This Company was at Fort Edward captained by Capt. James
Abercrombie and not in the battle of July 8, 1758.
Atholl Records, p. 431, Vol. III.
Sergt. Wm. Grant.
Sergt. Charles Robinson.
Sergt, John McQueen.
Corporal John Leslie.
Corporal Robert Lachlan.
Drummer Alan Campbell.
_Privates_
George Bremmer.
Donald Brown.
Duncan Cameron.
John Campbell.
Donald Conacher.
William Cowie.
James Douglas.
Donald Drummond.
James Duncan.
Alex Fraser (1).
Alex Fraser (2).
William Fife.
Robert Grant.
Alex Irvine.
James Kennedy.
Duncan McAndrew.
Donald McDiarmid.
Archibald McDonald.
Archibald McDonald.
Donald McDonald.
John McDonald.
William McDonald.
Peter McFarlane.
Alex’r McIntosh.
Robert McIntosh.
Robert McIntosh.
William McIntosh.
Donald McLean.
Donald McLean.
Thos. McNab.
Alex McPherson.
James McPherson.
Donald McRaw.
Robert Menzies.
William Munroe.
John Murray.
Alex’r Nicholson.
Alex’r Norrie.
Alex’r Reid.
Alex’r Robertson.
Angus Robertson.
Archibald Robertson.
Charles Robertson.
Donald Robertson.
James Robertson.
James Robertson.
John Robertson.
Peter Robertson.
James Scroggie.
Alex’r Stewart.
Alex’r Stewart.
Alex’r Stewart.
John Stewart.
Robert Stewart.
Thomas Stewart.
William Stewart.
John Wighton.
John Wighton.
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_LIST OF PROMOTION 42D REGIMENT OF FOOT._
_From Paper in Public Record Office, London._
DATE
RANK NAME 1758 IN ROOM OF
Major Gordon Graham 17th July Duncan Campbell, dead
Captain William Grant 23d ” Gordon Graham, promoted
Capt. Lieut. Robert Gray 22d ” John Campbell, killed
Lieut. Duncan Campbell 23d ” William Grant, promoted
” Donald Campbell 24th ” Robert Gray, promoted
” James McIntosh 25th ” George Farquharson, killed
” John Smith 26th ” Hugh McPherson, killed
” Peter Grant 27th ” William Baillie, killed
” Duncan Stewart 28th ” John Sutherland, killed
” Alex. Farquharson 29th ” Hugh Arnotte, pref’d (80th
foot)
Ensign Arch. Campbell, Jr. 21st ” Norman McLeod, pref’d
(80th foot)
” John Gregor 22nd ” George Campbell, pref’d
(80th foot)
” Lewis Grant 23d ” Patrick Stewart, killed
” Arch. Campbell, Sen’r 24th ” George Ratthray, killed
” John Graham 25th ” Duncan Campbell, promoted
” Allen Grant 26th ” Donald Campbell, promoted
” John Leith 27th ” Jas. McIntosh, promoted
” Charles Menzies 28th ” John Smith, promoted
” Archibald McNab 29th ” Peter Grant, promoted
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COMPARISON OF LOSSES OF BLACK WATCH AT TICONDEROGA WITH THOSE OF
OTHER WARS.
In the “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861, 1865.
A treatise in the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the
Union Regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from
the official records on file on the State Military Bureaus and at
Washington, by William F. Fox, Lieut. Col. U. S. V., president of
the Society of the 12th Army Corps; late president of the 107th
New York Veteran Volunteer Association. Albany Publishing Company,
Albany, N. Y., 1899.” The writer states that he has examined the
records of 2,000 regiments of the Union Army and on page 2 he
says, “The one regiment in all the Union Army which sustained the
greatest loss in battle during the American Civil War was the 5th
New Hampshire Infantry. It lost 295 men, killed or mortally wounded
in action during the four years of service from 1861 to 1865. It
served in the first division, second corps. This division was
commanded successively by General Richardson, Hancock, Caldwall,
Barlow and Miles and any regiment that followed the fortunes of
these men was sure to find plenty of bloody work cut out for it.
Its loss includes 18 officers killed, a number far in excess of the
usual proportions and indicates that the men were bravely led.”
“There were 34 regiments of the Union Army whose casualties in
killed, wounded or missing amounted to 58 per cent or over of
the men engaged in one battle in each case, however, there was
not a full regiment engaged. For example, the 1st Minnesota at
Gettysburg, which was the highest per centage, had 47 killed and
168 wounded, or a total loss of 215 out of 262 men engaged. This is
a loss of 82 per cent.
The 9th Illinois at Shiloh had 61 killed, 300 wounded and 5
missing, a total of 63.3 per cent.
The Light Brigade which has been immortalized by Tennyson took 673
officers and men into that charge at Balaklava in which 113 were
killed and 134 wounded, a total of 247 or 36.7 per cent.
[Illustration: Lord Howe’s Monument in Westminster Abbey
THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETS BAY, IN NEW ENGLAND BY AN ORDER OF
THE GREAT AND GENERAL COURT BEARING DATE FEB^Y 1^{ST} 1759, CAUSED
THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE AUGUSTUS
LORD VISCOUNT HOWE, BRIGADIER GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES
IN AMERICA, WHO WAS SLAIN JULY THE 6^{TH} 1758, ON THE MARCH TO
TICONDEROGA, IN THE 34^{TH} YEAR OF HIS AGE: IN TESTIMONY OF THE
SENSE THEY HAD OF HIS SERVICES AND MILITARY VIRTUES, AND OF THE
AFFECTION THEIR OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS BORE TO HIS COMMAND.
HE LIVED RESPECTED AND BELOVED: THE PUBLICK REGRETTED HIS LOSS; TO
HIS FAMILY IT IS IRREPARABLE.]
The heaviest loss in the German army of the Franco-Prussian war
was the 16th Infantry (3d Westphalian) at Mars LaTour which had
509 killed, 619 wounded, 365 missing, a total of 1,484 or 49.4 per
cent. out of 3,000 men. The regiments of the German army had 3,000
men.”
The above are the greatest casualties suffered in three great wars
taken from a book compiled by an authority who had made a study
of the subject. Compare with these the loss of the Black Watch
at Ticonderoga given by Col. Stewart of Garth as 8 officers, 9
sergeants and 297 men killed and 17 officers, 10 sergeants and
306 soldiers wounded or a casualty of 647 (64.7 per cent) out of
the 1,000 men of the 42nd reported by General Abercrombie at Lake
George, June 29, 1758.
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