Culloden: The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan BattleA team of historians and archaeologists re-examine what happened at the Battle of Culloden between the Scottish Jacobites and Great Britain. In battle at Culloden Moor on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite cause was dealt a mortal blow. The power of the Highland clans was broken. And the image of sword-wielding Highlanders charging into a hail of lead delivered by the red-coated battalions of the Hanoverian army has passed into legend. The battle was a turning point in British history. And yet our perception of this critical episode tends to be confused by mistaken, sometimes partisan, views of the events on the battlefield. So, what really happened at Culloden? In this fascinating and original book, a team of leading historians and archaeologists reconsiders every aspect of the battle. They examine the latest historical and archaeological evidence, question every assumption, and rewrite the story of the campaign in vivid detail. This is the first time that such a distinguished team of experts has focused on a single British battle. The result is a seminal study of the subject, and it is a landmark publication of battlefield archaeology. Praise for Culloden “Culloden is one of the best documented British battles and also one of the most mapped, yet the contributions to this fine volume have succeeded in finding new material.” —Scotts Magazine (UK) |
Contents
The Jacobite Army at Culloden | |
The British Army at Culloden | |
Cavalry in the | |
A Narrative Account | |
The Archaeology | |
Some Early Maps | |
Post | |
Memorialization Development | |
The Significance of Culloden | |
Notes | |
Other editions - View all
Culloden: The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle Tony Pollard No preview available - 2009 |
Culloden: The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle Tony Pollard No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
accounts April archaeological artillery Atholl Brigade Barrell's battalions Battle of Culloden bayonets Blaikie British army Brown Bess Cameron Campbell cannon Captain cavalry centre Charles Edward Stuart Christopher Duffy clan Cobham's commanded Culchunaig Culloden Battlefield Culloden House Culwhiniac enclosures dragoons drummers Duke of Cumberland Edinburgh Elcho enemy Falkirk field fighting Finlayson fire flank Foot Forbes French front line government line grapeshot ground Guards Hawley Highland Army History Horse infantry Inverness Irish Jacobite army Jacobite line Jacobite right Jacobite rising James James Wolfe John Kingston's Leanach Cottage Leanach enclosure Leigh Jones Lieutenant Colonel London Lord George Murray Lyon in Mourning MacDonald military Monro’s mortars musket balls narrative National Trust O'Sullivan officers position Prestonpans Prince Charles ranks Rebellion rebels regiments Reid River Nairn road Robert Royal Ecossois Sandby Scotland Scots Scottish sergeants shot soldiers squadrons Szechi Tayler and Tayler troops Trust for Scotland walls Whig wing wounded