David Morrison

          OBITUARY RECORD.
        Gen. David Morrison.
 Gen. David Morrison, who died Tuesday
morning at his home, 43 East Sixty-fifth
Street, of heart failure, was born in Glas-
gow, Scotland, Jan. 23, 1823. He came to
this city in October, 1842, and engaged in
the manufacture of brasswork, his factory
for many years being at 55 West Sixteenth
Street.
 Gen. Morrison became identified with the
Seventy-ninth Highlanders from its organ-
ization. He bore evidence of his bravery
in the wounds he carried. He was truck
by a rifle bullet at James Island, heading
the charge of Fort Pemberton. To those
who witnessed it, that charge will be re-
membered among the notable scenes of
the war. The Charleston Mercury, refer-
ring to this fight, said: "it was left by
the Paladins of the North to the brave
Seventy-ninth Highlanders to test the
virtue of cold steel on Southern nerves.
Thank God, Lincoln has, or had, only one
Seventy-ninth Regiment, for there is but
a remnant left to tell the tale. The sol-
diers who can make such a charge and
those who can stand it, their conditions
being equal, are the parties to win a war."
 When at South Mountain the order was
given to lead the Highlanders up the hill
and capture the battery which was galling
the Northern Army, he asked: "Where are
my men?" He had only 250 left out of
1,000. When the necessary troops were
added to his command he made this charge
and won. His order at Antietam showed
his love for his Highlanders, when he
wrote the following general order:

 It is with the most heartfelt pleasure that the
Lieutenant Colonel commanding observes the
present splendid discipline of the regiment.
 Soldiers of the Seventy-ninth, within the last
four weeks you have passed through the most
trying times you have ever experienced; you
have not only fought many battles, but endured
untold hardships; you have accomplished many
marches by day and by night, many of you
without shoes and all poorly clothed; you have
endured both hunger and thirst with scarcely a
murmur of complaint. On the field of Chantilly
you were the first to meet the enemy. You
fought like heroes, and, although many of our
brave comrades fell, and among the rest our
gallant and beloved General, the object of the
fight was accomplished. On the battlefield of
South Mountain, you saved the day by your
steady conduct, and in the last great battle you
elicited by your intrepid action the admiration of
the Brigadier General commanding. But, fel-
low-soldiers, it is not by good fighting alone you
have shone your discipline. I have not had occa-
sion to punish a single man for disobedience or
misconduct, and in expressing the deep satisfac-
tion I feel over this happy circumstance, I can
only express the hope that you will one and all
persevere in that course of good behavior and cor-
rect deportment, whis is at all times and under
all circumstances the highest praise and honor of
the brave soldier.          D. MORRISON
                  Lieutenant Colonel Commanding.

 Gen. Morrison's right hand was shattered
by a ball while leading the regiment at
Spottsylvania, and at Green River he had
his right leg wounded by his horse rearing
and falling back on him.
 At the close of the war Gen. Morrison
opened his place of business and resumed
work as if he had left it Saturday night
and returned Monday morning. He was
actively interested in educational art and
literature. He was an earnest Presby-
terian, and actively engaged in Church
work.