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The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army, [1] was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.
The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart.It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
M. Forbes Macbean; Duncan Ban MacIntyre; Alexander Mackay (British Army officer) George Mackay of Skibo; Hugh Mackay of Bighouse; Robert Melvill; John Mordaunt (British Army officer) John Mordaunt (MP) George Munro, 1st of Culcairn; Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet; Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet; Alexander Murray (British Army officer, died 1762)
M. Alexander Macdonald, 17th of Keppoch; Donald MacDonald (army officer) John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod; Allan Maclean of Torloisk; Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair; Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman) Hugh Mercer; David Morgan (Jacobite) Sir David Murray, 4th Baronet; George Murray (general)
Lord Lewis Gordon (22 December 1724 – 15 June 1754), also known as Lord Ludovick Gordon, was a Scottish nobleman, naval officer and Jacobite, remembered largely for participating in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart appointed him Lord-lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire.
An impartial history of the late rebellion in 1745. From authentic memoirs, etc. Edward and John Exshaw, Dublin. Clark, GN (1922). "The Highland Forts in the 45". The English Historical Review. 37. Duffy, Christopher (2007). The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the untold story of the Jacobite Rising. WN. ISBN 978-0753822623. Miers, Mary (2008).
The Battle of Clifton Moor took place on the evening of Wednesday 18 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745.Following the decision to retreat from Derby on 6 December, the fast-moving Jacobite army split into three smaller columns; on the morning of 18th, a small force of dragoons led by Cumberland and Sir Philip Honywood made contact with the Jacobite rearguard, at that point commanded ...
Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart had received intelligence that the British commander General George Wade was advancing with British forces from Newcastle to relieve Carlisle and that he had already arrived in Hexham. Charles Stuart had decided to meet and attack him on hilly grounds between Newcastle and Carlisle.