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“Our own good Colonel Cameron”

Long before they defended Fort Sanders’s Northwest Bastion, the Seventy-Ninth New York Cameron Highlanders was decimated on the slope of Henry Hill at First Manassas, where their first regimental colonel, James Cameron, was killed by a bullet in his chest. Cameron’s … Continue reading

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Colors of the 79th New York

Battle banner of the 79th New York Cameron Highlanders, principal defenders of the Northwest Bastion of Fort Sanders.

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First blooding of the Highlanders

Long before they successfully defended Fort Sanders’s Northwest Bastion, the Seventy-Ninth New York Cameron Highlanders was decimated on the slope of Henry Hill at 1st Bull Run, where their first colonel, James Cameron, was killed by a bullet in his … Continue reading

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The vigorous ladies of Louisville

One of the reasons the 79th New York Cameron Highlanders were so short-handed in Fort Sanders was that a good part of what the war had left of their unit—in journeying from Vicksburg to Knoxville—had gone AWOL: deciding to sit … Continue reading

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79th New York reenactors

The East Tennessee chapter of several 79th reenactor units across the country will stage its annual mock Fort Sanders defense Oct. 8-10 in a dirt replica of the northwest bastion. This photo of last year’s event in Coryton, northeast of Knoxville, … Continue reading

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