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The 115th New York began its military career as part of the largest
surrender of U.S. troops to take place before World War II and
ended its career as part of the largest successful amphibious
landings of U.S. troops before World War II. In between, it
travelled a fighting odyssey through the American Civil War that is
unique among Union regiments. Not only did it fight mainly in
theatres and battles unknown to all but the most serious Civil War
student, but it endured mass arrest and banishment by its own army
and a cabal of its own officers against its commander. In earning
distinction as one of ""Fox's Fighting 300"" Union regiments, the
115th fought in obscure campaigns along the Southern coast, joined
briefly in the famous combat between Grant and Lee in Virginia,
fought alongside African American units, witnessed the liberation
of thousands of slaves and captured Union soldiers, and ended up
campaigning with William T. Sherman's western army. The soldiers of
the 115th New York were common men from Saratoga County, the Mohawk
Valley, and Adirondack Mountain areas of New York State. In telling
their story, author Mark Silo utilizes the words and recollections
left by sixty-seven of these men, as well as vast amounts of source
material regarding the events and battles they experienced. The
result, states National Park Service historian John J. Hennessy, is
""Truly exceptional... a woven story that is both excellent history
and engaging narrative - an important chronicle of common men on an
uncommon quest for survival and triumph.
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