CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS ELBERT SLINGERLAND & NICHOLAS De GRAFF 115th NY INFANTRY REG

We are offering an original tintype photograph of Civil War Union Soldiers Sergeant Elbert Slingerland and First Lieutenant Nicholas DeGraff of Co. D, 115th New York Infantry Regiment. The tintype is in a CDV size paper "frame", which has a 2-cent Revenue Stamp on the back. The 115th New York Regiment, known as the "Iron Hearted Regiment", was made up of tough men from New York's Mohawk Valley region.

The regiment was mustered into service in August of 1862. It was stationed at Harper's Ferry, Virginia during the Antietam Campaign. When the town was surrounded by the Confederate Army, the regiment surrendered. After the release of the soldiers, the 115th served in the Defense of Washington, and in December of 1863 the regiment was transferred to the Florida Expedition where they fought the Battle of Olustee.

In 1864, the regiment participated in the campaign against Richmond and Petersburg, and it appears that the 115th participated in many other engagements and battles of the war.

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