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Over one half million men died during the Civil War. With Memorial Day approaching, I thought this might be a fitting tribute on just one of those men.
Colonel James Cameron – A Condensed Biography
" I had been a cow-boy, a plough-boy, a collier, a blacksmith, a tanner, a tailor, a printer, a brewer, a contractor, an alderman, a superintendent of railroads, a lawyer, a prosecuting attorney, and an aide to the governor"
The formative years of James Cameron's life were filled with hardships. On March 1st. 1800, he was born into the family of Charles and Martha Pfoutz Cameron. The Cameron home was located at Maytown, Pennsylvania, just northeast, across the Susquehanna river from York. His older brother, Simon, was born a year earlier, nearly to the day.
When James was eight years old, his family moved nearly seventy miles away to Lewisburg, in Northumberland County. Lewisburg was bustling in 1808 with canal and road construction, so the move may have been predicated by work. His father died one a year later, leaving his mother with no means to support her family. Thus, begin a life of hardship, as the Cameron brothers did all within their means to support the family. However, it was also the beginning of a life for Simon and James that exemplifies the American success story.
With no skills and still boys, Simon and James accepted any work they could obtain that would help sustain the family. As the jobs increased, so did the opportunity to improve upon their vocational skills and acquaintances. They started out as field hands, plowing fields from dawn to dusk and breaking horses. Their work ethic and drive eventually led to better opportunities such as blacksmithing, then tanner; all contributing to a better lifestyle, better pay and increased professional opportunities. At age 19, James went to work in the same print shop with Simon. He eventually became editor of the "Lycoming Gazette" in 1824 and then of the "Political Sentinel" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by age twenty-seven. James went on to study law in the office of future President James Buchanan, which would later lead to powerful political connections. Both brothers broad experience, work ethic and connections lead to expanded acquaintances that reached the higher realms of government and positioned them to win government contracts.
At age twenty-nine, Cameron married the widow, Rebecca (Lemon) Galbraith. His fortunes continued to expand, and he soon became superintendent of the Columbia Railroad by the age of thirty-nine. Four years later he became deputy attorney general of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayor's court.
Patriots across the county answered the call to duty when America and Mexico entered in war in 1847. Cameron, possibly seeing an opportunity for adventure and to expand his acquaintances and wealth, accompanied Pennsylvania troops to war as a sutler. When the war ended, he returned to Pennsylvania as a colonel in the Commonwealth militia and started his law practice, which lead to superintendent of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. By this time, at forty-seven years old Cameron purchased a large track of land and expanded his occupation experience in farming. He later told friends " I had been a cow-boy, a plough-boy, a collier, a blacksmith, a tanner, a tailor, a printer, a brewer, a contractor, an alderman, a superintendent of railroads, a lawyer, a prosecuting attorney, and an aide to the governor"
When the clouds of civil war were gathering in 1860, records on Cameron's life also became somewhat overcast. One source has him in retirement on his farm on the banks of the Susquehanna river, while another credible source places him as superintendent of the Northern Central Railroad in Sunbury Pennsylvania. Perhaps both sources are correct if he served as superintendent in semi-retirement.
The election of Abraham Lincoln brought on the firing on Ft. Sumpter and the patriotic call to arms. Both Cameron brothers were well past the age of military service, but they felt a patriotic duty to serve. When the new president and his administration took office, James and his older brother Simon left Pennsylvania on two different paths. James went to Washington to answer the call to arms at age sixty-one. His older brother Simon's political connections had secured the prestigious appointment as the new President's Secretary of War.
Also arriving in Washington at about the same time as the Camron brothers was one of the most "colorful" regiments the war produced, the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Known as the Cameron Highlanders,1 this all volunteer regiment was among the oddest, yet fascinating dressed regiments during the war. They left New York on June 2nd, arriving in Washington soon after and placed in defense of the Nation's capital. The volunteers wore two different uniforms. Their dress uniform consisted of plaid kilts, a blue jacket and a traditional Glengarry bonnet all modeled after the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, or the Scottish famed 79thRegiment of Foot. It isn't clear whether the kilts were worn into battle but there is strong evidence that the kilts were replaced with plaid trousers when the dress uniform wasn't essential.
Courtesy of Bing.com-image search / War of Rights Form.com; shows the dress uniform in the forefront and the regulation uniform in the background
Courtesy of Bing.com-image search/Military-history.org
Since the regiment, mostly made up of Scottish descent, was under command of a lieutenant colonel, the regimental commander position of Colonel was offered to James. It is possible his brother, as Secretary of War, played a major role in the influential selection and offer. On June 6th Colonel James Cameron, also of Scottish heritage, became the new regimental commander. The ensuing six weeks were spent organizing, drilling and occasional periods of "nights on the town", all in defense of the Nation's Capital.
Colonel James Cameron – Courtesy of Wikipedia
"Give us a chance at 'em before they get away"
Finally, on July 16th. Colonel Cameron, at age 61, led his regiment across Chain Bridge into Virginia, as a part of Colonel William T. Sherman's Brigade, Brigadier General Daniel Tyler's Division, Brigadier General Irvin McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.
The following day, and some fifteen miles later, they took occupation of Fairfax Courthouse. At 9 a.m. on the July 18th. The vanguard of McDowell's army arrived at Centerville after meeting no organized threat from the enemy.2 Under orders to "Observe well the roads to Bull Run and to Warrenton, Do not bring on an engagement, but keep up the impression that we are moving on Manassas, " General Tyler proceeded to make a reconnaissance towards Blackburn's Ford on Bull Run. A squadron of cavalry and two companies of infantry lead the advance. Concealed in the woods on the other side of the ford were Colonel James Longstreet's Virginians and North Carolinians, supported by seven guns of the famed New Orleans Washington Artillery.
By late morning, Tyler's position, overlooking Blackburn's Ford, revealed the Confederate battery, but not the infantry. Tyler deployed a battery of artillery and called on the infantry brigade of Colonel Richardson who was deployed on another ford to his position. After skirmishing with Longstreet, Tyler recommended to McDowell that they find another crossing.
At about 1 pm Colonel Sherman began a wide sweep from the union left, that carried his brigade behind the Stone House at the intersection of Warrington Turnpike and Manassas-Sudley Road, positioning it to the left side of Henry Hill and the Union right. As the confederates began withdrawing and making hast to Henry House Hill, Private Todd stepped out of line calling to Colonel Sherman, "Give us a chance at 'em before they get away". His sergeant, a British Army veteran, dragged him back into line, growling "shut up your damned head - you'll get plenty of chance before the day is over".
As fighting raged along Henry Hill, the Southerners managed to capture several artillery pieces that were brought to the front earlier in the day by the federals. Each army began a tug-of-war to maintain control of the cannons. Colonel Sherman, under orders to send his men into the fray piece mill, first ordered the 2nd Wisconsin to charge the southern defenses and fight for control of the guns. The "Badgers" who were still wearing their militia gray uniforms, were shot to pieces by both sides. When the remains of the Wisconsin boys were eventually driven back, the 79th were ordered forward.
First Manassas Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust
The action of the 79th that day is one of controversy. One account of that afternoon states that Colonel Cameron was on the right side of the regiments line and shouted "Come on, my brave Highlanders" as the line advanced. Another account states he shouted "Scots, follow me". Private William Todd, wrote that as the regiment was halfway up the hill, they were hit by a volley from the confederates that staggered them. Colonel Cameron continued to regroup and rally his Scotsmen. After being driven back by a murderous fire, the regiment began reforming at the direction of their officers. Once Cameron had his Highlanders in position, another attempt was made at the enemy, only to suffer the same fate. At that point, Colonel Wade Hampton remarked "Isn't it terrible to see that brave officer [Cameron] trying to lead his men forward and they won't follow him".3 While Cameron was giving direction to a lieutenant from Company J, a bullet hit the Colonel in the chest. He collapsed and died of massive bleeding in a matter of moments.4
The body was taken to an ambulance wagon, but the driver protested that room was needed for the wounded, not the dead. After being told of the dead man's identity, the driver relented and allowed it to be taken in. However, the ambulance wagons were quickly captured by the Confederates, who then commandeered them for their own wounded. Cameron's body along with the Union wounded was removed from the ambulance, by the Confederates, and left on the field.
During the battle, hundreds of civilians gathered on the surrounding hills to watch the melee, Among the more prominent spectators was Secretary of War, Simon Cameron.
Following the fighting, attempts to retrieve the Colonels body from the Confederate lines under a flag of truce were unsuccessful. Later, a letter requesting the return of the body was address "To Whom It May Concern" and sent to Confederate army headquarters. The Confederate authorities objected and replied that the return of the body "was not their concern" and they would not accept such a proposal unless the letter was properly addressed.
Eight months passed and the Confederated army withdrew from the battlefield. In March 1862, a party lead by Sargent John Kane, Cameron's former adjutant, attempted to retrieve the body. Kane eventually found a slave who had helped bury the dead after the battle. The slave testified that Cameron's body had lain in the hot summers sun for several days prior to being buried. He continued that it was eventually placed in a common grave with other Union dead and that he had made a mental note of where it was buried after hearing that a reward was being offered for its recovery. Upon digging in the spot that the slave had pointed out, the search party found Cameron's remains along with those of several enlisted men. The body was identified by its clothing and a truss the colonel had been wearing. Cameron's personal effects and $80 in cash he had been carrying were missing. The slave said that Confederate cavalrymen had looted the body of anything valuable. There is no evidence the slave received the reward.
After carefully removing Cameron's remains, they were taken back to Washington and eventually interred in the Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
During the fighting at First Manassas, the 79th New York Infantry's strength was approximately 900. They recorded thirty-two dead, fifty-one wounded and one hundred fifteen missing during the battle. They went on to serve in other major battles and disbanded in July 1865.
Colonel Cameron's grave; Courtesy of Amy Golder-Cooper – Findagrave.com
Sidebar
Named after Lieutenant Colonel Philips Cameron, of the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed in 1811.
Some resistance was met, but the southern forces fell back when confronted by superior numbers.
Hampton's Legion and the 5th Virginia Infantry fought off four attacks within forty minutes.
4. At least two sources note the similarity between Cameron's death and the death of Lieutenant Colonel Philips Cameron of the regiment's namesake, the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro on May 5, 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars
Sources
James P. Gannon, Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers: A History of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers, 1861-1865, Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing Company, 1998, pp. 116-121
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 79th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, newspaper clippings, and national color for the 79th New York Infantry Regiment.
Cameron Highlanders of the Northwest website.
79th New York Volunteer Infantry on Electric Scotland
Blanchard, Charles. 'The Progressive Men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania', Volume II. Logansport, IN: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1900. OCLC 4560119. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
Burton, William L. Melting Pot Soldiers: The Union's Ethnic Regiments. Republished New York: Fordham University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8232-1828-7.
Cameron, James. The clan Cameron: a brief sketch of its history and traditions, with short notices of eminent clansmen. Kirkintilloch: C. MacLeod, 1894. OCLC 18904729
'Civil War Reference web site'. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-8071-0867-7.
Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. New York: Harcourt, 2004. ISBN 978-0156-03143-1.
Duyckinck, Evert A. 'National History Of The War For The Union, Civil, Military & Naval'. Volume 1. New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861–68. OCLC 41516138.
James Cameron at Find a Grave
Gottfried, Bradley M. 'The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June – October, 1861'. New York: Savas Beattie, LLC, 2009. ISBN 978-1-932714-60-9. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Hannings, Bud. Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-7864-4464-9
Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: New York. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-0253-9.
Kelker, Luther Reily. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Volume III. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. OCLC 361725. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
Macdougall, Ed. Scots and Scots' Descendants in America. 1917. Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN 0-8063-5073-3.
McDonald, JoAnna M. We Shall Meet Again: The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18–21, 1861. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513938- (pbk). Retrieved August 1, 2012.
Moore, ed., Frank. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events. 11 volumes. New York: G.P. Putnam, D. Van Nostrand, 1862. OCLC 2230865. Volume 2, Section: "Poetry, Rumors and Incidents" Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Sauers, Richard A. "Cameron, James (1801–1861) Union colonel" In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X.
Shea, John Gilmary. 'The fallen brave: a biographical memorial of the American officers who have given their lives for the preservation of the union'. New York: C.B. Richardson & Co., 1861. OCLC 4337171. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
Suggested Further reading
The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders (New York Volunteers) in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / William Todd (1886).
Colonel James Cameron – A Condensed Biography
" I had been a cow-boy, a plough-boy, a collier, a blacksmith, a tanner, a tailor, a printer, a brewer, a contractor, an alderman, a superintendent of railroads, a lawyer, a prosecuting attorney, and an aide to the governor"
The formative years of James Cameron's life were filled with hardships. On March 1st. 1800, he was born into the family of Charles and Martha Pfoutz Cameron. The Cameron home was located at Maytown, Pennsylvania, just northeast, across the Susquehanna river from York. His older brother, Simon, was born a year earlier, nearly to the day.
When James was eight years old, his family moved nearly seventy miles away to Lewisburg, in Northumberland County. Lewisburg was bustling in 1808 with canal and road construction, so the move may have been predicated by work. His father died one a year later, leaving his mother with no means to support her family. Thus, begin a life of hardship, as the Cameron brothers did all within their means to support the family. However, it was also the beginning of a life for Simon and James that exemplifies the American success story.
With no skills and still boys, Simon and James accepted any work they could obtain that would help sustain the family. As the jobs increased, so did the opportunity to improve upon their vocational skills and acquaintances. They started out as field hands, plowing fields from dawn to dusk and breaking horses. Their work ethic and drive eventually led to better opportunities such as blacksmithing, then tanner; all contributing to a better lifestyle, better pay and increased professional opportunities. At age 19, James went to work in the same print shop with Simon. He eventually became editor of the "Lycoming Gazette" in 1824 and then of the "Political Sentinel" in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by age twenty-seven. James went on to study law in the office of future President James Buchanan, which would later lead to powerful political connections. Both brothers broad experience, work ethic and connections lead to expanded acquaintances that reached the higher realms of government and positioned them to win government contracts.
At age twenty-nine, Cameron married the widow, Rebecca (Lemon) Galbraith. His fortunes continued to expand, and he soon became superintendent of the Columbia Railroad by the age of thirty-nine. Four years later he became deputy attorney general of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayor's court.
Patriots across the county answered the call to duty when America and Mexico entered in war in 1847. Cameron, possibly seeing an opportunity for adventure and to expand his acquaintances and wealth, accompanied Pennsylvania troops to war as a sutler. When the war ended, he returned to Pennsylvania as a colonel in the Commonwealth militia and started his law practice, which lead to superintendent of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. By this time, at forty-seven years old Cameron purchased a large track of land and expanded his occupation experience in farming. He later told friends " I had been a cow-boy, a plough-boy, a collier, a blacksmith, a tanner, a tailor, a printer, a brewer, a contractor, an alderman, a superintendent of railroads, a lawyer, a prosecuting attorney, and an aide to the governor"
When the clouds of civil war were gathering in 1860, records on Cameron's life also became somewhat overcast. One source has him in retirement on his farm on the banks of the Susquehanna river, while another credible source places him as superintendent of the Northern Central Railroad in Sunbury Pennsylvania. Perhaps both sources are correct if he served as superintendent in semi-retirement.
The election of Abraham Lincoln brought on the firing on Ft. Sumpter and the patriotic call to arms. Both Cameron brothers were well past the age of military service, but they felt a patriotic duty to serve. When the new president and his administration took office, James and his older brother Simon left Pennsylvania on two different paths. James went to Washington to answer the call to arms at age sixty-one. His older brother Simon's political connections had secured the prestigious appointment as the new President's Secretary of War.
Also arriving in Washington at about the same time as the Camron brothers was one of the most "colorful" regiments the war produced, the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Known as the Cameron Highlanders,1 this all volunteer regiment was among the oddest, yet fascinating dressed regiments during the war. They left New York on June 2nd, arriving in Washington soon after and placed in defense of the Nation's capital. The volunteers wore two different uniforms. Their dress uniform consisted of plaid kilts, a blue jacket and a traditional Glengarry bonnet all modeled after the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, or the Scottish famed 79thRegiment of Foot. It isn't clear whether the kilts were worn into battle but there is strong evidence that the kilts were replaced with plaid trousers when the dress uniform wasn't essential.
Courtesy of Bing.com-image search / War of Rights Form.com; shows the dress uniform in the forefront and the regulation uniform in the background
Courtesy of Bing.com-image search/Military-history.org
Since the regiment, mostly made up of Scottish descent, was under command of a lieutenant colonel, the regimental commander position of Colonel was offered to James. It is possible his brother, as Secretary of War, played a major role in the influential selection and offer. On June 6th Colonel James Cameron, also of Scottish heritage, became the new regimental commander. The ensuing six weeks were spent organizing, drilling and occasional periods of "nights on the town", all in defense of the Nation's Capital.
Colonel James Cameron – Courtesy of Wikipedia
"Give us a chance at 'em before they get away"
Finally, on July 16th. Colonel Cameron, at age 61, led his regiment across Chain Bridge into Virginia, as a part of Colonel William T. Sherman's Brigade, Brigadier General Daniel Tyler's Division, Brigadier General Irvin McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.
The following day, and some fifteen miles later, they took occupation of Fairfax Courthouse. At 9 a.m. on the July 18th. The vanguard of McDowell's army arrived at Centerville after meeting no organized threat from the enemy.2 Under orders to "Observe well the roads to Bull Run and to Warrenton, Do not bring on an engagement, but keep up the impression that we are moving on Manassas, " General Tyler proceeded to make a reconnaissance towards Blackburn's Ford on Bull Run. A squadron of cavalry and two companies of infantry lead the advance. Concealed in the woods on the other side of the ford were Colonel James Longstreet's Virginians and North Carolinians, supported by seven guns of the famed New Orleans Washington Artillery.
By late morning, Tyler's position, overlooking Blackburn's Ford, revealed the Confederate battery, but not the infantry. Tyler deployed a battery of artillery and called on the infantry brigade of Colonel Richardson who was deployed on another ford to his position. After skirmishing with Longstreet, Tyler recommended to McDowell that they find another crossing.
At about 1 pm Colonel Sherman began a wide sweep from the union left, that carried his brigade behind the Stone House at the intersection of Warrington Turnpike and Manassas-Sudley Road, positioning it to the left side of Henry Hill and the Union right. As the confederates began withdrawing and making hast to Henry House Hill, Private Todd stepped out of line calling to Colonel Sherman, "Give us a chance at 'em before they get away". His sergeant, a British Army veteran, dragged him back into line, growling "shut up your damned head - you'll get plenty of chance before the day is over".
"Come on, my brave Highlanders"
As fighting raged along Henry Hill, the Southerners managed to capture several artillery pieces that were brought to the front earlier in the day by the federals. Each army began a tug-of-war to maintain control of the cannons. Colonel Sherman, under orders to send his men into the fray piece mill, first ordered the 2nd Wisconsin to charge the southern defenses and fight for control of the guns. The "Badgers" who were still wearing their militia gray uniforms, were shot to pieces by both sides. When the remains of the Wisconsin boys were eventually driven back, the 79th were ordered forward.
First Manassas Courtesy of American Battlefield Trust
The action of the 79th that day is one of controversy. One account of that afternoon states that Colonel Cameron was on the right side of the regiments line and shouted "Come on, my brave Highlanders" as the line advanced. Another account states he shouted "Scots, follow me". Private William Todd, wrote that as the regiment was halfway up the hill, they were hit by a volley from the confederates that staggered them. Colonel Cameron continued to regroup and rally his Scotsmen. After being driven back by a murderous fire, the regiment began reforming at the direction of their officers. Once Cameron had his Highlanders in position, another attempt was made at the enemy, only to suffer the same fate. At that point, Colonel Wade Hampton remarked "Isn't it terrible to see that brave officer [Cameron] trying to lead his men forward and they won't follow him".3 While Cameron was giving direction to a lieutenant from Company J, a bullet hit the Colonel in the chest. He collapsed and died of massive bleeding in a matter of moments.4
The body was taken to an ambulance wagon, but the driver protested that room was needed for the wounded, not the dead. After being told of the dead man's identity, the driver relented and allowed it to be taken in. However, the ambulance wagons were quickly captured by the Confederates, who then commandeered them for their own wounded. Cameron's body along with the Union wounded was removed from the ambulance, by the Confederates, and left on the field.
During the battle, hundreds of civilians gathered on the surrounding hills to watch the melee, Among the more prominent spectators was Secretary of War, Simon Cameron.
Following the fighting, attempts to retrieve the Colonels body from the Confederate lines under a flag of truce were unsuccessful. Later, a letter requesting the return of the body was address "To Whom It May Concern" and sent to Confederate army headquarters. The Confederate authorities objected and replied that the return of the body "was not their concern" and they would not accept such a proposal unless the letter was properly addressed.
Eight months passed and the Confederated army withdrew from the battlefield. In March 1862, a party lead by Sargent John Kane, Cameron's former adjutant, attempted to retrieve the body. Kane eventually found a slave who had helped bury the dead after the battle. The slave testified that Cameron's body had lain in the hot summers sun for several days prior to being buried. He continued that it was eventually placed in a common grave with other Union dead and that he had made a mental note of where it was buried after hearing that a reward was being offered for its recovery. Upon digging in the spot that the slave had pointed out, the search party found Cameron's remains along with those of several enlisted men. The body was identified by its clothing and a truss the colonel had been wearing. Cameron's personal effects and $80 in cash he had been carrying were missing. The slave said that Confederate cavalrymen had looted the body of anything valuable. There is no evidence the slave received the reward.
After carefully removing Cameron's remains, they were taken back to Washington and eventually interred in the Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
During the fighting at First Manassas, the 79th New York Infantry's strength was approximately 900. They recorded thirty-two dead, fifty-one wounded and one hundred fifteen missing during the battle. They went on to serve in other major battles and disbanded in July 1865.
Colonel Cameron's grave; Courtesy of Amy Golder-Cooper – Findagrave.com
Sidebar
Named after Lieutenant Colonel Philips Cameron, of the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed in 1811.
Some resistance was met, but the southern forces fell back when confronted by superior numbers.
Hampton's Legion and the 5th Virginia Infantry fought off four attacks within forty minutes.
4. At least two sources note the similarity between Cameron's death and the death of Lieutenant Colonel Philips Cameron of the regiment's namesake, the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro on May 5, 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars
Sources
James P. Gannon, Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers: A History of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers, 1861-1865, Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing Company, 1998, pp. 116-121
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 79th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, newspaper clippings, and national color for the 79th New York Infantry Regiment.
Cameron Highlanders of the Northwest website.
79th New York Volunteer Infantry on Electric Scotland
Blanchard, Charles. 'The Progressive Men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania', Volume II. Logansport, IN: A. W. Bowen & Co., 1900. OCLC 4560119. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
Burton, William L. Melting Pot Soldiers: The Union's Ethnic Regiments. Republished New York: Fordham University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8232-1828-7.
Cameron, James. The clan Cameron: a brief sketch of its history and traditions, with short notices of eminent clansmen. Kirkintilloch: C. MacLeod, 1894. OCLC 18904729
'Civil War Reference web site'. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Davis, William C. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-8071-0867-7.
Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. New York: Harcourt, 2004. ISBN 978-0156-03143-1.
Duyckinck, Evert A. 'National History Of The War For The Union, Civil, Military & Naval'. Volume 1. New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861–68. OCLC 41516138.
James Cameron at Find a Grave
Gottfried, Bradley M. 'The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June – October, 1861'. New York: Savas Beattie, LLC, 2009. ISBN 978-1-932714-60-9. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Hannings, Bud. Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-7864-4464-9
Hunt, Roger D. Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War: New York. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-0253-9.
Kelker, Luther Reily. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Volume III. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. OCLC 361725. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
Macdougall, Ed. Scots and Scots' Descendants in America. 1917. Reprint: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN 0-8063-5073-3.
McDonald, JoAnna M. We Shall Meet Again: The First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 18–21, 1861. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513938- (pbk). Retrieved August 1, 2012.
Moore, ed., Frank. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events. 11 volumes. New York: G.P. Putnam, D. Van Nostrand, 1862. OCLC 2230865. Volume 2, Section: "Poetry, Rumors and Incidents" Retrieved July 26, 2012.
Sauers, Richard A. "Cameron, James (1801–1861) Union colonel" In Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X.
Shea, John Gilmary. 'The fallen brave: a biographical memorial of the American officers who have given their lives for the preservation of the union'. New York: C.B. Richardson & Co., 1861. OCLC 4337171. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
Suggested Further reading
The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders (New York Volunteers) in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / William Todd (1886).
Bringing the