Civil War Genealogy Database
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79th New York Infantry
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Company Unknown
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Caleb Joshua Blakley - Unknown
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He lived for a short time in Grafton, MA and then moved with his family to Janesville, WI where he served as a mail carrier until his retirement in 1914. There is a family story that the ''highlanders'' were Scots and would march to battle in kilts...can anyone confirm or deny this?
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Contact Name:
Andrea Foley
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 5/22/2002
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Company A
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John Angus Macpherson - 2nd Lieutenant
Contact Name:
Anne Ciochetto
Contact Email:
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Contact Homepage: www.orchard-street.com
Date Added: 11/26/2007
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Company A
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James H Van Riper - Private
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Enlisted 13 May 1861
Mustered out 3 May 1862
Wounded
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Contact Name:
William Van Riper
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 12/10/2009
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Company B
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george hamilton - Private
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mustered in as private in ny city at age 24 for 3 yrs to co H on 2/2/1864;transf to co A on 7/31/1864; to co B 7/31/1864. Promoted to corporal on 6/1/1865. Mustered out with co on 7/14/1865. Served as a company cook & I have a notebook w some co recipes.
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Company C
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Robert McAdoo - Private
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Robert was an immigrant from Londonderry, Derry, Ireland. He came with his parents and sister, Sarah in 1838 to US and lived in NY. They were Presbytarian and he was married to Catherine O'Connor. He died from illness when with the 79th and is buried at the National Cemetary Camp Nelson, Kentucky. He had 4 children.
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Company F
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Theodore Van Velson - Musician
Contact Name:
James E. Van Velson
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 11/17/2005
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Company K
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Robert Burns - Sergeant
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Mustered in at New York City May 1861. Taken prisoner July 21, 1861 at Manassas. Held prisoner at Richmond, VA and Columbia, S.C. Paroled May 24, 1862.
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Contact Name:
Robert C Burns
Contact Email:
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Date Added: 8/8/2015
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