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Sam,
I guess you're asking me? I'm not sure what IG is except the "G" is right above the "B" on the keyboard. Other than Nolan, Wert and Dawes, the most prolific writer on the Iron Brigade is Lance Herdegen. He wrote or editted at least three books on the Iron Brigade. My books are on the boat tonight but I believe they are called "The Men Stood Like Iron, How the Iron Brigade Got Its Name", "In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg" and "Four Years With the Iron Brigade, the journal of William Ray". If ya got $50 to blow, there is always "The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union" by E.B. Quiner first published in 1886. The book is available from the state military museum in Madison. All this ain't enough for me, so I've been working on one of my own. Someday I'll actually stop researching and actually write something down. But for anyone who wants to know about "the best troops anywhere in the world" (McClellan's words, not mine...but I totally agree) these books should do the trick.
Calicoboy
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My dear mother:- I have come safely through two more terrible engagements with the enemy, that at South Mountain and the great battle of yesterday (Antietam). Our splendid regiment is almost destroyed. We have had nearly 400 men killed and wounded in the battles. Seven of our officers were shot and three killed in yesterday's battle and nearly 150 men killed and wounded. All from less than 300 engaged. The men have stood like iron....Maj. Rufus Dawes, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers | 
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