From the Wilderness to Appomattox
Edward A Altemos
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From the Wilderness to Appomattox

The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War

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An in-depth look at of a vitally important but little-known heavy artillery regiment of the Civil War In early 1864, many heavy artillery regiments in the Civil War were garrisoning the Washington defenses, including the Fifteenth New York. At the same time, newly minted Union general in chief Ulysses S. Grant sought to replenish the ranks of the Army of the Potomac, and the Fifteenth became one of the first outfits dispatched to Major General George Meade at Brandy Station. Composed of predominantly German immigrants, members of the Fifteenth not only endured the nativist sentiments held by m...