Kilts of the 79th New York

[SnakeEyes]

Awesome, very informative. Thanks for passing this on!

Do you have any info on where and when the 79th were active? Like, any battle honours they recieved or anything?

[cavscout]

Here's another thread about this unit and other highland units in the Civil War.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...=79th+New+York

[79thReproductions]

This list is taken from

The Seventy-ninth Highlanders, New York volunteers in the War of the rebellion, 1861-1865, by William Todd

William Todd served in the 79th and wrote his book in the early 1880s. It was published in 1888.

Blackburn's Ford, Va -
Bull Run, Va.
Near Lewinsville, Va.
Lewinsville, Va.
Near Lewinsville, Va.
Bayle's Cross Roads, Va.
Bay Point, S.C.
Port Royal Ferry, S.C.
Pocotaligo, S.C.
James Island, S.C.
Secessionville, S.C.
Gen Pope's Campaign, Va.
Kelly's Ford, Va.
Sulpur Springs, Va.
Groveton, Va.
Bull Run, Va.
Centreville, Va.
Chantilly, Va.
South Mountain, Md.
Antietam, Md.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Vicksburg, Miss.
Green River Bridge, Ky.
Jackson, Miss.
Blue Springs, Tenn.
Campbell Station, Tenn.
Siege of Knoxville, Tenn.
Fort Sanders, Tenn.
Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
Armstrong's Ferry, Va .
Wilderness, Va.
Spotsylvania Court House, Va.
Ny River, Va.
Before Petersburg and Richmond, Va.
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Port Stedman, Va.
Fall of Petersburg, Va.

-Rachel