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Judge Orasmus S. Cole, of the Supreme Court, deliv¬ ered an address at a dinner given the boys. A most hearty welcome given the boys of the Old Iron Brigade. June 38th two companies were mustered out. June 39th six more, and on the 30th the balance and all the remnants of this part of the Old Iron Brigade were on the way to their respective homes. The veterans of the Second Regiment who had re-en¬ listed and with the recruits whose terms had not ex¬ pired, were organized into an independent battalion consisting of two companies, and on the day of our departure from the field the 11th of June sixty-four were placed under command of Capt. D. B. Daily, Co. B, the battalion being as¬ signed to provost duty at division headquar¬ ters. Gen. Lysander Cutler commanding.
KILLED AND WOUNDED AND NUMBER OF MILES MARCHED,
Having gone through with the historical part of the Second so far as marches and I are concerned, let me bring forward the grand total. Number of miles marched in 1861, one hundred and seventy-three miles; 1863, eight hundred and ninety-five miles; 1863, six hundred and five miles; 1864, two hundred and five miles; total, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight miles. The marching concluded at the White House, where the regiment embarked for home. The losses are computed as follows: Deaths, 256; wounded officers, 30; enlisted men, 584; total, 614; transfers, 134; missing, 11; desertions, 51; mustered out, 378; discharged from wounds and other causes
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Object Description
| Title | Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade : unwritten stories of that famous organization |
| Source Title | Cullen B. Aubery's Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade |
| People | Aubery, Cullen B. |
| Author/Creator | Aubery, Cullen B.; |
| Description | The stories in this pamphlet were compiled in 1900 by Cullen Bryant Aubery, who had been a newsboy during the Civil War. Aubery rode out between pauses in the action at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, to sell newspapers about the first day of the battle to soldiers. He was attached to the Iron Brigade and was later captured and confined in Libby Prison. This unit history of the Iron Brigade gives a chronological summary of the Brigade's actions, as well as many humorous accounts of camp celebrations, camaraderie among soldiers, and tales of bravery. |
| Subcollection | Regimental Histories |
| Source | 56- 2658 |
| Source Type | regimental history; pamphlet |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1902 |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH003000 |
Description
| Title | 45 |
| Source Title | Cullen B. Aubery's Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade |
| Regiment | 2nd Infantry; |
| Event Date | 1861-1864 |
| Year | 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864 |
| Topic | homecoming; death; casualties; marches; |
| Source Type | regimental history; pamphlet |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | Judge Orasmus S. Cole, of the Supreme Court, deliv¬ ered an address at a dinner given the boys. A most hearty welcome given the boys of the Old Iron Brigade. June 38th two companies were mustered out. June 39th six more, and on the 30th the balance and all the remnants of this part of the Old Iron Brigade were on the way to their respective homes. The veterans of the Second Regiment who had re-en¬ listed and with the recruits whose terms had not ex¬ pired, were organized into an independent battalion consisting of two companies, and on the day of our departure from the field the 11th of June sixty-four were placed under command of Capt. D. B. Daily, Co. B, the battalion being as¬ signed to provost duty at division headquar¬ ters. Gen. Lysander Cutler commanding. KILLED AND WOUNDED AND NUMBER OF MILES MARCHED, Having gone through with the historical part of the Second so far as marches and I are concerned, let me bring forward the grand total. Number of miles marched in 1861, one hundred and seventy-three miles; 1863, eight hundred and ninety-five miles; 1863, six hundred and five miles; 1864, two hundred and five miles; total, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight miles. The marching concluded at the White House, where the regiment embarked for home. The losses are computed as follows: Deaths, 256; wounded officers, 30; enlisted men, 584; total, 614; transfers, 134; missing, 11; desertions, 51; mustered out, 378; discharged from wounds and other causes 46 |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH003030a |