Horn Brigade

Horn Brigade
Military bugle of the type
the Horn Brigade was named for.
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeInfantry
SizeFive regiments
Nickname(s)Horn Brigade, Dutch Brigade, Iron Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Brig. Gen. August Willich
Col. William Harvey Gibson

The Horn Brigade, also known as the Dutch Brigade, or the “Iron Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland,” was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War. The brigade fought in the battles of Shiloh, Stones River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Franklin and Nashville.