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		<title>May 2013 Update on Alonzo Cushing Medal of Honor</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/23/2013-update-alonzo-cushing-medal-honor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June of 2012, Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced legislation that would have allowed Delafield, Wisconsin native Lt. Alonzo Cushing to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3rd, 1863.  Specifically, the legislation would have waived the time limit on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 8th New Hampshire Infantry at Port Hudson</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/21/8th-hampshire-infantry-port-hudson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May of 1863, as Major General Ulysses S. Grant&#8217;s army was advancing on Vicksburg, Mississippi, another Federal force was surrounding  the only other Confederate stronghold left on the Mississippi River at Port Hudson, Louisiana, about 110 miles to the south. Major General Nathanial Banks&#8217; 19th Corps with over  30,000 troops, faced roughly 7,000 Confederates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Taylor Quick Facts</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/13/quick-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Name Meaning  Richard is of Old German origin and means &#8220;powerful leader&#8221;. Vital Stats Birthday:  January 27, 1826 Birth Name: Richard Taylor (often referred to as Dick Taylor) Birthplace: Louisville, Kentrucy Date of Death: April 12, 1879 Cause: Complications from rheumatoid arthritis Place of Death: New York City Height: 5&#8242;  8 1/2&#8243; Nationality: American Ancestry: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captain Garth W. James of the 54th Massachusetts Recalls the Assault on Fort Wagner</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/09/captain-garth-w-james-54th-massachusetts-recalls-assault-fort-wagner/</link>
		<comments>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/09/captain-garth-w-james-54th-massachusetts-recalls-assault-fort-wagner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 03:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in January 1863, the northern states began recruiting African American regiments for military service.  The first northern regiment of African American soldiers to head south was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the unit featured in the 1989 film Glory.  Although the enlisted men in these regiments were black, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/05/04/visiting-kennesaw-mountain-national-battlefield-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 06:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Major General William T. Sherman generally preferred to outmaneuver and outflank his Confederate adversaries rather than attack entrenched positions head on. He made an exception at the Battle on Kennesaw Mountain on June 27th. The Confederates under General Joseph E. Johnston had constructed very strong trenches and defensive works on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson Campaigns:  May 1863</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/04/28/chancellorsville-vicksburg-port-hudson-campaigns-1863/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[150 Years Ago in the Civil War As May 1863 opened, the armies were on the move as important campaigns in both in the East and West were underway. There was significant action on the very first day of the month in Virginia and Mississippi. Battle of Chancellorsville On May 1st, General Robert E. Lee put most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Alvin P. Hovey&#8217;s Division At the Battle of Champion Hill</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/04/21/general-alvin-p-hoveys-division-battle-champion-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key Battle in the Vicksburg Campaign After crossing the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, Mississippi on April 30th, the Union Army of Major General Ulysses S. Grant marched inland in a northeasterly direction.  Grant&#8217;s forces engaged the Confederates at Port Gibson on May 1st, at Raymond on May 12th, and at Jackson on May 14th.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Earp Brothers Union Army Service in the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/04/16/earp-brothers-union-army-service-civil-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Earp Brothers were among the more famous characters in the Old West, due in large part to the participation of three of the brothers in the October 1881 Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone,  Arizona. Two decades before that showdown, three of the six Earp brothers served in the Union Army in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Inch Parrot Rifle in the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/04/11/3-inch-parrot-rifle-civil-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both the Union and Confederate artillery forces used several types of rifled field artillery in the Civil War.  One of the more common rifled field guns was the 3 inch Parrot Rifle, named after its inventor, Robert Parker Parrott. There were actually two types of 3 inch Parrott guns.  The original models, first manufactured in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 24th Michigan Infantry at Gettysburg</title>
		<link>http://ironbrigader.com/2013/04/08/24th-michigan-infantry-gettysburg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 24th Michigan Infantry was organized in the summer of 1862 and joined the Iron Brigade in October of that year after the brigade had been reduced from casualties suffered at the battles of Brawner&#8217;s Farm, South Mountain, and Antietam. The regiment was under the command of Colonel Henry A. Morrow, a Wayne County Michigan Judge [...]]]></description>
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