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With the Iron Brigade on campaign and battlefield
For students of the American Civil War, the name Rufus Dawes will
be forever associated with the famous Iron Brigade of the Union
Army-that hardy and courageous assembly of regiments from the
western states whose steadfastness in the thickest of battlefield
conflicts earned them their descriptive nickname. Born in 1838,
Dawes was just 23 years old when the Civil War broke out and he
became a captain in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the
regiment he would, in time, come to famously command. Dawes was
always an ardent and aggressive battlefield commander. He served
with the regiment at Groveton, Antietam, Fredericksburg and through
the Chancellorsville campaign. At Gettysburg he notably led the
counter-attack on Davis's Confederate brigade sheltering in a
railway cutting and there took some 200 prisoners. Dawes served at
Mine Run, the Wilderness Campaign, the sieges of Petersburg and
Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor in 1864. Worn out physically and
mentally, Dawes was mustered out after three years of the most
intensive combat-he was just 26 years old. The following year he
was promoted to brevet brigadier general. This book, Dawes' own
account of his regiment of 'Black Hats' of the Iron Brigade, is an
acknowledged classic of the period.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
With the Iron Brigade on campaign and battlefield
For students of the American Civil War, the name Rufus Dawes will
be forever associated with the famous Iron Brigade of the Union
Army-that hardy and courageous assembly of regiments from the
western states whose steadfastness in the thickest of battlefield
conflicts earned them their descriptive nickname. Born in 1838,
Dawes was just 23 years old when the Civil War broke out and he
became a captain in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, the
regiment he would, in time, come to famously command. Dawes was
always an ardent and aggressive battlefield commander. He served
with the regiment at Groveton, Antietam, Fredericksburg and through
the Chancellorsville campaign. At Gettysburg he notably led the
counter-attack on Davis's Confederate brigade sheltering in a
railway cutting and there took some 200 prisoners. Dawes served at
Mine Run, the Wilderness Campaign, the sieges of Petersburg and
Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor in 1864. Worn out physically and
mentally, Dawes was mustered out after three years of the most
intensive combat-he was just 26 years old. The following year he
was promoted to brevet brigadier general. This book, Dawes' own
account of his regiment of 'Black Hats' of the Iron Brigade, is an
acknowledged classic of the period.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
"I have been so wholly engrossed with my work for the last week or
I should have responded sooner to your question: 'Are you going?'
If a kind Providence and President Lincoln will permit, I am. I am
Captain of as good, and true a band of patriots as ever rallied
under the star spangled banner."-Rufus R. Dawes. A Full Blown
Yankee of the Iron Brigade combines the personal experiences of
Rufus R. Dawes with a history of the regiment in which he served.
The Iron Brigade was the only all-Western brigade that fought in
the eastern armies of the Union and was perhaps the most
distinguished of the Federal brigades. Dawes is credited with a
keen sense of observation and a fresh and vivid style. Seldom
absent from the field during his entire three-and-a-half-year term,
he chronicled Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chan-cellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness campaign, Cold
Harbor, and the Petersburg lines. Perhaps most remarkable is the
well-honed sense of humor he displayed about both the war and
himself. Dawes's sophisticated account of significant military
organizations and events improves our understanding of the epic of
the Civil War. Rufus R. Dawes (1838-99) kept a journal throughout
his war service, which he used in writing this memoir. He also
relied on his own prolific correspondence with family members and
on the reports by Federal and Confederate participants in the
Official Records.
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