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The Iron Brigade wasnt very faund of John Gibbon untill there first battle at bull run one soldier said“Until we learned to know him, which we did not till he led us in battle, we seemed very far apart.”. I believe that after the battle of bull run they all came together and accepeted John Gibbon as a great leader.
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John Gibbon said it was difficult to train men who where not only civilions but where also filled with undisciplined spirit.
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They where a brigade from wisconsin mostly made up hardened lumbermen and pioneers led by one of the best Brigadier Generalls John Gibbon.
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May of 1862 Gibbon was promoted to Brigadier General of King's Wisconsin infantry brigade.
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John gibbon and his brigade first major conflict was at the second battle of manassas where they were defeated even though they where heavily outnumbered.
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John Gibbon and his brigade took turners gap from the confederates where his brigadier was given their famouse name of the iron brigade because of their courageous fighting McClellan said "they must be made of iron" from that point after they where known as The Iron Brigade.
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The Iron Brigade had many loses in this battle but faught valiently.
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The Iron Brigade was pushing jacksons men back pushing them back and winning the battle.
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This battle is known to be the most one sided battle of the american civil war union army having suffering more than twice the amount of casualties than that of the confederate army.
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A failed attemp of pursuing and defeating General Robert E. Lee army without many casualties.
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Enduring severe losses it was an important strategic union victory that sieged the confederate army at Richmond and Petersburg virginia.
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Not an ordinary siege it became a trench war where union soldiers dug about a 30 mile trench around the town where eventualy Lee surrendered due to lack of supply and pressure from the union army.
