On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade

On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade by Gaff, Alan D. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253330635.

"... an excellent unit history of a renowned regiment... " -- The Civil War News "... American history on a human scale... " -- Kirkus Reviews "The author gives some of the best descriptions of the daily life of a Civil War soldier that can be found anywhere." -- Library Journal "On Many a Bloody Field is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship and painstaking historical research." -- The Bookwatch "... meticulously researched, day-by-day history of Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment.... [T]he real essence of this book is its detailed attention to the common soldiers.... [A]s a representative of its genre, it probably is without many peers." -- Journal of Southern History On Many a Bloody Field follows one of the Civil Wars most famous combat organizations -- Company B, 19th Indiana Volunteers of the Iron Brigade, in a vivid account of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Alan Gaff follows the men from recruitment through mustering out, from the tedium of camp to the excitement of battle. A close-up view of the experience of war, told from the soldiers perspective, often in the words of the men themselves.