UNION SOLDIER LETTER—PRIVATE KELLEY S. TULLOCK, CO. “D”, 115TH NEW YORK INFANTRY

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Dated “Head Quarters of the 115th Regt/ in the trenches in front of Richmond, VA. Oct 23rd 1864.  Addressed to “Dear Cousin Ellen.” 3 pp. in ink on lined paper, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks and lightly fading while remaining entirely legible. Else VG.

Twenty one year-old Kelley S. Tulloch mustered as a private into Co. “D”, 115th New York Infantry, 8/2/1862 and was mustered out at Raleigh, NC, 6/17/1865

His unit was mustered in August 1862 and immediately upon entering service found itself captured with the Harper’s Ferry garrison by forces of Stonewall Jackson in route to Antietam in mid-September 1862, and paroled to Camp Douglas, at Chicago. Returning to service in November, the unit was dispatched to the southeastern theater where it saw action at the Battle of Olustee [FL].  The spring of 1864 found the 115th attached to the Army of the James and engaged at Bermuda Hundred, Drury’s Bluff and Cold Harbor, before joining the Ft. Fisher expedition and eventually participating in Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign to the close of the war. During service it lost 135 killed and mortally wounded and 188 by disease for a total of 323, and was listed as one of “fox’s Fighting 300” regiments.

In this letter write his cousin, with some fairly rough spelling,  about meeting some boys of the 142nd New York, talks about the weather on the Petersburg line, mentions a visit from U.S. Grant, and the 1864 presidential election.  Excerpts below:

“I was down to see Roby Leid__ and all the rest of the boys and seemed to be enjoying them selves first rate but thay has not been any fighting heare since thay joined their regiment and the No. of their regiment is 142 N.Y.V. They was put in three companies, they say they like it pritty well.

There is to be a general revue of the troops heare tomorrow and then I suppose we will make a dash on the Johnnies for olde Lieut. general Grant was along heare the other day lookin in at the forts along heare and wen he comes around there is sumpthin’ up

I  suppose they are havin a pretty warm time about the election that has got pretty well a long…Heare with the solgers there was a good deal of  pretty  ____ heare but I don’t heare anything much about it now…”

Interesting 115th New York camp letter from the late October ’64 Petersburg line.  In protective sleeve.  [JP]  [ph:L]

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