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| Brigadier General Stevens/late Colonel of
79th NY |
Colonel Samuel MacKenzie Elliot |
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| Captain Farrish Company B 1861 |
Colonel James Cameron |
Roster of Officers
and Men of Company B
Commander: Lt Col Samuel McKenzie Elliott
Major: David McClellan (McCleeland?)
Adjutant: David Ireland
Quartermaster: Patrick Home
Commissary: Harry Pearson
Surgeon: James Norval
Engineer: John J. Shaw
Mustering Officer: Captain S. B. Hayman
Chaplain: George S. Doughty
Bandmaster: William Robertson - 17 musicians
Colour Bearer: James Cummings
Right and Left Guides
Company A: W. Manson, Lt John MacPherson, 1st Sgt John R- Herzies,
Sgt Robert M. Clark,
Sgt Walter W. Fonnan. Sgt David Russell, Corporal John 5. Dingwall,
Corporal Henry Softs,
Musician David Pennycook, Musician Paul Borger - 67 men
Company B: Captain James A. Farrish (pictured
above), 1st Lt John Whyte, 2nd Lt David G. Falconer,
1st Sergeant Joseph Thornton, Sergeant John Hill, Sergeant Frederick
Kocket, Sergeant Thomas Denham,
Corporal David Patterson, Corporal R. P. Abernethy, Corporal Alex Bell,
Edward Morrisey,
Musician William Samo, Musician Henry Ross - 77 men (Privates listed
below)
Company C: Captain T. Barclay, Lt K. Mathison, Lt Ostrander - 83
men
Company D: Captain D. Brown, Lt J. More, Lt J. A. Falconer -
83 men
Company E: Captain D. Morrison, Lt J. Ayres, Lt J. B. Sinclair
- 83 men
Company F: Captain J. Christie, Lt R. McNie - 82 men
Company G: Captain J. Laing, Lt J. Dick, Lt W. B. Ives - 66 men
Company H: Captain J. Coulter, Lt R. Campbell, Lt W. Drake -
95 men
Company I: Captain R.T. Shillinglan. Lt. S.G. Elliot, Lt G. Pier
- 87 men
Company K: Captain H.A. Ellis, Lt S.R. Elliot - 110 men
Total: 895 men
PRIVATES
George Bland, Patrick Brophy, John Cameron, Andrew
Conbell, Thomas C. Collins, Joseph Campbell, Bernard Daly, David Donohue,
Philip Daly, William Eward, James Elliot, Edward G. Evans, Zenas Crowell,
James Fish, Mcneil Roderick Black, James Haig, George H. Hinckley, Andrew
Hutchinson,
John Hayward, George Holden, William Henderson, Alexander Irving, James
G. Kennedy, Patrick Lynch, James Millar, Joseph Mellis, John Mouhrie,
John Marion, Robert Mcleary, Patrick McGovern,
Charles McDonald, Frederick McKenzie, George Stuart Nimmo, John Orton,
Peter Philips, Joseph
Paterson, James Reid, Walter Rutherford, Robert Ross, D. B. Sullivan,
John Stratton, Wesley Smith,
John Sutherland, Robert Stuart, George B. Showell, Bernard Scanlan,
John Sharp, James Stoney,
David T. Shaw, Lewis Tarner (Turner ?), George Twybell, Charles Tashieria,
Henry Vandewater,
Andrew Newlands, David Wilson, James Muir, Alexander Whyte, Alexander
Dutlow, Jas. T. Carlisle, James Reid, Truxton Taylor, Arch’d Shearer,
William Boyd, John Headler, John Mcmonaghan,
James Henry Duncan.
William Todd of Company D was the reginental historian.
Campany B had 14 men killed in battle and 9 died of disease. Total enrollment
throughout the civil war was 125 men and does not include after the
reorganization during 1864.
REGIMENTAL STATISTICS
Killed and died of Wounds: Officers.......3,
Enlisted men......116, Total......119
Died of Disease: Officers.......1, Enlisted men...........78, Total.......79
Total Enrollment prior to May, 1864 including Officers........1,385
By regimental history total enrollment was.......1,374
Total of killed, wounded and missing before May, 1864.......502
Most of 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
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