Colonel Cameron marker

Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • The Armies

The marker for Colonel Cameron is on the  Henry Hill walking tour near the Henry House. James Cameron was the commander of the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was the younger brother of Simon Cameron, former U.S. Senator and Lincoln’s Secretary of War. Colonel Cameron was killed by a shot to the chest while trying to rally his regiment. His body was placed in an ambulance which was captured by the Confederates at the end of the battle. Removed from the ambulance so that it could be used for wounded, Cameron’s body lay on the field for several days before being buried in a common grave with some of his men. A request to retrieve the body was originally denied by the Confederates, and it was March before he was disinterred and sent north for reburial.

The marker for Colonel Cameron is on the  Henry Hill walking tour near the Henry House.

From the marker:

Colonel Cameron
of the 79th New York Regiment
was killed here on July 21, 1861.
Battle of First Manassas
(Bull Run)