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The Gettysburg Brigades:
We are glad to start our content with a series of articles about Gettysburg Brigades, exclusively written for the Gettysburg! Online Society by Myron Ledford. The Author will update and add future chapters, as his work is still in progress. He starts with the history of the famous "Iron Brigade".
Myron Ledford's History of Gettysburg Brigades:
A Series of Brief Histories of Some of the Infantry Brigades Who Fought at Gettysburg
In SMG there are quite a few brigades on both sides that players prefer, such as Robertson, Vincent,
Meredith, and Pettigrew. And there are others which almost nobody wants. Kelly, Jones, Smith (the Confederate brigade commanded by William 'Extra Billy' Smith) and Brooke are a few examples of those. Both the wanted and unwanted have histories leading up to Battle of Gettysburg that divides them into the two categories. As part of my contribution to the Gettysburg Online Society here is a history of some of these brigades, prior to, during and after Gettysburg. These first
chapters are the story of Meredith's brigade, aka, the Iron Brigade, up to the end of the 2nd Bull Run campaign.