During the war, he rose to become a sergeant, and briefly attained the rank of adjutant general of the Iron Brigade.
The Iron Brigade and Irish Brigade spearheaded many of the Union's most dangerous attacks.
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He sent a small party to reconnoiter, and they encountered the 7th Indiana Infantry of the I Corps, part of Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth's division, which had been in the rear guarding the corps trains and was now linked up with the Iron Brigade, digging in following their fierce battle on Seminary Ridge.
The battle took place in modern day Svijany between troops from the Prussian First Army (Bose's 15th Brigade) and soldiers of the Austrian I Corps (Poschacher's "Iron" brigade).
During the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, however, division commander Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday placed Cutler in temporary command of the Iron Brigade for a few hours, dissatisfied with what he considered tardy execution of orders by Col. Meredith.