Colonel David Morrison as he leads the 79th New York up the wall of Tower Battery.

BATTLE
DATE
CASUALTIES
Virginia, 1861    
Blackburns Ford July 18 1861 First Casualty
Lewinville Sept 11&25
1861 		1 killed
First Bull Run July 21 1861 40 killed, 51 wounded 8 mortally
115 captured, Colonel killed
South Carolina, 1862    
Port Royal Ferry Jan 1 1862  
Pocataligo (Company E) May 28 1862  
James Island Jun 3&4 1862  
Secessionville Jun 16 1862 110 casualties out of 474 engaged.
36 killed
Virginia, 1862    
Kelly's Ford Aug 21 1862  
Second Battle of Bull Run Aug 29&30
1862 		Losses for 2nd Bull Run & Chantilly
Chantilly Sept 1 1862 9 killed, 79 wounded, & 17 missing
Maj Gen Isaac Stevens was killed
Maryland, 1862    
South Mountain Sept 14 1862 1 killed
Antietam Sept 17 1862 8 killed
Virgina, 1862    
Fredericksburg Dec 13&14
1862 		 
Kentucky, 1863    
Green River Bridge Jul 4 1863 Detachment engaged
Mississippi, 1863    
Vicksburg Siege Jun17 - Jul 4  
Jackson Jul 10-17  
Tennessee, 1863    
Blue Springs Oct 10 1863 2 killed, 18 wounded
Campbell's Station Nov 16 1863  
Siege of Knoxville Nov 17 -
Dec 5 1863		 1 killed
Defense of Fort Sanders Nov 29 1863 5 killed, 4 wounded
Tennessee, 1864    
Strawberry Plains Jan 21 1864 Garrisoned the Fort
Armstrong Ferry Jan 22 1864 Charged C.S. cavalry with bayonets
Virgina, 1864    
Wilderness May 6&7 1864  
Spotsylvania May 9-13 1864 5 killed
Reorganized Regiment, 1864    
Hatcher's Run Oct 27 1864  
Virginia, 1865    
Fort Stedman Mar 25 1865  
Final Assault on Petersburg Apr 2 1865  


Complete casualty reports are not available for 1865. At least 1 man was killed near Fort Stedman. The 79th New York had 502 men killed, wounded, and missing or captured in the Civil War.

This information was taken from the book 'History of the 79th New York Cameron Highlanders 1859-1876' written by William A. Beard III. © 1996 William A. Beard