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Thus far I have identified 50 soldiers in both armies at Gettysburg who were born in Scotland. But extrapolating from my limited sample size, perhaps several hundred native-born Scotsmen actually took part in the Gettysburg campaign.
Of these 50, 12 fought for the South and 38 for the North. The list is small enough to name them all and provide brief biographic details.
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Private James A. Smith, Company G, 4th Alabama. He was working as a tailor in Marion County when he enlisted on August 21, 1861. Wounded at Seven Pines, a gunshot fractured his femur at Gettysburg, and he was captured. He was exchanged by May 1864 and furloughed. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:44)
Private Michael Lettice, Company B, 10th Georgia. Born in Edinburgh in 1841 or 1842. On July 2 at Gettysburg, a single gunshot took one finger from his right hand before striking his left arm, which was partly amputated. He was captured at Williamsport on July 14 and eventually paroled. In 1903, he offered himself up as a candidate for treasurer of a Georgia county. (Service records, Fold3; The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Ga., March 12, 1903, p.5)
Major Peter Alexander Selkirk McGlashan, 50th Georgia. Born in Edinburgh on May 19, 1831, he was the son of a Waterloo veteran. His family emigrated to Savannah in 1848. In 1856, he fought with Walker in Nicaragua. In 1861, he entered the war as a private. At Gettysburg, he temporarily commanded his regiment when the lieutenant colonel was wounded. In 1866, McGlashan was elected mayor of Thomasville. He drowned off a beach near Savannah on June 13, 1908, and was interred at Laurel Grove Cemetery. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._S._McGlashan)
Private John Ingram, Company B, 26th Georgia. Born May 5, 1835, in the town of Paisley, District of Renfrewshire, he came to the U.S. when 14 years old. In 1861, he enlisted at Darien, Georgia. He was wounded in the right leg by a shell fragment at Gettysburg. A comrade said he "displayed marked courage on all occasions." (John Ingram, Orange County, Florida Confederate Pension Applications)
Surgeon Hugh McD. Martin, 5th Louisiana. In 1855, he graduated with a medical degree from the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. At Gettysburg, he was thrown from his horse and suffered a dislocation of his shoulder, which disabled him for several months. (Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. IV, Virginia, pp. 1033-1034)
1st Lieutenant Archibald Duncan, Company B, 6th Louisiana. At the time of his enlistment as a private on May 29, 1861, at age 24, he was working as a cook in New Orleans. Promoted to 1st lieutenant on April 28, 1862, he was wounded at Gettysburg on the second day, but returned to duty on October 13, 1863. He was captured at Fisher's Hill in September 1864 and held until the close of the war. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:560)
2nd Lieutenant John R. Williams, Company A, 12th Alabama. A resident of Mobile, he participated in the battle of Gettysburg.
1st Corporal A. D. McGill, Company H, 30th North Carolina. In January 1862, McGill enlisted as a private at the age of 19, was marked present on June 30, 1863, and surrendered at Appomattox as a sergeant. According to Chaplain Betts, the company had three Scotsmen as of August 1862 – William McCulloch (who died by the end of the year), James Rogers and McGill. (Alexander David Betts, D.D., Experience of a Confederate Chaplain; Service Records, Fold3)
Private James Rogers, Company H, 30th North Carolina. Rogers mustered into the service in October 1861, at the age of 22. He was marked present on June 30, 1863. "Circumstances compelled him to enlist" is recorded on a Federal document. He was captured in May 1864, took the oath of allegiance, and joined the U.S. service the next month. (Service Records, Fold3)
Private William McDermott, Company A, 10th Louisiana. He participated in nine battles before being wounded in the shoulder and foot and captured at Gettysburg. He died on July 14, 1863. (Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, comp. by Andrew B. Booth; Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:586)
Private Alexander Shepherd, Company I, 8th Alabama. He was a sailor living in Mobile when he enlisted on June 19, 1861. Wounded the third day at Gettysburg, he was captured and sent to DeCamp General Hospital in New York. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:87)
Private John Miller Monie, Company H, 1st North Carolina Cavalry. Born in a cottage on Titchfield Street in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, he was described in 1865 as being 5' 10" in height, with auburn hair, gray eyes, and a ruddy complexion. He enlisted on July 22, 1861, and was marked present on most of the rolls of his regiment until the close of the war. (Reminiscences of John Miller Monie, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Library of North Carolina; Compiled service records, Fold3)
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Sergeant Henry N. Milne, Company E, 7th Wisconsin. He came to the U.S. at an early age and enlisted in 1861. During the Gettysburg campaign, he sustained a sunstroke from which he never fully recovered. He died on August 8, 1907, leaving behind a widow and four children. (National Tribune, August 8, 1907, p. 7; Civil War Service Index, Fold3)
Corporal Robert Cowie, Company E, 13th Massachusetts. Enlisting on June 29, 1861, he was detailed as a blacksmith during a portion of his service. Badly wounded at Gettysburg, he was afterwards transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps until being mustered out on July 20, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:175)
Corporal David Pearson, Company A, 83rd New York. He was captured at Gettysburg.
Sergeant John Shields, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania. Born May 1828. He enlisted at Philadelphia on April 13, 1862 as a sergeant and was wounded at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:889)
Captain John Ronald Leslie, Company B, 80th New York (20th New York State Militia). Born near Aberdeen on June 3, 1833, he joined the regiment in October 1861 as 1st lieutenant. He was promoted to captain in September 1862 and to major in January 1865. He was wounded at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:507; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11542247/john_ronald-leslie)
Lieutenant James Stewart, Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery. Born in Edinburgh on May 18, 1826, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1844. Stewart rendered distinguished service as a battery commander at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_(artilleryman))
Private Robert Watson, Company C, 28th Massachusetts. Born in Fifeshire, he was a Scot serving in the Irish Brigade. Before the war he worked as a plasterer in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was wounded in the hand at Gettysburg. (Compiled service records, Fold3)
Corporal Charles McFarland, Company A, 15th Massachusetts. Born in Glasgow, he was 26 years old when he enlisted on February 18, 1862, being described as 5' 11" tall, with brown hair, black eyes, and having a light complexion. He was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. (Compiled service records, Fold3)
Sergeant Archibald D. Wright, Company C, 15th Massachusetts. Born in January 1844, he immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1847. Enlisting in July 1861, he was wounded in the arm at Gettysburg, and was captured at the Wilderness the following May. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:187; Compiled service records, Fold3)
Captain John Murkland, Company G, 15th Massachusetts. Born in 1835, he came to the U.S. before his second birthday; his parents raised eight children. He enlisted as a sergeant in July 1861 at the age of 26, and was promoted to captain in September 1862. He was mortally wounded on July 2 at Gettysburg and died the next day. (Compiled service records, Fold3; Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:192)
Private David Livingston, Company K, 15th Massachusetts. He was 39 years old when he enlisted as a private in July 1861. He sustained a gunshot wound at Gettysburg and was discharged because of it in May 1864. He died in 1882. (Compiled service records, Fold3; Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:1962)
Corporal John McKenzie, Company E, 1st Minnesota. Born in 1837, he was living in St. Cloud, Minnesota when the war broke out. He was mortally wounded with a fractured thigh at Gettysburg and died in early August at Camp Letterman General Hospital. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:316)
3rd Sergeant John B. Wilson, Company C, 82nd New York. He was killed at Gettysburg on July 3 and now lies in the New York plot at the National Cemetery on Cemetery Hill. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:517)
Private William M. Stuart, Company C, 82nd New York. Employed as a carpenter when he enlisted on September 14, 1861, he was mortally wounded on the second day at Gettysburg and died on July 8 or 9. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:517)
Private William Lennox, Company F, 82nd New York. Born around 1820, he was a carpenter at the time of his enlistment in August 1862. He was wounded at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:520)
Sergeant James B. Black, Company G, 71st Pennsylvania. He worked as a plumber before enlisting at Washington, D.C. on September 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, he mustered out of the service at Philadelphia on July 2, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:858)
Chaplain Thomas Gordon Grassie, 108th New York. Born November 29, 1831, in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, he came to the U.S. with his father's family when he was ten years old. Graduating from Amherst College in 1857, he attended Andover Theological Seminary. He served with his regiment at Antietam, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42223533/thomas_gordon-grassie)
Colonel Clinton Dugald MacDougall, 111th New York. Born June 14, 1839, on the Kintyre peninsula, he emigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who afterwards moved to Auburn, New York. He led his regiment at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_D._MacDougall)
Private George A. Robb, Battery B, 1st New York Artillery. He left farming to enlist in August 1861 at Chicago. Wounded in the head on the third day at Gettysburg, he recovered and served until the end of the war. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:718)
Corporal James Scott, Company B, 124th New York. Born in Glasgow on October 28, 1833, he resided for a short time in New York City before moving to Goshen, New York and finding work as a blacksmith. He married in 1858 and would eventually raise four children. At Gettysburg, he received multiple wounds near Devil's Den and lay on the field a full day with little attention, until found by the 14th U.S. Regulars; he was discharged on July 28, 1863. (More Personal Histories of Civil War Soldiers from Newburgh Telegram, Rootsweb, Ancestry.com, 9/3/2007)
Sergeant Maurice (or Morris) J. Clark, Sergeant, Company F, 40th New York. He enlisted as a private at New York City in June 1861. Promoted to sergeant on May 25, 1863, he was wounded in the thigh at Gettysburg and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in November 1863. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:395)
Private William S. Brown, Company G, 11th Massachusetts. He was shot in the left thigh near the Emmitsburg road on July 2 and was sent to McDougall General Hospital at Fort Schuyler, New York. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Captain William James Kay, Company C, 70th New York. Born on August 31, 1824, in Edinburgh, he enlisted at age 16 in the British Army's (Scottish) Black Watch Regiment of Royal Highlanders (42nd Foot) and served as a private on the Mediterranean station. He resigned in Bermuda, where his regiment was then garrisoned, and came to New York City in 1852. On June 29, 1861, he was mustered into the regiment as sergeant major. At Gettysburg, on July 2, a solid shot struck Captain Kay in the leg. The wound never healed, and his leg was amputated in 1893; he died in 1900. (Brooklyn Eagle, July 22, 1894, p. 13; National Tribune, October 5, 1893, p. 4; Brooklyn Eagle, March 2, 1900)
Private James Hayes, Company C, 2nd New Hampshire. He resided in Boston when he enlisted in August 1861, at the age of 40. Wounded severely in the face at Gettysburg and captured, he died in Richmond, Virginia on January 16, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:395)
Private Alexander McRobbie, Company G, 2nd New Hampshire. He was struck in the head and killed at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:339)
Private Francis Diven, Company G, 2nd New Hampshire. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, he was likely paroled by the Confederates on the field, since he returned to the regiment on August 20, 1863. He mustered out of the service in June 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:339)
1st Lieutenant James A. Bates, Company D, 12th New York. Companies D and E were assigned as the provost guard at Fifth Corps headquarters, which explains Bates' presence at Gettysburg. (Roster of the 12th New York Infantry)
Private David C. Meechan, Company E, 18th Massachusetts. Born in Glasgow, he enlisted in August 1861 at the age of 23. At Gettysburg, he received a minor gunshot wound to the right hand. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:202; Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
2nd Lieutenant George Hamilton, 10th U.S. Regulars. He entered the service as a private on May 29, 1859, and was dropped from the rolls on January 28, 1864. He was slightly wounded in the left leg at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:1051)
2nd Lieutenant William Ewing, 17th U.S. Regulars. Joining the regiment as a private in August 1862, he became a junior officer on May 12, 1863. He was promoted 1st lieutenant after the battle, backdated to July 2, the same day he sustained a severe wound to his face. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:1064)
Corporal Alexander McKenzie, Cowan's 1st Independent New York Battery. He was shot in the left leg on July 3 and was discharged for disability on October 22, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:721)
Corporal James Haining, Company I, 2nd Massachusetts. Born in Dumfries, he was 21 years old when he enlisted at Boston on May 25, 1861. He served through the entire war, ending up as a 1st lieutenant. He was wounded near Spangler's Spring on July 3. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Private David B. Brown, Company I, 2nd Massachusetts. Born in Edinburgh, he enlisted as a corporal on May 25, 1861, but two months later was demoted to private for an infraction. Mortally wounded by gunshot at Gettysburg on July 3, he died on July 21, at the age of 32. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Colonel John Halliday Patrick, 5th Ohio. Born in Edinburgh on March 11, 1818, his family emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Cincinnati. He led his regiment in several battles, including on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg. He was killed at New Hope Church, Georgia on May 25, 1864. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17818286/john_halliday-patrick)
Private Robert P. Dow, Company D, 5th Ohio. Born in 1843 in the Parish of Cathcart, he arrived in the U.S. at the age of 15. He lived for a time in New York City; Green County, Indiana; and Cincinnati, where he enlisted in May 1861. He took part in 14 battles, the last being Dallas, Georgia, where he lost an arm. After the war he lived in Paris, Kentucky and ran a grocery business for many years. He married in 1868 and had three children. (History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William H. Perrin, Chicago, IL: 1882, p. 462)
Colonel David Ireland, 137th New York. He was born on May 9, 1832 in Forfar, the county town of Angus. When war arrived, he first served as a captain in the 79th New York. As colonel of the 137th, he led his regiment at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Bristoe Station. At Gettysburg, he organized a stout defense against heavy odds on Culp's Hill. Transferred to the western theater, he was wounded at Resaca, Georgia and in May, 1864, and succumbed to disease in Atlanta. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19204/david-ireland)
Private John Inglis, Company D, 9th New York Cavalry. Born in 1841, his family emigrated to Canada when he was 14 years old. In November 1862, he traveled to New York to enlist and was present at Gettysburg to open the fight. Eventually promoted to 1s sergeant, he deserted while on furlough in February 1865. (Papers of John Inglis, 1862-1911, New York State Library, including his diary, http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/cwletters/index.html)
2nd Lieutenant James Chester, Battery E, part of Batteries E and G, 1st U.S. Artillery. He took part in the Gettysburg campaign.
Of these 50, 12 fought for the South and 38 for the North. The list is small enough to name them all and provide brief biographic details.
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Private James A. Smith, Company G, 4th Alabama. He was working as a tailor in Marion County when he enlisted on August 21, 1861. Wounded at Seven Pines, a gunshot fractured his femur at Gettysburg, and he was captured. He was exchanged by May 1864 and furloughed. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:44)
Private Michael Lettice, Company B, 10th Georgia. Born in Edinburgh in 1841 or 1842. On July 2 at Gettysburg, a single gunshot took one finger from his right hand before striking his left arm, which was partly amputated. He was captured at Williamsport on July 14 and eventually paroled. In 1903, he offered himself up as a candidate for treasurer of a Georgia county. (Service records, Fold3; The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Ga., March 12, 1903, p.5)
Major Peter Alexander Selkirk McGlashan, 50th Georgia. Born in Edinburgh on May 19, 1831, he was the son of a Waterloo veteran. His family emigrated to Savannah in 1848. In 1856, he fought with Walker in Nicaragua. In 1861, he entered the war as a private. At Gettysburg, he temporarily commanded his regiment when the lieutenant colonel was wounded. In 1866, McGlashan was elected mayor of Thomasville. He drowned off a beach near Savannah on June 13, 1908, and was interred at Laurel Grove Cemetery. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._S._McGlashan)
Private John Ingram, Company B, 26th Georgia. Born May 5, 1835, in the town of Paisley, District of Renfrewshire, he came to the U.S. when 14 years old. In 1861, he enlisted at Darien, Georgia. He was wounded in the right leg by a shell fragment at Gettysburg. A comrade said he "displayed marked courage on all occasions." (John Ingram, Orange County, Florida Confederate Pension Applications)
Surgeon Hugh McD. Martin, 5th Louisiana. In 1855, he graduated with a medical degree from the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. At Gettysburg, he was thrown from his horse and suffered a dislocation of his shoulder, which disabled him for several months. (Confederate Military History, Extended Addition, vol. IV, Virginia, pp. 1033-1034)
1st Lieutenant Archibald Duncan, Company B, 6th Louisiana. At the time of his enlistment as a private on May 29, 1861, at age 24, he was working as a cook in New Orleans. Promoted to 1st lieutenant on April 28, 1862, he was wounded at Gettysburg on the second day, but returned to duty on October 13, 1863. He was captured at Fisher's Hill in September 1864 and held until the close of the war. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:560)
2nd Lieutenant John R. Williams, Company A, 12th Alabama. A resident of Mobile, he participated in the battle of Gettysburg.
1st Corporal A. D. McGill, Company H, 30th North Carolina. In January 1862, McGill enlisted as a private at the age of 19, was marked present on June 30, 1863, and surrendered at Appomattox as a sergeant. According to Chaplain Betts, the company had three Scotsmen as of August 1862 – William McCulloch (who died by the end of the year), James Rogers and McGill. (Alexander David Betts, D.D., Experience of a Confederate Chaplain; Service Records, Fold3)
Private James Rogers, Company H, 30th North Carolina. Rogers mustered into the service in October 1861, at the age of 22. He was marked present on June 30, 1863. "Circumstances compelled him to enlist" is recorded on a Federal document. He was captured in May 1864, took the oath of allegiance, and joined the U.S. service the next month. (Service Records, Fold3)
Private William McDermott, Company A, 10th Louisiana. He participated in nine battles before being wounded in the shoulder and foot and captured at Gettysburg. He died on July 14, 1863. (Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, comp. by Andrew B. Booth; Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:586)
Private Alexander Shepherd, Company I, 8th Alabama. He was a sailor living in Mobile when he enlisted on June 19, 1861. Wounded the third day at Gettysburg, he was captured and sent to DeCamp General Hospital in New York. (Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg, by John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey, 1:87)
Private John Miller Monie, Company H, 1st North Carolina Cavalry. Born in a cottage on Titchfield Street in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, he was described in 1865 as being 5' 10" in height, with auburn hair, gray eyes, and a ruddy complexion. He enlisted on July 22, 1861, and was marked present on most of the rolls of his regiment until the close of the war. (Reminiscences of John Miller Monie, North Carolina Digital Collections, State Library of North Carolina; Compiled service records, Fold3)
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Sergeant Henry N. Milne, Company E, 7th Wisconsin. He came to the U.S. at an early age and enlisted in 1861. During the Gettysburg campaign, he sustained a sunstroke from which he never fully recovered. He died on August 8, 1907, leaving behind a widow and four children. (National Tribune, August 8, 1907, p. 7; Civil War Service Index, Fold3)
Corporal Robert Cowie, Company E, 13th Massachusetts. Enlisting on June 29, 1861, he was detailed as a blacksmith during a portion of his service. Badly wounded at Gettysburg, he was afterwards transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps until being mustered out on July 20, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:175)
Corporal David Pearson, Company A, 83rd New York. He was captured at Gettysburg.
Sergeant John Shields, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania. Born May 1828. He enlisted at Philadelphia on April 13, 1862 as a sergeant and was wounded at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:889)
Captain John Ronald Leslie, Company B, 80th New York (20th New York State Militia). Born near Aberdeen on June 3, 1833, he joined the regiment in October 1861 as 1st lieutenant. He was promoted to captain in September 1862 and to major in January 1865. He was wounded at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:507; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11542247/john_ronald-leslie)
Lieutenant James Stewart, Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery. Born in Edinburgh on May 18, 1826, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1844. Stewart rendered distinguished service as a battery commander at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart_(artilleryman))
Private Robert Watson, Company C, 28th Massachusetts. Born in Fifeshire, he was a Scot serving in the Irish Brigade. Before the war he worked as a plasterer in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was wounded in the hand at Gettysburg. (Compiled service records, Fold3)
Corporal Charles McFarland, Company A, 15th Massachusetts. Born in Glasgow, he was 26 years old when he enlisted on February 18, 1862, being described as 5' 11" tall, with brown hair, black eyes, and having a light complexion. He was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. (Compiled service records, Fold3)
Sergeant Archibald D. Wright, Company C, 15th Massachusetts. Born in January 1844, he immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1847. Enlisting in July 1861, he was wounded in the arm at Gettysburg, and was captured at the Wilderness the following May. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:187; Compiled service records, Fold3)
Captain John Murkland, Company G, 15th Massachusetts. Born in 1835, he came to the U.S. before his second birthday; his parents raised eight children. He enlisted as a sergeant in July 1861 at the age of 26, and was promoted to captain in September 1862. He was mortally wounded on July 2 at Gettysburg and died the next day. (Compiled service records, Fold3; Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:192)
Private David Livingston, Company K, 15th Massachusetts. He was 39 years old when he enlisted as a private in July 1861. He sustained a gunshot wound at Gettysburg and was discharged because of it in May 1864. He died in 1882. (Compiled service records, Fold3; Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:1962)
Corporal John McKenzie, Company E, 1st Minnesota. Born in 1837, he was living in St. Cloud, Minnesota when the war broke out. He was mortally wounded with a fractured thigh at Gettysburg and died in early August at Camp Letterman General Hospital. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:316)
3rd Sergeant John B. Wilson, Company C, 82nd New York. He was killed at Gettysburg on July 3 and now lies in the New York plot at the National Cemetery on Cemetery Hill. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:517)
Private William M. Stuart, Company C, 82nd New York. Employed as a carpenter when he enlisted on September 14, 1861, he was mortally wounded on the second day at Gettysburg and died on July 8 or 9. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:517)
Private William Lennox, Company F, 82nd New York. Born around 1820, he was a carpenter at the time of his enlistment in August 1862. He was wounded at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:520)
Sergeant James B. Black, Company G, 71st Pennsylvania. He worked as a plumber before enlisting at Washington, D.C. on September 1, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, he mustered out of the service at Philadelphia on July 2, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:858)
Chaplain Thomas Gordon Grassie, 108th New York. Born November 29, 1831, in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, he came to the U.S. with his father's family when he was ten years old. Graduating from Amherst College in 1857, he attended Andover Theological Seminary. He served with his regiment at Antietam, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42223533/thomas_gordon-grassie)
Colonel Clinton Dugald MacDougall, 111th New York. Born June 14, 1839, on the Kintyre peninsula, he emigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who afterwards moved to Auburn, New York. He led his regiment at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_D._MacDougall)
Private George A. Robb, Battery B, 1st New York Artillery. He left farming to enlist in August 1861 at Chicago. Wounded in the head on the third day at Gettysburg, he recovered and served until the end of the war. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:718)
Corporal James Scott, Company B, 124th New York. Born in Glasgow on October 28, 1833, he resided for a short time in New York City before moving to Goshen, New York and finding work as a blacksmith. He married in 1858 and would eventually raise four children. At Gettysburg, he received multiple wounds near Devil's Den and lay on the field a full day with little attention, until found by the 14th U.S. Regulars; he was discharged on July 28, 1863. (More Personal Histories of Civil War Soldiers from Newburgh Telegram, Rootsweb, Ancestry.com, 9/3/2007)
Sergeant Maurice (or Morris) J. Clark, Sergeant, Company F, 40th New York. He enlisted as a private at New York City in June 1861. Promoted to sergeant on May 25, 1863, he was wounded in the thigh at Gettysburg and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in November 1863. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:395)
Private William S. Brown, Company G, 11th Massachusetts. He was shot in the left thigh near the Emmitsburg road on July 2 and was sent to McDougall General Hospital at Fort Schuyler, New York. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Captain William James Kay, Company C, 70th New York. Born on August 31, 1824, in Edinburgh, he enlisted at age 16 in the British Army's (Scottish) Black Watch Regiment of Royal Highlanders (42nd Foot) and served as a private on the Mediterranean station. He resigned in Bermuda, where his regiment was then garrisoned, and came to New York City in 1852. On June 29, 1861, he was mustered into the regiment as sergeant major. At Gettysburg, on July 2, a solid shot struck Captain Kay in the leg. The wound never healed, and his leg was amputated in 1893; he died in 1900. (Brooklyn Eagle, July 22, 1894, p. 13; National Tribune, October 5, 1893, p. 4; Brooklyn Eagle, March 2, 1900)
Private James Hayes, Company C, 2nd New Hampshire. He resided in Boston when he enlisted in August 1861, at the age of 40. Wounded severely in the face at Gettysburg and captured, he died in Richmond, Virginia on January 16, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:395)
Private Alexander McRobbie, Company G, 2nd New Hampshire. He was struck in the head and killed at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:339)
Private Francis Diven, Company G, 2nd New Hampshire. Wounded and captured at Gettysburg, he was likely paroled by the Confederates on the field, since he returned to the regiment on August 20, 1863. He mustered out of the service in June 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 1:339)
1st Lieutenant James A. Bates, Company D, 12th New York. Companies D and E were assigned as the provost guard at Fifth Corps headquarters, which explains Bates' presence at Gettysburg. (Roster of the 12th New York Infantry)
Private David C. Meechan, Company E, 18th Massachusetts. Born in Glasgow, he enlisted in August 1861 at the age of 23. At Gettysburg, he received a minor gunshot wound to the right hand. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:202; Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
2nd Lieutenant George Hamilton, 10th U.S. Regulars. He entered the service as a private on May 29, 1859, and was dropped from the rolls on January 28, 1864. He was slightly wounded in the left leg at Gettysburg. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:1051)
2nd Lieutenant William Ewing, 17th U.S. Regulars. Joining the regiment as a private in August 1862, he became a junior officer on May 12, 1863. He was promoted 1st lieutenant after the battle, backdated to July 2, the same day he sustained a severe wound to his face. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:1064)
Corporal Alexander McKenzie, Cowan's 1st Independent New York Battery. He was shot in the left leg on July 3 and was discharged for disability on October 22, 1864. (Union Casualties at Gettysburg, by Travis W. Busey and John W. Busey, 2:721)
Corporal James Haining, Company I, 2nd Massachusetts. Born in Dumfries, he was 21 years old when he enlisted at Boston on May 25, 1861. He served through the entire war, ending up as a 1st lieutenant. He was wounded near Spangler's Spring on July 3. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Private David B. Brown, Company I, 2nd Massachusetts. Born in Edinburgh, he enlisted as a corporal on May 25, 1861, but two months later was demoted to private for an infraction. Mortally wounded by gunshot at Gettysburg on July 3, he died on July 21, at the age of 32. (Civil War Service Records, Fold3)
Colonel John Halliday Patrick, 5th Ohio. Born in Edinburgh on March 11, 1818, his family emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Cincinnati. He led his regiment in several battles, including on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg. He was killed at New Hope Church, Georgia on May 25, 1864. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17818286/john_halliday-patrick)
Private Robert P. Dow, Company D, 5th Ohio. Born in 1843 in the Parish of Cathcart, he arrived in the U.S. at the age of 15. He lived for a time in New York City; Green County, Indiana; and Cincinnati, where he enlisted in May 1861. He took part in 14 battles, the last being Dallas, Georgia, where he lost an arm. After the war he lived in Paris, Kentucky and ran a grocery business for many years. He married in 1868 and had three children. (History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William H. Perrin, Chicago, IL: 1882, p. 462)
Colonel David Ireland, 137th New York. He was born on May 9, 1832 in Forfar, the county town of Angus. When war arrived, he first served as a captain in the 79th New York. As colonel of the 137th, he led his regiment at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Bristoe Station. At Gettysburg, he organized a stout defense against heavy odds on Culp's Hill. Transferred to the western theater, he was wounded at Resaca, Georgia and in May, 1864, and succumbed to disease in Atlanta. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19204/david-ireland)
Private John Inglis, Company D, 9th New York Cavalry. Born in 1841, his family emigrated to Canada when he was 14 years old. In November 1862, he traveled to New York to enlist and was present at Gettysburg to open the fight. Eventually promoted to 1s sergeant, he deserted while on furlough in February 1865. (Papers of John Inglis, 1862-1911, New York State Library, including his diary, http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/cwletters/index.html)
2nd Lieutenant James Chester, Battery E, part of Batteries E and G, 1st U.S. Artillery. He took part in the Gettysburg campaign.
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