by Canadian Livingstone » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:49 am
Although the Jacobite clans may have lost the Battle of Culloden it was not lost upon the British Army officers that the highland opponents were brave warriors and would make excellent soldiers if they could someday be recruited into the British Army. A decade or so after the Battle of Culloden, former Jacobite soldiers were in fact recruited into a highland army and particpated in the battles to conquer New France. regards, Donald