HISTORY OF THE 115th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (Illinois Regimental History)

Royse, Isaac Henry Clay, late Second Lieutenant Company E

Published by Published by the Author with Authority of the Regimental Association, Terre Haute, Ind, 1900

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, vi, 404 pgs, illustrations, portrait plates, maps, unit roster, appendix. Signed on title page by Rebecca Cutler Espy. Blue cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. Limited to 500 copies. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light wear to edges and spine ends. Covers and spine soiled and rubbed; spine a bit darkened. Interior hinges are weak but holding; else pages clean and solid. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Rebecca Cutler Espy (1829-1912) was the widow of Stephen Barlow Espy, the Commissary Officer of the regiment. He was killed at Chickamauga and is where he is buried. The 115th Illinois fought in numerous engagements in the western theater, including: the Tullahoma Campaign; Battle of Chickamauga; the Chattanooga Campaign; Battle of Wauhatchie; the Atlanta Campaign; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Dallas; Battle of New Hope Church; Battle of Allatoona; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Siege of Atlanta; Battle of Jonesborough; Battle of Lovejoy's Station; Battle of Franklin; & Battle of Nashville. REFERENCES DORN Ill #337; NEVINS 1 pg 154: "A history of the war in the West, with regimental minutiae frequently inserted.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORY OF THE 115th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (Illinois Regimental History)
• Publisher: Published by the Author with Authority of the Regimental Association, Terre Haute, Ind
• Publication Date: 1900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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