"I am immensely impressed... this particular Brigade needed a book of its own and now it has one which is definitely first-rate.... A fine book." -Bruce Catton

"One of the '100 best books ever written on the Civil War.'" -Civil War Times Illustrated

..". remains one of the best unit histories of the Union Army during the Civil War." -Southern Historian

..". The Iron Brigade is the title for anyone desiring complete information on this military unit..." -Spring Creek Packet, Chuck Hamsa

This is the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army, the only...

..". an excellent unit history of a renowned regiment... " --The Civil War News

..". American history on a human scale... " --Kirkus Reviews

"The author gives some of the best descriptions of the daily life of a Civil War soldier that can be found anywhere." --Library Journal

"On Many a Bloody Field is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship and painstaking historical research." --The Bookwatch

..". meticulously researched, day-by-day history of Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment.... T]he real essence of this book is its detailed attention to the common...

"Editors Alan Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond's insightful essays provide fresh perspectives on the Iron Brigade's exploits, detailing military and political events in the words of actual combatants." Military Review

Originally called "The Black Hat Brigade" because the soldiers wore the regular army s dress black hat instead of the more typical blue cap, the Iron Brigade was the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies of the Union. From Brawner Farm and Second Bull Run to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg the Western soldiers earned and justified the proud name Iron Brigade....