Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade
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    [year] => 1998
    [artist] => Kent Gramm
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    [title] => Giants in Their Tall Black Hats
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    [synopsis] => "Editors Alan Nolan and Sharon Eggleston Vipond's insightful essays provide fresh perspectives on the Iron Brigade's exploits, detailing military and political events in the words of actual combatants." Military ReviewOriginally called "The Black Hat Brigade" because the soldiers wore the regular armys dress black hat instead of the more typical blue cap, the Iron Brigade was the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies of the Union. From Brawner Farm and Second Bull Run to Chancellorsville and Gettysburgthe Western soldiers earned and justified the proud name Iron Brigade. And when the war was over, the records showed that it led all federal brigades in percentage of deaths in battle. These essays, by some of the best known historians of the brigade, spotlight significant moments in the history of the Civil Wars most celebrated unit.
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    [series] => Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
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    [publisher] => Indiana University Press
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