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Iron Brigade

Location: Eastbound US 20 at SE corner of SR 49 overpass, Chesterton. (Porter County, Indiana)

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War

ID# : 64.1995.1

Marker Review Report: Learn more here. See also marker 89.1963.1 Iron Brigade Commander.

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Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.

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