The Iron Brigade, proportionately, suffered the most casualties of any brigade in the Civil War. For example, 61 percent (1,153 out of 1,885) were casualties at Gettysburg.

Lance Herdegen relays the story of the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Lance Herdegen, an author and historian, delves into the history of the Iron Brigade--Wisconsin and Michigan soldiers ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

Charles H. Walker’s legacy from a Union Civil War brigade in Wisconsin remains alive with his diary contents preserved by his descendants. Troy Walker, a La Crosse man who grew up in Rio and ...

Sobottke is the voice and brains behind our Iron Brigade and Beyond: Wisconsin in the Civil War series, produced by Stephanie Lecci.

The Beck’s Band: Philadelphia Brigade Band is a Civil War-era, brass band with nearly 30 members who appear in authentic uniforms and play both period and reproduction instruments.

With Cincinnati under siege during the Civil War, the Black Brigade faced racism from their own side as they built fortifications to protect the city.

The voice of our Iron Brigade and Beyond: Wisconsin in the Civil War series, Pewaukee historian Thomas Martin Sobottke says after the first day, the Iron Brigade regiments were beyond decimated ...

Born into slavery in North Carolina, he became a sergeant of an all-Black brigade when the Civil War broke out.

In “Black Cloud Rising,” David Wright Faladé tells a classic war story based on a unit of soldiers, including many freed, recently enslaved people, that helped to hunt down rebel guerrillas ...