Iron Brigade - Chesteron, Indiana
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N 41° 38.139 W 087° 03.456
16T E 495202 N 4609325
This marker in Chesterton commemorates the infantry regiment "Iron Brigade"
Waymark Code: WM5AH4
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2008
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Text: "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 fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War"
County: Porter
Year Placed: 1995
Name: Iron Brigade
ID#: ID# : 64.1995.1
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