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Woodcut painting by David Morier of the Battle of Culloden first published just six months after the battle, in October 1746 An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 (as shown in the infobox at the top of this page), by David Morier , often known as "The Battle of Culloden", is the best-known portrayal of the battle and the best-known of Morier's ...
The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746 at Culloden, Highland, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Duke of Cumberland, ending the Jacobite rising of 1745.
The Battle of Culloden on 16 April, often cited as the last pitched battle on British soil, [82] lasted less than an hour and ended in a decisive government victory. Exhausted by a night march carried out in a failed attempt to surprise Cumberland's troops, many Jacobites missed the battle, leaving fewer than 5,000 to face a well-rested and ...
William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690 – 16 April 1746), was a Scottish peer and Jacobite, who died at the Battle of Culloden.. Pardoned for his part in the 1715 Rising, Lord Strathallan raised a troop of cavalry for Prince Charles in 1745 and appointed Jacobite Governor of Perth.
Four companies of the Campbell of Argyll militia, commanded by the 5th Duke of Argyll, fought for the British Government at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 where the Jacobites were defeated. [2] During the battle the Argyll militia delivered devastating musket fire on the right flank of the Jacobite army. [9]
There were few other viable options left than standing and fighting at Culloden and most of the Jacobite commanders were ultimately in favour of giving battle. [17] Contrary to the accounts of Prebble and others, archaeological studies have shown that the Jacobite artillery at Culloden was not supplied with ammunition of the wrong size. [18]
One of the less successful uses of the Highland charge was in 1746 during the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Battle of Culloden. The battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by Prince William, Duke of Cumberland loyal to the British government. The under-nourished and unpaid ...
Culloden (/ k ə ˈ l ɒ d ən / [2] listen ⓘ; from Scottish Gaelic Cùl Lodain, "back of the small pond"; modern Gaelic Cùil Lodair) is a village three miles (five kilometres) east of Inverness, Scotland and the surrounding area. 3 mi (5 km) east of the village is Drumossie Moor, [3] site of the Battle of Culloden.