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RANDALL, HENRY R., age 33 years; enrolled January 10, 1862, at Rochester to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company H, January 11, 1862; as Second
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Lieutenant, April 12, 1862; as first Lieu- tenant, October 24, 1862; discharged for disability, April 20, 1863; subsequent ser- vice in 14th Artillery; commissioned Second Lieutenant, June 10, 1862, with rank from April 12, 1862, original; First Lieutenant, February 17, 1863, with rank from October 23, 1862, vice C. Hail, re- signed.
RANDALL, WILLIAM H., age 43 years ; enrolled October 24, 1861, at Amherst to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company E, October 29, 1861 ; as Captain, February 21, 1862; as Major, April 13, 1863; wounded in action, July 2-3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa .; discharged, March 25, 1864; commissioned Captain, June 10, 1862, with rank from February 21, 1862, original; Major, May 30, 1863, with rank from April 12, 1863, vice H. R. Stagg, promoted.
REYNOLDS, WILLIAM H., age 22 years ; enrolled October 5, 1861, at Utica to serve three years; mustered in as Captain, Com- pany D, January 24, 1862; discharged, May 4, 1863; subsequent service in 14th Artillery; commissioned Captain, June 23, 1862, with rank from January 24, 1862, original.
SCHNEIDER, REINHARDT, age 21 years ; enrolled March 19, 1862, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company C, May 9, 1862; pro- moted First Sergeant, Company D. June 1, 1862; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, February 24, 1863; as First Lieutenant, Company I, September 21, 1863; mus- tered out, July 12, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tenn .; subsequent service in 2d Artillery ; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Febru- ary 17, 1863, with rank from October 27, 1862, vice D. Jones, promoted ; First Lien- tenant, September 5, 1863, with rank from July 29, 1863, vice D. Jones, promoted.
SCROGGS, GUSTAVUS A., Brigadier- General, State Militia; authorized to re- cruit a regiment, known at the time as the 4th Regiment, Eagle Brigade; organization not completed, men transferred to this regiment.
SHELDON, ANDREW F., late Assistant Surgeon, 7th Cavalry; mustered in as Assistant Surgeon, this regiment. April 18, 1862; discharged, October 23, 1862, at Washington, D. C., for appointment as
Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers ; com- missioned Assistant Surgeon, April 18, 1862, with rank of same date, original.
SPAULDING, OSCAR J., age 38 years ; en- rolled February 5, 1862, at Lima, Ind., to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company K, May 9, 1862; promoted First Sergeant, to date May 1, 1862; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, October 12, x862; as Captain, September 21, 1863; transferred to Company K, 102d Infantry, july 12, 1564; commissioned Second Lieu- tenant, Novembe: 7, 1862, with rank from October 9, 1862, vice Winslow H. Hatch, resigned ; Captain, September 5, 1863, with rank from July 29, 1863, vice O. P. Chap- pell, resigned.
STAGG, HENRY R., age 28 years ; enrolled to serve three years, and mustered in as Captain, Company B, May 28, 1862; as Major, February 13, 1863; as Lieutenant- Colonel, April 12, 1863; discharged, May 12, 1863; commissioned Captain, November 7, 1862, with rank from May 28, 1862, vice N. M. Mulley, discharged; Major, Feb- ruary 5, 1863, with rank from January 13, 1863, vice H. C. Blanchard, promoted; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 12, 1863, with rank from April 12, 1863, vice H. C. Blanchard, resigned.
STAPLES, JAMES W., age 24 years; en- rolled December 2, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company A, April 24, 1862; pro- moted Sergeant-Major, same date; mus- tered in as Captain, Company I, September 17, 1862; discharged, April 10, 1863; com- missioned Captain, November 7, 1862, with rank from September 17, 1862, vice P. M. J. Mitchell, killed in action.
TALMAN, ROBERT F., age 19 years; en- rolled January 20, 1862, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company C, April 28, 1862; discharged, April 1, 1863; subse- quent service in 14th Artillery; commis- sioned Second Lieutenant, June 10, 1862, with rank from April 28, 1862, original; First Lieutenant, not mustered, February 17, 1863, with rank from October 23, 1862, vice B. F. Currier, resigned.
TUCKER, GEORGE, age 29 years; en- rolled April 17, 1861, at New York city to serve one month: mustered in as Private, Company E, 7th Militia, April 26,
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1.01; mustered out with company, June 3, 1801, at New York city; again enrolled October 21, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company A, this regiment, January 11, 1862; discharged, April 1, 1863, for promotion to Major, U. S. Colored Troops; commissioned Second Lieutenant, June 10, 1862, with rank from April 25, 1862, original; First Lieutenant, not mustered, February 17, 1863, with rank from January 7, 1863, vice G. Bishop, discharged; Captain, not mustered, March 26, 1863, with rank from January 13, 1863, vice H. R. Stagg, promoted.
ULLMAN, DANIEL; authorized to re- cruit a regiment known as the Ist Regi- ment, Eagle Brigade, subsequently part of this regiment; age 45 years; enrolled September 10, 1861, at Buffalo to serve three years; mustered in as Colonel, April 28, 1862; captured, no date; paroled, Oc- tober 6, 1862, at Aikens Landing, Va .; promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. Volun- teers, January 29, 1863; commissioned Colonel, December 1, 1862, with rank from April 28, 1862, original.
VON BRANDES, ADOLPH, age 35 years ; enrolled June 1, 1863, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Private, 12th Artillery, June 19, 1863; transferred to Company F, 15th Artillery, June 22,
1863; promoted Corporal, no date; mus- tered in as First Lieutenant, Company C, this regiment, October 29, 1863; trans- ferred to Company C, 102d Infantry, July 12, 1864; commissioned First Lieutenant, September 5, 1863, with rank from August 20, 1863, vice J. M. H. Allen, dismissed.
WELLS, HENRY HARRISON, age 21 years ; enrolled May 9, 1861, to serve three years; mustered in as Sergeant, Com- pany C, 21st Infantry, May 20, 1861; as Second Lieutenant, Company F, this regi- ment, December 1, 1862; mustered out, to date December 1, 1862; subsequent service in 2d Mounted Rifles; commissioned Second Lieutenant, December 1, 1862, with rank of same date, original.
WRIGHT, WILLIAM, age 21 years; en- rolled at Hammondsport to serve three years, and mustered in as Sergeant, Com- pany F, February 3, 1862; promoted First Sergeant, August 1, 1862; captured in ac- tion, August 9, 1862, at Cedar Mountain, Va .; paroled, no date; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, January 1, 1863; wounded in action, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va .; transferred to Com- pany F, 102d Infantry, July 12, 1864; com- missioned Second Lieutenant, March 26, 1863, with rank from January 1, 1863, vice H. H. Wells, mustered out.
SEVENTY-NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY (VETERAN).
Seventy-ninth Militia; Highlanders; Cameron Rifle Highlanders; Highland Guard; Bannockburn Battalion.
The 79th Regiment Militia, failing to be ordered to the front for three months, organ- ized, under authority from the War Department, as volunteers at New York city, where, commanded by Lieut .- Col. Samuel Mckenzie Elliott, it was mustered in the service of the United States for three years May 29, 1861. The men were recruited principally in New York city; the regiment was turned over to the State in September, 1861, and received its numerical designation December 11, 1861. In January, 1864, members of the 51st Infantry, and of the 45th, 50th and 100th Pa. Volunteers, were attached to the regiment, serving with it about two months. May 4, 1864, Col. Samuel McK. Elliott received author- ity to recruit a regiment, the Cameron Highlanders; this authority was modified to recruit for this regiment. May 13, 1864, the men not entitled to be mustered out were formed into two companies, A and B; those entitled to be mustered out at the expiration of the term of service of the regiment proceeded to New York city and were there discharged, under Lieut .- Col. John More, May 31, 1864 In November, 1864, the men enlisted by Colonel Elliott joined the companies in the field as Companies C and D; in January, 1865, another company, E, joined, and in March, 1865, Company F was organized in the field from recruits received.
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The regiment left the State June 2, !Sor ; served at and near Washington, D. C., where Col. J. C. Cameron joined it, from June, 1861 ; in 3d Brigade, Ist Division, Army N. E. Virginia, from July, 1861 ; in Stevens' Brigade, Smith's Division. Army of Potomac, from October, 1861; in 2d Brigade, T. W. Sherman's Expeditionary Corps, from October 21, 1861; in 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Department South, from June, 1862; in 3d Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Corps, from July, 1862; in Ist Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Corps, from Septem- ber, 1862; in the 3d Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Corps, from June, 1863; in the Ist Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Corps, from July, 1863; in zd Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps, from March, 1864; Companies A and B with 18th Corps, Army of the James. from May, 1864; in Ist Brigade, Ist Division, 9th Corps, Army of Potomac, from September 10, 1864; as Provost Guard, 9th Corps, from October 7, 1264; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, commanded by Lieut .- Col. Henry G. Heffron, July 14, 1865, near Alexan- dria, Va.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 2 officers, 83 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer, 30 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, I officer, 82 enlisted men; total. 4 officers, 195 enlisted men; aggregate 199; of whom 11 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy; and it, or portions of it, took part in the following engagements, etc .:
Killed.
Wounded.
Missing.
Died.
Recov'd.
PLACE.
Date.
Officers.
Enlisted
men.
Officers.
Enlisted
men.
Officers.
Enlisted
тел.
Officers.
Enlisted
inen.
Aggregate.
Blackburn's Ford, Va.
July
18
Bull Run, Va ..
2
30
9
7
3 S
8
107
198
Ncar Lewinsville, Va
Sept.
Lewinsville, Va.
I
3
4
Near Lewinsville, Va
25
Bayle's Cross Roads, Va.
Oct.
I 2
4
Bay Point, S. C.
Nov.
8
Port Royal Ferry, S. C.
Jan.
Pocotaligo, S. C. .
.May
28
James Island, S. C.
June
4
I
James Island, S. C.
TO
Secession ville, S. C.
16
26
I
8
S
74
34
148
Gen. Pope's Campaign, Va
Aug. 21-
Kelly's Ford.
Aug.
2I
Sulphur Springs
23-24
S
66
1
105
Bull Run
30
S
4
Centreville .
31
Chantilly
I
7
4
South Mountain, Md.
14
12
Antietam, Md.
5
3
2
22
32
Fredericksburg, Va.
Dec. II-IS I863.
Vicksburg, Miss
Junc 17- July
Green River Bridge, Ky
July
Jackson, Miss.
9-16
I
2
Blue Springs, Tenn
Oct.
IO
2
IC
1 2
Campbell Station, Tenn.
Nov.
16
1
1
Siege of Knoxville, Tenn
Nov. 19-
Dec.
Fort Sanders.
Nov.
29
I6
20
Strawberry Plains, Tenn
Jan.
2 r
Armstrong's Ferry, Va.
22
Wilderness .
May $-7
Spotsylvania Court House, Va Ny River.
9
3
I
1 2
16
Ny River.
Before Petersburg and Richmond, Va
June-
April 2,
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Oct. 27-28 186s.
Fort Stedman, Va ..
March
25
April
2
Total loss
2
83
I
3º
20
297
IO
155
558
Groveton.
20
I
Sept.
17
2
2
A A
4
I864.
8-13
I865
Fall of Petersburg, Va.
1861.
1
I
1862.
Sept. :
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OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT.
Colonels.
JAMES C. CAMERON, from June - to July 21, 1861.
ISAAC I. STEVENS, from --- to Sep- tember 28, 1861.
ADDISON FARNSWORTH, from Decem- ber 28, 1861, to February 17, 1863.
DAVID MORRISON, from February 17, 1863, to May 31, 1864
Lieutenant-Colonels.
SAMUEL MCKENZIE ELLIOTT, from June I to August 10, 1861.
WILLIAM H. NOBLES, from - - December 3, 1861.
to
DAVID MORRISON, from January 17, 1862, to February 17, 1863.
JOHN MORE, from February 17, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
HENRY G. HEFFRON, from January 26 to July 14, 1865.
Majors.
DAVID McLELLAN, from June I to Au- gust 10, 1861.
DAVID MORRISON, from October 21, 1861, to January 17, 1862.
FRANCIS L. HAGADORN, from Decem- ber 19, 1861, to May 12, 1862.
WILLIAM ST. GEORGE ELLIOTT, from May 12 to September 29, 1862.
JOHN MORE, from November 26, 1862, to February 17, 1863.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, from March 7, 1863, to May 31, 1864
ANDREW D. BAIRD, from February 3 to July 14, 1865.
Adjutants.
DAVID IRELAND, from June I to Sep- tember 12, 1861.
HAZZARD STEVENS, from to September 12, 1861.
LAWRENCE BEATTIE, from October 16, 1861, to May 18, 1862.
JOHN F. COULTER, from July 21 to October 3, 1862.
JAMES GILMORE, from October 16, 1862, to December 24, 1864
JAMES S. KING, from February 3 to July I, 1865.
Quartermasters.
PATRICK HOLMES, from June I to 4, 1861.
WILLIAM A. L. OSTRANDER, from June 4 to October 3, 1861.
GEORGE D. MARTIN, from October 20, 1861, to May 31, 1864
Surgeons.
JAMES NORVAL, from June 1, 1861, to June 13, 1863.
JOHN E. MACDONALD, from December I, 1861, to April 13, 1863.
ANDREW T. FITCH, from May 5, 1863, to May 31, 1864
Assistant Surgeons.
ANDREW McLETCHIE, from January 23 to April, 1862.
ANDREW T. FITCH, from February 18, 1862, to May 5, 1863.
ANDREW MELLVILLE, from September 20, 1862, to April 27, 1863.
DAVID MACKAY, from June 16, 1863, to June 2, 1864
RICHARD T. MEAD, from July 8, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
Chaplains.
GEORGE S. DOUGHTY, from June I, 1861, to
PETER RIGER, from - to December 9, 1861.
JAMES C. WYATT, JR, from March 18, 1862, to July 10, 1863.
CRAMMOND KENNEDY, from October 13, 1863, to May 31, 1864
OF COMPANY A.
Captains:
WILLIAM MANSON, from May 28, 1861, to March 29, 1862.
WALTER B. IVES, from March 29, 1862, to March 6, 1863.
JOHN GLENDINNING, from March 7, 1863, to May 31, 1854.
ANDREW D. BAIRD, from May 31, 1864, to February 3, 1855.
FRANCIS W. JUDGE, from March 17 to July 14, 1865.
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First Lieutenants:
WILLIAM H. MORRISON, from May 13 to September 9, 1861.
JOHN A. FALCONER, from October 9, 1861, to March 1, 1802.
ROBERT M. CLARK, from January 19 to November 12, 1862.
JOHN R. MENZIES, from November 12, 1862, to April 22, 1863.
GEORGE H. LADLEY, from April 23, 1863, to May 31, 1864. JAMES S. KING, from October 7, 1864, to February 3, 1865.
JOHN SHEARER, from July 1 to 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
JOHN A. McPHERSON, from May 28 to July 29, 1861.
ANDREW D. BAIRD, from February 22 to October 16, 1862.
JOHN GLENDINNING, from October 16, 1862, to January 21, 1863.
THOMAS HAMILTON, from February 19 to July 1, 1863.
GEORGE H. LADLEY, from April 9 to 23, 1863.
ROBERT GARDNER, from September 22 to November 26, 1864.
FRANCIS GALLAGHER, from February 2 to 4, 1865.
CHARLES LOWEN, from March 21 to May 20, 1865.
OF COMPANY B.
Captains:
JAMES A. FARRISH, from May 27, 1861, to September 25, 1862.
HENRY G. HEFFRON, from October 16, 1862, to January 26, 1865.
JAMES McLEAN, from March 17 to July 14, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JOHN WHYTE, from May 27, 1861, to
DAVID A. FALCONER, from January 19, 1862, to July 31, 1863.
JOHN WHYTE, from January 23 to May 31. 1864.
JAMES INNES. from October 8, 1864, to January 26, 1865.
JAMES McLEAN, from February 2 to March 17, 1865.
NATHAN K. ARNOLD, from March 17 to July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
DAVID A. FALCONER, from May 27, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
JOHN F. COULTER, from January 8 to July 21, 1862.
FREDERICK KOCHERT, from July 9 to November 12, 1862.
RICHARD SUNDERLAND, from Decem- ber 11, 1862, to January 13, 1863.
HENRY HUTCHINSON, from January 15 to 21, 1863.
JOHN WHYTE, from July 5, 1863, to January 23, 1864.
JAMES INNES, from October 8 to No- vember 26, 1864.
DAVID J. MALLON, from March 29 to July 14, 1865.
OF COMPANY C.
Captains:
THOMAS BARCLAY, from May 27 to August 12, 1861.
KENNETH MATHIESON, from January 19 to March 27, 1862.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, from January 2 to March 7, 1863.
ROBERT ARMOUR, from May 1, 1863, to May 31, 1864
ALEXANDER L. BAIRD, from February 4 to July 14, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
KENNETH MATHIESON, from May 27, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, from January 19, 1862, to January 2, 1863.
JOHN WHYTE, from to August -, 1862.
DANIEL E. MANTON, from January 2 to February 24, 1863.
CHARLES WATSON, from February 24, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
ALEXANDER L. BAIRD, from January I to February 4, 1865.
FRANCIS GALLAGHER, from February 4 to July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
WILLIAM A. L. OSTRANDER, from May 27 to June 4, 1861.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, from July 17, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
JAMES GILMORE, from January 19 to May 12, 1862.
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PAUL BRODIE, from March 1, 1862, IC January 23, 1864.
ALFRED DOUGLAS, from February 9 to March 17, 1865.
JOHN P. TURNER, from March 21 to July 14, 1865.
OF COMPANY D.
Captains:
DAVID BROWN, from May 27 to July 21, 1861.
JOHN A. FALCONER, from August î to October 4, 1861.
JOHN MORE, from October 28, 1861, to November 26, 1862.
JOHN WINDSOR, from December 19, 1862, to May 31, 1864.
HUGH YOUNG, from March 17 to June 26, 1865.
JAMES S. KING, from July I to 14, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JOHN MORE, from May 27 to October 28, 1861.
WILLIAM S. MONTGOMERY, from March I to October 16, 1862.
ROBERT ARMOUR, from January 2 to May 1, 1863.
.
THOMAS HAMILTON, from July I, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
HUGH YOUNG, from February 2 to March 17, 1865.
ALFRED DOUGLAS, from March 17 to May 20, 1865.
CHARLES LOWEN, from May 20 to July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
JOHN A. FALCONER, from May 15 to August 1, 1861.
JAMES TAYLOR, from to October 17, 1861.
GERRITT S. CONOVER, from January 19 to May 12, 1862.
ROBERT ARMOUR, from May 12, 1862, to January 2, 1863.
WALTER FITZSIMMONS, from January 2 to April 28, 1863.
JOHN SHEARER, from March 29 to July I, 1865.
OF COMPANY E.
Captains:
DAVID MORRISON, from May 27 to October 21, 1861.
WILLIAM ST GEORGE ELLIOTT, from January 30 to May 12, 1862.
GEORGE W. PIER, from July 7 to Sep- tember 25, 1852.
ROBERT GAIR, from September 24, 1862, to May 31, 1854.
JAMES INNES. from January 26 to July 14, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JAMES B. AYRES. from May 27 to Au- gust 10, 1261.
JAMES B. SINCLAIR, from August 10 to October 30, 1861.
GAVIN HAMILTON, from January 19 to May 16, 1862.
KEITH GILMORE, from May 16, 1862, to February 19, 1863.
JOHN GLENDINNING, from January 21 to March 7, 1863.
JAMES McGIFFIN, from March 7, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
JOHN M. FLANNELLY, from February 7 to July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
JAMES B. SINCLAIR, from May 27 to August 10, 1861.
GAVIN HAMILTON, from August 15, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
JAMES KINNEAR, from January 7 to June 18, 1862.
ALEXANDER FRASER, from July 9 to September 25, 1862.
CHARLES SYME, from October 16, 1862, to April 22, 1863.
JAMES McGIFFIN, July 1, 1863.
OF COMPANY F.
Captains:
JAMES CHRISTIE, from May 27 to Sep- tember 10, 1861.
ROBERT McNIE, from to May 18, 1862.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, from May 16 to July 13, 1862.
WILLIAM S. MONTGOMERY, from October 16, 1862, to May 31, 1864
ALFRED DOUGLAS, from May 20 to July 14, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
ROBERT McNIE, from May 27, 1861, to
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ROBERT GAIR, from March 27 to Sep- tember 24, 1862.
WILLIAM C. CLARK, from September 24, 1862, to April 16, 1863. PAUL BRODIE, from January 23 to March 3, IS64.
JAMES CHARLES ROSS, from May 5 to July 14, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
JOHN WINDSOR, from August 9, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
JOHN R. MENZIES, from May 12 to No- vember 12, 1862.
JOHN S. DINGWALL, from November 13, 1862, to March 1, 1863.
HENRY HUTCHINSON, from January 21, 1863, to May 31, 1864
SAMUEL ALLEYNE, from May 5 to July 14, 1865.
OF COMPANY G.
Captain:
JOSEPH LAING, from May 13, 1861, to May 31, 1864
First Licutenants:
JAMES L. DICK, from May 28, 1861, to
WALTER B. IVES, from February 28 to March 29, 1862.
JOHN WINDSOR, from May 10 to De- cember 19, 1862.
SAMUEL F. WALLACE, from December 19, 1862, to July 1, 1863.
WILLIAM GRAY, from November I, 1863, to February 22, 1864.
Second Lieutenants:
WALTER B. IVES, from May 28, 1861, to February 28, 1862.
JAMES WITHERSPOON, from - to August 10, 1861.
KEITH GILMORE, from February 28 to May 16, 1862.
WILLIAM C. CLARK, from May 16 to September 24, 1862.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, from Octo- ber 24, 1862, to May 7, 1863.
CHARLES RILEY, from March I to May 31, 1864
OF COMPANY H.
Captains:
JAMES E. COULTER, from May 27 to October 31, 1861.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, from January 19, 1862, to May 8, 1863.
SAMUEL F. WALLACE, from July 1, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
First Licutenants:
ROBERT CAMPBELL, from May 27, 1861, to May 16, 1862.
JOHN WINDSOR, from January 19 to May 10, 1862.
THOMAS W. ROBERTSON, from May 16 to August 25, 1862.
WILLIAM GRAY, from July 5 to Novem- ber 1, 1863.
GEORGE HOWISON, from April 29, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
Second Lieutenants:
WILLIAM B. DRAKE, from May 27 to August 7, 1861.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM, from September I, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
THOMAS W. ROBERTSON, from Janu- ary 19 to May 16, 1862.
ROBERT MARSHALL, from January 19 to May 27, 1862.
JAMES REID, from June 20, 1862, to Janu- ary 2, 1863.
WILLIAM GRAY, from October 16, 1862, to July 5, 1863.
GEORGE HOWISON, from March 18 to April 29, 1863.
OF COMPANY I.
Captains:
ROBERT T. SHILLINGLAW, from May 27, 1861, to January 20, IS63.
KEITH GILMORE, from February 19 to April 15, 1863.
WILLIAM C. CLARK, from April 16, 1863. to May 31, 1864.
First Licutenants:
WILLIAM ST. GEORGE ELLIOTT, from May 27, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
GEORGE W. PIER, from January 19 to July 7, 1862.
JAMES GILMORE, from May 12 to Oc- tober 16, 1862.
DANIEL E. MANTON, from July 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863.
JAMES REID, from January 2 to April 28, 1863.
JAMES DONALDSON, from January 23 to May 31, 1864.
.
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Second Licutenants:
GEORGE W. PIER, from May 27, 1861, to January 19, 1862.
WILLIAM S. ROSS, from May 21 to Sep- tember 27, 1862.
SAMUEL F. WALLACE, from November I to December 19, 1862.
CHARLES WATSON, from January 13 to February 24, 1863.
JAMES DONALDSON, from February 17, 1863, to January 23, 1864
OF COMPANY K
Captains:
HENRY A. ELLIS, from May 28 to De- cember 2, 1861.
WILLIAM T. LUSK, from January 19, 1862, to February 28, 1863.
ANDREW D. BAIRD, from March 1, 1863, to May 31, 1864-
First Lieutenants:
SAMUEL R. ELLIOTT, from May 28 to October 22, 1861.
HENRY G. HEFFRON, from January 19 to October 16, 1862. ANDREW D. BAIRD, from October 16, 1862, to March 1, 1863.
JOHN S. DINGWALL, from March 1, 1863, to May 31, 1864.
Second Lieutenants:
EDWARD BALLISTER, from - to July 14, 1861.
WILLIAM T. LUSK, from August 13, 1861, to January 19. 1862.
JOHN R. HUNTER, from January 19 to May 21, 1862.
DANIEL E. MANTON, from May 20 to July 31, 1862.
ROBERT CALDERWOOD, from October 16, 1862, to May 7, 1863.
CHARLES RILEY, from July 2, 1863, to March 1, 1864
OFFICERS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED OR APPOINTED, BUT DID NOT SERVE IN THE GRADES NAMED.
ELLIOTT, SAMUEL MCKENZIE, as Colonel.
FLANNELLY, JOHN M., as Quarter- master.
JUDGE, FRANCIS W., as First Lieutenant. MALLON, DAVID J., as First Lieutenant.
REID, JAMES, as First Lieutenant.
TENNANT, JOIIN H., as First Lieutenant. BRICE, EDWARD, as Second Lieutenant. MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM S., as Second Lieutenant.
ROBINSON, GEORGE, as Second Lieu- tenant.
MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDED BY THE PRESI- DENT TO
JUDGE, FRANCIS W., First Sergeant, Company K, for the capture of the flag of the 51st Georgia at Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., November 29, 1863.
BREVET COMMISSION OF NEW YORK VOL- UNTEERS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE TO AN ENLISTED MAN AS FOLLOWS :
BOLTON, JOHN, Sergeant, Company I, Captain.
CAMERON RIFLE HIGHLANDERS.
Officers not Transferred to the 79th Infantry. STEELE, HENRY SMITII, appointed Ad- jutant, Cameron Highlanders, June 28, 1864; discharged, November 9, 1864; not commissioned.
JOCELYN, ALBERT H., appointed Quartermaster, Cameron Highlanders, June 22, 1864; discharged, November 9, 1864; see 178th Infantry; not commis- sioned.
Record of the Officers.
ALLEYNE, SAMUEL, age 30 years; en- rolled at Tarrytown to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Company F, March 28, 1865; as Second Lieutenant, May 5, 1865; mustered out with company, July 14, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; com- missioned Second Lieutenant, April 22, 1865, with rank from April 8, 1865, original.
ARMOUR, ROBERT, age 20 years; en- rolled May 13, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company C, May 27, 1861; promoted Sergeant-Major, October 16, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Company D, May 12, 1862; mustered in as First Lieutenant, January 2, 1863; as Captain. Company C, May 1, IS63; mustered out, May 31, 1864, at New
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REGISTERS AND SKETCHES OF ORGANIZATIONS
York city; commissioned Second Lieu- tenant, July 21, 1862, with rank from May 12, 1862, vice G. S. Conover, resigned; First Lieutenant, October 24, 1862, with rank from June 27, 1862, vice W. S. Mont- gomery, promoted ; Captain, June 12, 1863, with rank from February 17, 1863, vice W. Simpson, promoted.
ARNOLD, NATHAN K., age 21 years ; enrolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Com- pany D, December 22, 1862; transferred 10 Company A, May 31, 1864; promoted Corporal, September 23, 1864; Sergeant, Company C, December 1, 1864; First Ser -. geant, Company E, January 16, 1865; mus- tered in as First Lieutenant, Company B. March 17, 1865; mustered out with com- pany, July 14, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; commissioned First Lieutenant, March :1, 1865, with rank from January 26, 1865, vice J. M. Flannelly, appointed Quarter- master.
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