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115th REGIMENT INFANTRY
"Iron-Hearted Regiment"
Organized at Fonda and mustered in August 26, 1862. Left State
for Middle Department August 30, 1862. Attached to Miles' Command,
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September, 1862. Camp Douglas, Chicago,
Ill., to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army
Corps, Dept. of Washington, December, 1862. Busteed's Independent
Brigade, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to January, 1863.
District of Hilton Head, S. C, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South,
to June, 1863. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, to
December, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Army Corps, to
January, 1864. Barton's Brigade, District of Hilton Head, S.C., to
February, 1864. Barton's Brigade, District of Florida, February,
1864. Barton's Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, to
April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the
James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 10th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade. 2nd
Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to
March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the
Ohio, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Defence of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 12-15,
1862. Maryland Heights September 12-13. Regiment surrendered
September 15. Paroled September 16 and sent to Annapolis, Md.,
thence to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and duty there till November
22. Moved to Washington, D.C., November 22, and duty in the defences
of that city till December 28. Moved to Yorktown, Va., December 28.
Duty there and at Gloucester Point, Va., till January, 1863.
Expedition to West Point and White House January 7-9 (Detachment).
Ordered to Hilton Head, S.C., January, and duty there till June,
1863. At Beaufort, S.C., till December, 1863, and at Hilton Head,
S.C., till February, 1864. Expedition to Jacksonville, Fla.,
February 5-7. Occupation of Jacksonville February 7. Expedition into
Central Florida February 7-28. Camp Finnegan February 9. Sanderson
February 12. Battle of Olustee February 20. Occupation of Palatka
March 10. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April 22-28. Butler's
operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg
and Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station, May
6-7. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's
Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-28. Moved to White House,
thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June
1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against
Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864. Duty in
trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front till
August. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Demonstration on north
side of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom,
August 14-18. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights,
September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches
before Richmond till December. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.,
December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 3-15,
1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Cape Fear
intrenchments February 11-12. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort
Anderson February 18-19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign
of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21.
Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty
at Raleigh till June. Mustered out June 17, 1865. Veterans and
Recruits transferred to 47th New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total
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