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| | 115th NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center |
 | | The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. |
 | | Colonel Simeon Sammons received authority, July 19, 1862, to recruit this regiment in the counties of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery and Saratoga, with headquarters at Fonda, where it was organized, and, August 26, 1862, mustered in the service of the United States for three years. |
 | | Letters from "Charley" are to his family concerning his service in Virginia (1862), his capture at Harper's Ferry, and life as a prisoner of war while awaiting parole and exchange at Annapolis (Md.) and Camp Douglas (Chicago, Ill.). |
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