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Cameron joined the army as a volunteer and served in North America. At the beginning of the American War of Independence Cameron was captured by American colonists in 1775 and imprisoned for two years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He returned to Scotland in 1784.
After war was declared with revolutionary France in 1793 Cameron raised the 79th Foot (later known as the Cameron Highlanders)
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Erracht House, Glen Moy, Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Inverness-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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London, Middlesex, England UK
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March 9, 1828
Age 78
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Fulham, London, Middlesex, England UK
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