31392 Union Iron Brigade Advancing at Right Shoulder Wearing Gaiters K&C Crusaders & Saracens As one GI peers through

As one GI peers through his binos

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This standard British infantry bayonet was issued from 1722 through 1840

around the campfire after a meal one of the ‘cowpokes’ might sit down and pick out a tune maybe an old gospel hymn

After Korea

31392 Union Iron Brigade Advancing at Right Shoulder Wearing Gaiters K&C Crusaders & Saracens As one GI peers throughThe Iron Brigade was part of the Union Army of the Potomac made up from men from three Western states, now part of the Midwest, that fought entirely in the Eastern Theater. The Brigade initially consisted of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiments, the 19th Indiana, and Battery B of the 4th U. S. Light Artillery. Later they were joined by the 24th Michigan Infantry. Noted for its strong discipline, its unique uniform appearance,