The Iron Hearted Regiment - 115th New York Infantry Regiment
The Iron Hearted Regiment: An Account of the Battles, Marches and Gallant Deeds
Performed by the
115th REGIMENT N. Y. VOLS.
ALSO
A List of the Dead and Wounded; An Account of Hundreds of Brave
Men Shot on a Score of Hard Fought Fields of Strife; A
Complete Statement of Harper's Ferry Surrender;
Sketches of the Officers; A History of the
Flags and Those Who Bore Them,
Together with
Touching Incidents, Thrilling Adventures, Amasing Scenes,
etc., etc., etc.
BY JAMES H. CLARK,
LATE FIRST LIEUTENANT, COMPANY H, 115TH N. Y. V.
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ALBANY, N.Y.:
J. MUNSELL, 78 STATE STREET.
1865
Many thanks to Nick Niemczyk who spent countless hours transcribing the text.
Table of Contents
Transcription By Nick Niemczyk
Formation of the Regiment
Off for the War
From New York to Philadelphia
Off for Baltimore
Active Service
The Shenandoah Guerrillas
On the March. A pure Rebel City
Pitching Camp7
Searching Rebel Houses
The First Man Shot in the Regiment
A busy Sunday
A Foraging Expeditio
The Rebels Advance upon us in Force
Battle of Maryland Heights
The Evacuation of the Heights
The Loss of the 115th
The 126th New York
Lieutenant Ferguson
Peace or Blood. The Stars and Bars
Battle of Harper's Ferry
Forming Line of Battle
A Shower of Rebel Shells
Our Ammunition Exhausted
The Rebels charge a Battery, Terrible Slaughter among the Foe
A Night Attack
Sigel is Coming
The Situation a Gloomy One
Keep your Powder Dry
The Union Army Surrendered
An Affecting Scene
Cowardly Shooting
Death of Gen. Miles
The Captures
Rebel Horse Thieves
The Terms of Capitulation
The Dear old Flag Preserved
The First man Killed in the Regiment
Sleeping with Rebels
Troops Paroled
A Hundred Mile March
True to the Last
Scenes at Frederick City
A Soldier Murdered in the Woods
Journal
Annapolis City
Ho! for Baltimore
Through Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
"I'll Kill every Mother's Son of Ye
Camped in Horse Stalls
Sickness and Death
Hard Times
Mutiny, Riot, and Arson
A sad Conflagration
Good bye Chicago
Baltimore Again
A cold night on Arlington Heights
Sixteen Days on Arlington
A hard March to Hunter's Creek
Thirteen Days at Hunter's Creek
To Yorktown Va
Yorktown and the Surrounding Country
Where are we Going
The Matanzas Dungeon
The Pangs of Hunger
On Sunday
Port Royal Harbor
Sad Tidings. Good News
A Chapter on Snakes
Insects and Reptiles
Yankee Enterprise. Hilton Head
Night Assault
Duty at Hilton Head
Scenes in the Provost Quarters. Captain Gladding
Stories of Refugees
"We all Yankee Now
The Bravest of the Brave
Rebel Mode of Procuring Greenbacks
Large Mortality in the Regiment
Beaufort
Journal
The Campaign in Florida
Midnight Attack on Camp Finnegan
Surprise and Capture of Baldwin
Sentenced to Death for Firing off a Gun
A bold Rebel Syp
Our Advance fall in an Ambuscade at Barber's Plantation
A Giant Rebel
The Town of Sanderson Taken
Single Encounters in the Woods
A March of Seventy Miles through Florida Swamps
The Battle of Olustee
Regiments Engaged on the Union Side
Regiments Engaged on the Rebel Side
How the Battle came About
Where the Battle was Fought
How the Contending Armies were Formed
Gallantry of the 115th
The Rebels Charge the Regiment
Great Slaughter among Artillery
A Bayonet Charge
The Regiment saves the Army from Capture
General Seymour
Terrible Suffering among the Wounded
Comments of the Union Press
Rebel Account
Arrival of the Wounded at Beaufort
Gen. Seymour to the Army
Co. H on a Scout
Journal
Battle of Chesterfield Heights
Fearful Slaughter
Incidents of the Battle
Battle of Old Church
The Woods on Fire
Battle of Weir Bottom Church
More Fighting
Battle of Drury's Bluff
Mixed up with a Rebel Regiment
The Boys Charge on their own Hooks
Sunday at Drury's Bluff
Battle of Proctor's Creek
Incidents of the Battle
Fight at Port Walthall Junction
The Rebels Charge. Deserters and Prisoners
Union and Rebel Charges
The 115th Selected to Storm a Battery
Battle of Coal Harbor
Siege of the Chickahominy
A new Base
A Day of Suffering
Siege and Battles of Petersburg
An Order that brought Death very Close
Freaks of Solid Shot
Charge of Cemetery Hill
The Morning of Battle
The Earth Quakes
The First Assault
The 115th go Forward
A Colored Division
Our Gallant General
The 115th Led the Charge
The Sleeping Regiment
Thrilling Scenes on the Field
The Rebels Charge with Success
The Terrible Cry for Water
The Dead and the Dying,
Closing Scenes of the Battle
Large Loss of Life
On Picket at Bermuda Hundreds
Battle of Deep Bottom
Battle of Fort Gilmer
Battle of Darbytown Road
The two Attacks on Fort Fisher
Dreadful Catastrophe
The Closing Campaign of the War
Homeward Bound
Martyrs of the 115th
Those who Lost a Limb and Lived
The Heroes who Bore our Flags
The Flags
Battles and Skirmishes
Officers of the 115th
Enlisted Men Commissioned and not Mustered
Promotions
The Roll of Honor. Casualties in the 115th
Additional casualties in the Regiment as Reported by the Press
Wounded at Fort Gilmer
Wounded at Fort Fisher
The Companies
Non-commissioned Staff,&c
115th Brass Band
Drum Corps
Arrival of the 115th in New York
Arrival of the 115th in Albany
Return of the 115th N. Y. Regiment
Sword Presentation at Clifton Park
Battle of Proctor's Creek
Capture of Fort Fisher
Official Dispatches
Report of Admiral Porter
Compliments to worthy Officers
A Skirmish at Pilatka, Florida
The Fearless Sharpshooter
A Plucky Soldier Boy
Rather Cool
Statements of Prisoners
Chesapeake U.S. Hospital