The Eastern Iron Brigade or First Iron Brigade was a brigade of infantry that served in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. For much of its service, it was designated as the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps. It had a few commanding officers Such as General John P. Hatch and General Walter Phelps Jr. to name a few, but its history of hard fighting men never changed, and its reputation lived on long after the brigade was dismantled due to such a high casualty rate.
Read more about Eastern Iron Brigade: Origin of The Iron Brigade, The Iron Brigade At South Mountain, After Fredericksburg, Traces of The First Iron Brigade in History, Other Iron Brigades
Famous quotes containing the words eastern, iron and/or brigade:
“The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When Sheba was his lass,
When she the iron wrought, or
When from the smithy fire
It shuddered in the water:
Harshness of their desire
That made them stretch and yawn....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)