Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs

[Bachuil]

I am afraid that I had a major disagreement with Maclaren.

[Kyle2 MacLea]

That definitely doesn't seem right either, to minimize the contributions of others.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Dear Niall, I share your sentiments and those of Kyle's to be sure. This change made to the Culloden Marker is completely and totally unacceptable. Just because someone gets permission to do something does not in itself make an action right or just. In fact it is often quite the opposite as clearly in this case. It is my view that as our Chief and the Young Bachuil that you should use whatever authority and connections you have to muster support and undo this injustice to the Clan Maclea-Livingstone,McColl,MacChombich,MacInnes and Cameron among others. Steps should definitely be taken to address our concerns regarding this caulous and senseless disregard for the other clans in the Appin REgiment who sacrificed their lives for their Prince. The blood of your kin and mine was shed on that sacred ground in 1746. Not to mention the great suffering that was inflicted upon your family's estate and the neighbouring Movern Livingstones whose megre holdings were put to the torch by the English Navy. Then there was the subsequent clearances of many of our people. My last thoughts. To say that this person is insensitive and a tad arrogant would be too kind. your faithful clansman, Donald (Livingstone) Clink

[Canadian Livingstone]

Niall, By marker I am assuming you mean the marker erected in modern times by I assume by the National Trust indicating the location where the Appin Regiment was located on the battlefield in 1746, not an old stone marker in the adjacent field. The former is bad enough, the latter would be unthinkable. I hope they haven't, or dont intend to tamper with the old marker where the Clan Stewart of Appin fell, although rightly there were a good deal more than Clan Stewart died in that location including at least 4 of our clansmen. It is only fair that these clansmen receive some recognition by the National Trust at Culloden. regards Donald

[Kyle2 MacLea]

I assumed it was the recent marker as well, and let's pray it is. I do think something needs to be done about this.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Kyle, Going back to "Appin Regiment" would not be a bad idea. I have to stop myself from calling it the Stewart of Appin Regiment as I have in the past. As Niall has pointed out time and time again it is more appropriate and accurrate to refer to it as the Appin Regiment. That being said, I agree completely with the idea of a more detailed monument at the battle site and location of the Appin Regiment listing in detail the Clans that made up the Appin Regiment. To do anything less cheapens it. Our Livingstone cousin from Australia pointed out to me that there is an old stone that was apparently removed from Culloden long ago listing McLeas or Livingstones. I think it now is located outside an old church. I must look up that message from him. Niall probably knows about this already. As for the MacLaren participation there is but what one Captain and several enlisted men. THe regiment was commanded largely by Stewarts wasnt it? I am not expert by any means, but I have not seen the regiment referred in any text so far as the Stewart and MacLaren Appin Regiment. There is an old battlefield map that is in the battlefield museum that referred to the regiment as Stewart and MacLarens of Appin I think and that may be where this notion was generated from. It is the only place I have seen the regiment referred as such. Certainly Niall is well informed about the Appin Regiment and the Baron himself was the Editor of "No Quarter Given" a detailed collection of muster rolls from 1745-46 that included the Appin Regiment. (See page 11 of the book for Baron AListair Livingstone's written piece on the Appin Regiment.) Not included in the book is a list of casualties of the Appin Regiment submitted to Bonnie Prince Charlie by a Captain Stewart around 1746 which I have a copy of somewhere. I am still trying to locate the original source. Some of my Livingstone related material has become separated from my files and I am still trying to figure out where I put it. I have researched a number of my ancestors and it is time put alot of this material in permanent storage, so i can find things easier. Such is the life of a family historian. regards Donald