"Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers" by Rufus Dawes

Rufus Dawes (1838-1899) was a Union soldier and officer, a businessman, a congressman, n author, and the father of a man who won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Vice President. He was descended from the man who warned of the coming of the British prior to Lexington and Concord. 

He is also considered to have written one of the best, if not the best, memoirs of the Civil War, Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers.  

 

Dawes distinguished himself as a member and officer of the famed Iron Brigade during the Battle of Gettysburg and other Civil War engagements. Comprised of regiments from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan, its numbers and composition kept changing because of casualties. It was one of the most feared of all Union troops; it often stood its ground when other brigades were in full retreat.

To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.

Some Wednesday Readings

 

Horse Soldiers at Gettysburg: The Cavalryman’s View of the Civil War’s Pivotal Campaign by Daniel Murphy – Book review by Daniel Davis at Emerging Civil War. 

 

Surprised by Faith: My Moroccan Odyssey – Bradley Birzer at The Imaginative Conservative. 

 

The Things We Do Before the Things We Do – Brian Miller at A South Roane Agrarian.

 

Emerging Civil War Hosts Battlefield Tour Fundraiser to Benefit Wreaths Across America – Emerging Civil War.