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Excerpt from History of the 115th Regiment Illinois Volunteer InfantryMany of the survivors of the 115th Regiment Illinois Volunteers had long wished for something in the way of a permanent record of the organization; campaigns; battles and achievements of the old regiment. A regimental association had been formed as early as 1876; and frequent reunions had been held at which the subject of a regimental history had been as frequently discussed. Several unsuccessful attempts had been made to secure a committee that would undertake the task. Finally; at the reunion held at Decatur. Ill.; in 1894; after much solicitation on the part of the members of the regimental association; and assurances of the hearty co-operation oi all. the writer; in an unguarded moment; consented to undertake the work. Had he then realized; even in a moderate degree; the difficulties to be overcome; and the labor required to collect the material and prepare such a history; no amount of persuasion could have induced him to make the attempt.An earnest effort was made to get the addresses of all the survivors of the regiment and to secure from them personal incidents; anecdotes; accounts of the special service of individuals and companies and other facts of interest. The survivors of the regiment were also urged to furnish biographical sketches and invited to send their portraits. These requests met with a very liberal response; as the numerous sketches and portraits of our comrades will testify; but it is a matter of sincere regret to the author and to all interested in the history; that so many are necessarily omitted from this part of the book.Free use has been made of all material received.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work; preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases; an imperfection in the original; such as a blemish or missing page; may be replicated in our edition. We do; however; repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.