The Iron Brigade is one of the most famous units to participate in the Civil War. Two members are of particular interest to the Barnett family: Thomas Barnett and John Benton Callis.
Thomas Barnett - Served in the Second Wisconsin (Company C,
originally the Grant County Greys), serving as sergeant. He was later promoted to 2nd Lt. in
the Twenty-Fifth Wisconsin. This later regiment served with Grant and
Sherman from Vicksburg through Atlanta. He is a son of Andrew Barnett and
grandson of Joseph Barnett.
Thomas Barnett's
letter - Dated Sept. 22, 1861 to his brother Joseph. It describes life
in the 2nd Wisconsin. The original is in the collection of the Wisconsin
Historical Society, Archives and Manuscripts Division.
John Benton Callis is covered under the Callis Family page.
The Iron Brigade of the West - Carroll College's site.
The Civil War Round Table of Milwaukee
The Iron Brigade Guard of the North-South Skirmish Association, Inc.
The Carroll College Institute for Civil War Studies
Civil War Reenactors of the Iron Brigade
This listing focuses on items that are either in print or are readily available in used condition. For out of print titles, I recommend Bookfinder.
Brave men's tears : The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm by Alan Gaff.
A brotherhood of valor : the common soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A. and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A. by Jeffry Wert.
Dear Sara : letters home from a soldier in the Iron Brigade by Coralue Lassen.
The Flags of the Iron Brigade by Howard Michael Madaus, Richard H. Zeitlin
Four years with the Iron Brigade : the Civil War journal of William Ray, ed. by Lance Herdegen and Sherry Murphy.
A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade : Service With the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers by Rufus R. Dawes
Giants in their tall black hats : essays on the Iron Brigade ed. by Alan Nolan and S.E. Vipound.
History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade : Known As the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment by O.B. Curtis
Hoosiers' Honor : The Iron Brigade's 19th Indiana Regiment by William Thomas Venner
If this is war: A history of the campaign of Bull's Run by the Wisconsin regiment thereafter known as the Ragged Ass Second by Alan Gaff.
The Iron Brigade : a military history by Alan Nolan.
The Iron Brigade at Gettysburg by William Dudley
Iron Brigade General by Dennis S. Lavery, Mark H. Jordan
Iron Men, Iron Will : The Nineteenth Indiana Regiment of the Iron Brigade by Craig L. Dunn
An Irishman in the Iron Brigade by William J.K. Beaudot and Lance Herdegen.
Letters from the Iron Brigade : George W. Partridge, Jr., ed. by Hugh Whitehouse.
Letters home : Henry Matrau of the Iron Brigade ed. by Marcia Reid-Green.
The men stood like iron : how the Iron Brigade won its name by Lance Herdegen.
On many a bloody field : Four years in the Iron Brigade by Alan Gaff.
The Second Wisconsin Infantry by George Otis.
The Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade by Donald Smith.