Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Dr. Richard Goedkoop is the host for the Iron Brigade series. He is standing on Stevens’ Knoll by the marker for the 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 6[...]
The Iron Brigade Tour
Colonel Henry Morrow and the Iron Brigade’s 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment fight a desperate delaying action on Seminary Ridge on the afternoon of July 1, 1863. With all the color bearers and color guard down, Colonel Morrow took the flag to rally [...]
Colonel Henry King Burgwyn Jr. (1841-1863) of the 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment was actually born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts where his parents were vacationing. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1857 and from the Vir[...]
The Sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, on the left, charges the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in the Unfinished Railroad Cut on the morning of July 1, 1863. This image, titled “The Railroad Cut” by artist Dale Gallon is courtesy of M[...]
Major General John F. Reynolds, in the center of the painting on the black horse, prepares to direct his First Corps across the fields of the Codori Farm towards McPherson’s Ridge. To assist in this “short cut” that avoided the tow[...]
Brigadier General Solomon Meredith (1810-1875) was the first Colonel of the 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment. He commanded the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg. As the Iron Brigade fell back from Herbst Woods/McPherson Woods on the afternoon of July 1, 1863[...]
Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Dawes (1838-1899) of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was born on the 4th of July in Marietta, Ohio. He graduated from Marietta College in 1860, and was working in Wisconsin when the Civil War began. He was elected Captai[...]
On September 14, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain, Major General George B. McClellan (1826-1885), along with Major General Joseph Hooker, gave the western brigade in the Army of the Potomac their nickname, the Iron Brigade. This view, taken cir[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Richard Goedkoop is standing on West McPherson’s Ridge near McPherson’s/Herbst’s/Reynolds’ Woods which are out of sight on the right. The McPherson Barn is in the left background. To the [...]