The Iron Brigade ? an all-Western outfit branded ad The Iron Brigade of the West ? served out their enlistments entirely in the Eastern Theatre. Hardy men were these soldiers from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, who waged war beneath their unique black Hardee Hats on many fields, from Brawner's Farm during the Second Bull Run Campaign all the way to Gettysburg, where the Iron Brigade was all but wrecked. Lance Herdegen's Those Damned Black Hats! Is the first book-length account of their remarkable experiences in Pennsylvania during that fateful summer of 1863. 16 b/w photos
