ID:QZP40_144_P156DESCRIPTION:The Battle of Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil. It marked the end of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and of the Jacobite cause in general.
By April 1746, the Jacobite army was tired, hungry and demoralised after their long march north from Derby. As the army was pursued north by the Duke of Cumberland, many Highlanders began to desert. Despite advice from Lord George Murray to take to the hills and fight, Bonnie Prince Charlie chose Culloden Moor as the place to stand against the government army.
On the night of 15 April 1746, the Jacobite army marched to Nairn from Culloden in the hope of taking the Duke of Cumberland's army by surprise. However, when they reached Nairn just before dawn, they found the government army awake and celebrating the Duke's 25th birthday. The Jacobites turned round and marched the ten miles back to Culloden. Realising that the Jacobites had been marching all night, the Duke of Cumberland decided to face them at Culloden Moor. The battle was over in less than an hour.
Approximately 1500 Jacobites were killed during and after the battle, including innocent bystanders, women and children. This action earned the Duke of Cumberland the nickname 'Butcher'. Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the battlefield before the end of the fighting and eventually escaped back through France to Rome.
This plan of the battle is from 'Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland' by T B Johnston & Col James A Robertson, 3rd Edition, 1899PLACENAME:Culloden MoorDISTRICT:InvernessOLD COUNTY/PARISH:INVERNESS: Croy and DalcrossDATE OF IMAGE:1899PERIOD:1740sSOURCE:Highland LibrariesCOLLECTION:Fraser Mackintosh Collection (maps)Asset ID:30916KEYWORDS:
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