Prologue -- 1. A Winter in Camp -- 2. Fredericksburg: A New Commander Orders Black Hats -- 3. John Pope's Army: An End to File Closing -- 4. The Battle at Brawner Farm -- 5. Second Bull Run -- 6. South Mountain: The Iron Brigade is Named -- 7. Antietam -- 8. Reorganization -- 9. Return to Fredericksburg: The Twenty-fourth Michigan earns the Black Hat -- 10. Belle Plain: Winter Quarters and Hopefulness -- 11. Chancellorsville and the March to Pennsylvania -- 12. Gettysburg: The Last Stand -- Epilogue -- Appendices: 1. The Iron Brigade Counties -- 2. Commanders and Officers -- 3. Biographical Note -- 4. The Uniform of the Iron Brigade -- 5. Source Materials for the Battle of Brawner Farm -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.