Iron Brigade Historical Marker
N 43° 45.461 W 089° 58.059
16T E 261100 N 4849240
The Iron Brigade Historical Marker
Waymark Code: WM1AQV
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2007
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"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 Indiana and the Twenty-fourth Michigan.) Together, these units ranked among the most gallant and effective of the 3,559 regiments of the Union Army.
The Iron Brigade earned its nickname during its first campaign at the South Mountain in northern Virginia during the fall of 1862. It thereafter fought in all major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, the Union's principal force in the eastern theater of war. The battles of Second Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Spottsylvania were recorded on the Iron Brigade's colors.
Iron Brigade casualties ranked among the highest of the war. The Twenty-fourth Michigan, for example sustained casualties of 80 percent at Gettysburg, higher than any other Union regiment in the battle. The Second Wisconsin suffered the greatest percentage of loss of the entire Union army, and during the course of the war, the Seventh Wisconsin had more men killed in battle than any other Union regiment.
Erected 1992"
County: Juneau
Location: Wayside
MarkerID: 312
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