The Iron Hearted Regiment

A Civil War regimental history documenting the 115th New York Volunteers. Published in 1865, this account compiles battle records, casualty lists, officer sketches, and narratives of combat experience from the war's front lines. The volume captures the conflict through accumulated testimony—official records alongside soldiers' accounts of marches, engagements, and the siege at Harper's Ferry. Such regimental histories became popular immediately after the war, serving veterans and families seeking to understand and memorialize specific units' service. This work exemplifies how Civil War documentation blended administrative precision with human narrative, preserving institutional memory of the regiment's four years of operations.