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A colonel commanding one of the regiments in the Old Iron Brigade, in a conversation with a rebel offi¬ cer talking of the battle of Gettysburg, said: "Colonel, your regiment of the Old Iron Brigade were foolish not to surrender instead of fighting as you did and being so badly cut up." "Gen. Ewell, my regiment came to fight, not to surrender," said the dapper little colonel.
The number of colored soldiers in the war, accord¬ ing to Col. Geo. W. Williams, who wrote a history of the colored regiment, was 178,000.
THE NATIONALTV OF SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The nationality of soldiers in the Union .army during the rebellion is given as follows: Native Americans, 1,500,000, or 75 per cent; British Ameri¬ cans, 54,000 or 3f per cent; English, 45,000 or 3^ per cent.; Irish, 145,000 or 7 1-6 per cent.; Germans, 176,000 or 81 per cent.; other foreigners, 75,000 or 3| per cent.
While chatting with Gen. Bragg at the Pfister one day, as he is always wont to tell an army story, we spoke of Capt. Dailey, Sixth Regiment. "Oh, he was a brave fellow," said the little general. "Down near the yellow tavern in Virginia at one time, just as I was on the point of ordering my men to move around by the left in the enemy's rear, Capt. Dailey, of the Sixth Wisconsin, who had charge of the provost guard that day and was sitting on his horse behind a clump of trees some distance from me, caught sight of the rebels' front. A braver man or a less discreet one in
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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 | 53 |
| Source Title | Cullen B. Aubery's Echoes from the marches of the famous Iron Brigade |
| Regiment | 6th Infantry; |
| State | PA; |
| Place | Gettysburg; |
| People | Bragg, Edward S., Col.; Dailey, Dennis B., Maj.; |
| Topic | combat; African Americans; |
| 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 | A colonel commanding one of the regiments in the Old Iron Brigade, in a conversation with a rebel offi¬ cer talking of the battle of Gettysburg, said: "Colonel, your regiment of the Old Iron Brigade were foolish not to surrender instead of fighting as you did and being so badly cut up." "Gen. Ewell, my regiment came to fight, not to surrender" said the dapper little colonel. The number of colored soldiers in the war, accord¬ ing to Col. Geo. W. Williams, who wrote a history of the colored regiment, was 178,000. THE NATIONALTV OF SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. The nationality of soldiers in the Union .army during the rebellion is given as follows: Native Americans, 1,500,000, or 75 per cent; British Ameri¬ cans, 54,000 or 3f per cent; English, 45,000 or 3^ per cent.; Irish, 145,000 or 7 1-6 per cent.; Germans, 176,000 or 81 per cent.; other foreigners, 75,000 or 3| per cent. While chatting with Gen. Bragg at the Pfister one day, as he is always wont to tell an army story, we spoke of Capt. Dailey, Sixth Regiment. "Oh, he was a brave fellow" said the little general. "Down near the yellow tavern in Virginia at one time, just as I was on the point of ordering my men to move around by the left in the enemy's rear, Capt. Dailey, of the Sixth Wisconsin, who had charge of the provost guard that day and was sitting on his horse behind a clump of trees some distance from me, caught sight of the rebels' front. A braver man or a less discreet one in 63 |
| Digital Identifier | CWUH003034a |