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U. S. Civil War
Fifteenth Regiment Infantry
siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22 to August 25, 1864;
Atlanta and M. R. R., Ga., August 29, 1864;
Jonesboro, Ga., August 31, 1864;
Love-joy's Station, Ga., September 2, 1864;
Clinton, Ga., November 20, 1864;
Fort McAllister, Ga., December 13, 1864;
Orangeburg, S. C, February 14 and 15, 1865;
Congaree Creek, S. C, February 15, 1865:
Saluda Creek, S. C, February 16, 1865;
Columbia, S. C, February 17, 1865;
Fayetteville, N. C, March 13, 1865;
Bentonville, N. C, March 19, 1865.
The membership of the 15th was 2, 371, and its losses 337, as follows: Killed in action, 2 officers and 48 men; 1 officer and 18 men died of wounds; and of disease, 4 officers and 264 men.
" Triumph and sorrow border near,
And joy oft melts into a tear,
Alas! what links of love that mourn Has war's rude hand asunder torn. "
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