79th New York Infantry (Highlanders) Monument

Commanded by Captain William S. Montgomery, the 79th New York Volunteer Infantry (Highlanders), serving in the First Brigade, First Division, Ninth Corps, Burnside's Command, Army of the Ohio, took a prominent part in the operations of the siege of Knoxville and was strenuously engaged in the defense of Fort Sanders, holding the northwest bastion, on November 29, 1863.

Knoxville, Tennessee · United States