Charlotte Grays, under command of the 18-year-old boy Captain Egbert A. . . . — — Map (db m237549) WM
(Front):John Gibbon Brigadier General July 2-3, 1863 At Gettysburg commanded 2nd Division, II Corps on July 3, 1863 serving with "conspicuous gallantry and distinction" in the repulse of Longstreet's Assault, until he was wounded and . . . — — Map (db m16363) HM WM
General Joseph Orville "Jo" Shelby (1830-1897) led a cavalry force of Missourians known as the Iron Brigade and later, the Iron Division. From 1861-64, his troops rode with generals Thomas C. Hindman, John S. Marmaduke and Sterling Price in . . . — — Map (db m310006) HM
At daybreak of May 25, Major General Gouverneur K. Warren advanced his 5th Corps to confront Lieutenant General A. P. Hill's 3rd Corps, extending from Anderson's Tavern to the North Anna River. Connection was soon made with the relieved men of . . . — — Map (db m145750) HM
Pocahontas was a "no-man's land" after the Confederate troops organized here in 1861 moved east of the Mississippi. Soldiers and irregulars from both sides patrolled the region. One group of 300 Union militia and cavalry from Arkansas and Missouri . . . — — Map (db m232529) HM
Born in Canton Valais, Switzerland.
Emigrated to America in 1848.
Enlisted in Co. E. 6th Wis. Vol. Inf. 1861.
Served in the Iron Brigade
under Gen. Bragg. Wounded at Antietam
and taken prisoner at Gettysburg.
Honorably discharged in . . . — — Map (db m33768) HM
( Front Plaque )
In Honor
of the Civil War Soldiers
of Decatur County.
“This monument cannot disclose.
Nor can the skill of mortal make
a record of the countless woes
they suffered for their Country’s sake.” . . . — — Map (db m44943) WM
The Fourth Division, Trans-Mississippi Army Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman's Trans-Mississippi Army contained four divisions: One of cavalry under John S. Marmaduke, infantry divisions under Francis A. Shoup and Daniel M. Frost, and a reserve . . . — — Map (db m261492) HM
Second Battle of Newtonia
A few miles southwest of this location, the Second Battle of Newtonia was fought on Oct. 28, 1864. The conflict came near the end of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s celebrated invasion of Missouri. With the Federals . . . — — Map (db m65018) HM
Missouri, a border state, never seceded from the Union but her people were nevertheless divided and tens of thousands of Missourians wore both blue and gray between 1861 and 1865. Missouri is credited with supplying 109,111 men to Union forces, of . . . — — Map (db m117264) HM
In Honor Of The
Soldiers And Sailors
Of The County Of
Oswego
Who Nobly Defended
The Union
1861- 1885
West Side:
24th N.Y. Infantry
May 17 1861- May 29,1863
Col. Timothy Sullivan
John D. O’Brian, Oswego, Capt. Co. A . . . — — Map (db m282566) HM WM
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