Iron Brigade General

Download or read book Iron Brigade General written by Dennis Lavery and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-04-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long overdue, full-length biography of John Gibbon tells about one of the Civil War's best combat leaders. This readable account describes how a distinguished general served in all the major campaigns of the Civil War and later against the Indians on the Western frontier. This story of a lifetime of military service describes life in the army and in America between 1841 and 1896 and is enriched by extensive research into family records and a broad array of original sources.