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.

Some area residents might already know about Dawes and how he rose through the ranks during the Civil War and eventually served in the famous Iron Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Maybe you ...

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

William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The ...