NEW BOOK REVEALS FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON CULLODEN

Fascinating!

My and my husbands ancestors fought there mines from the Clan Chattan, my hubbys The Stewarts of Appin, his hairs stood up on the back of his neck the first time we passed through Appin.

The description is incomplete.

'Everyone who's ever studied the battle was wrong about everything, but I'm a clever clogs and I'm right about everything.' lol.

Murray Pittock's 'Culloden' (2016) is far and away the best single contextual volume on the battle and how its historiography was distorted and used by the victors. That historiographical process has only comparatively recently begun to be convincingly challenged in academia, led by scholars such as Pittock. His book plays a key role in trying to make these changing academic perceptions available to a wider public. Essential reading for anyone interested in Scotland's story and how it has been misrepresented under the aegis of educational and other agencies of the British state.

Fascinating hypothetical scenarios

Absorbing !

The Inniskillings, an Ulster regiment, fought for the crown at Culloden along with Scots and English regiments to defeat a rebellion.

The leaders of the two armies shared the same Scottish ancestry. The great grandmother of "William, Duke of Cumberland " was "Sophia of Hanover"the granddaughter of the Stewart King James the VI of Scotland (1st of England) and also the great granddaughter of "Mary Queen of Scots". Charles Edward Stewart was the grandson of the Stewart King James VII of Scotland (2nd of England) who in turn was the grandson of of James VI of Scotland (son of "Mary Queen of Scots") A Protestant Stewart/German prince and a Catholic Stewart/Italian prince fought against each other, on that fateful day in April 1746.

The BBC's David Olesuga writes that black troops on the jacobite side were treated harshly by the British empire in an institutionally racist manner. He also writes black troops on the British side did all the fighting, won the battle but have been written out of history. If it wasn't for Mary Seacole casualties would have been much higher on both sides. Olesuga's evidence for this is his own anti white, racist imagination and the fact he heard about the Black Watch when on holiday in Inverness. Additional funding has been provided by the SNP's Ashraf brothers who work closely with the BLM corporation to decolonise (misrepresent) Scottish history.

It's an excellent book. I reccomend it to anyone.

Culloden by John Prebble is by far the best book. A great read.

Yeah - What he said.

So it was Jacobite muskets against Hanoverian swords? - and he then puts up a contemporary painting of the conflict showing the reverse!

Musketry and bayonets 3 ranks deep in disciplined volleys Cavalry on flanks held in reserve to pursue after Charging clans stopped to discharge firearms perhaps but th eyewitness accounts of th slaughter dont jibe with this mans theoretical scholarly presentation

More guns more ammo

Why does he say "in 1745" at the end? It was in 1746! But very interesting asspects.

Remind me never to enroll at Glasgow University if that is the kind of anglicized nonsense that is being taught. I'm pretty sure that the Duke of Cumberland never spent weeks training his troops to contend with the highland charge if he knew the Jacobites were going to be heavily armed with muskets as you stated. If the Highlanders were so heavily armed with Muskets and the Hanovarians had swords why were they so heavily defeated in so short a time? Canons and Artillery that's why. Then Grapeshot from muskets. The only role the cavalry had to play in the battle was to mow down the Irish Pickets then proceed to pursue the fleeing Jacobites from the battlefield killing injured men and innocent people, in what some today would say are war crimes. I wonder if he mentions that in his book. Yes it was a civil war, but there were men on the Jacobite side that weren't happy with the union of the countries and wanted to see an independent country. A bit like today, and we have people like you that want to change that history and erase the facts. Just like when it is said it was an Englishman the invented the small kilt because it was too hot to work in an Iron Foundry wearing a full wrap. Firstly he was English, he would have had his own trousers to wear and secondly we scots did wear trousers too. Its pretty grim when the pro unionists feel so insecure that they feel the need to change history for what they think is the greater good.

The Jacobites were defeated by shot canister cannon fire and enfilade musket volleys which cut them down in their hundreds! There was only one breach in the “English” lines where a desperate and foolhardy charge temporarily gained a hold. Caught in crossfire from cannon and muskets none survived! The very few “English” casualties were caused by close quarters musket volley, an officer lost his hand while defending his regiments standard.

The way the battle went is after retreating from a surprise attack the jacobites kept walking for Inverness it WOULD have taken atleast two days because the army was shattered with marching fighting and lack of resources the government army knew now of this and swiftly march around the Jacobite lines there would have been a few skirmishes before the battle thus both army’s knew where it was coming from the Jacobite hungry but like animals ready to feast on redcoats started forming lines of Stuart cameron macdonald and even Campbell’s once sworn enemies nodding to each other saying this is the day we find freedom for our way of life a blast was fired the British opened fire before the jacobites could rank but there commanders said it would be better to form a line before charging so that’s what they did and they knew that once the whole army knew charge now . But they decided to listen to the commanders and chiefs which would be fatal and the battle erupted charges from the left charges from the right but kicker fire prevailed after almost 800 dead within an hour the jacobites ran back but had no chance of re amassing as half of the company was outflanked by cavalry and only few survived the rest tried to head home and flea with their families but were caught and slain Brutal times brutal place