County of Restigouche Militia

Restigouche Militia, 1839, Dalhousie, NB.

Lieutenant Colonel: Adam Ferguson
Majors: Alex MacPherson Sr.
Robert Ferguson

Captains: Charles Murray, William T. Smith, John Ferguson, Robert Jardine, John Mair, James Fraser, William Montgomery, Charles Stewart, Alexander Dickie, David McNair

Ensigns: John T. Ultican, Neil Cook, William M. Caldwell, William McK. Stevens, John Barberie, Donald McAllister, James Adams, William Ferguson, Alexander Mcneish, William S. Smith, Jr., John Greene, James Reid, John Doyle, William Daly, Alexander C. DesBrisay, Joseph C. Barberie, John McLaughlin

Lieutenants: Michael Ferguson, John Cook, Robert Sinclair, James S. Morse, Thomas Kerr, John Duncan, Peter Stewart, Alexander hamilton, Angus Fraser, William Cullen, Andrew Harvie, Aretus W.Y.DesBriday, Daniel Delaney, Alexander McLean, Robert Mair, Alex MacPherson, Jr., Thomas Doyle

Adjutant: Captain Andrew Barberie

Paymaster: Lieutenant C.M.Hutchison

Quartermaster: Lieutenant James Harris

Surgeon: W. G. Disbrow, M.D.


Appointments in 1847

To be Captains: Andrew Barbarie, Chipman Botsford, James Paul

To be Lieutenants: David McNair, Robert H. Montgomery, Robert Jardine, Michael Ferguson, Edward Hoard, William S. Smith, Charles Simonds, John robertson

To be Ensigns: John Ultican, William Doyle, John Ferguson, James S. Morse, John McAllister, Peter Stewart, Neil Cook, Andrew Douglas, John McKinnon, John Duncan


A POW story from Leo Doucet

A Soldier's Letter to mother

Lt. G.A. Mowatt

Private Gordon Pratt

Lieut. Oliver Mowatt

Odds and Ends from Local Newspapers