The Battle of Culloden: The Last Stand of the Jacobites 

This was my first fully attentive watch of an episode ! What a surprise to find an intelligent voice, sharp mind with a sassy mouth! An amazing combo!

Armchair Field Marshal here. Fighting in a bog is never a good idea unless you can draw the enemy cavalry into it. So the choice of battle site was a grevious error and gave Cumberland all the advantage. Not having experienced guides for the night march was the biggest one, however. Night moves are always dodgy, so that one was really badly organised. Had I been in charge, I'd have slunk off , in good order, leaving Cumberland wondering where the fight was going to be. However, if there was going to be a fight, I'd have used the fog to move the bulk of the Highlanders to Culloden park and attack the left flank of the redcoats, only keeping their attention to their front with the few cannons I had. Oid nooit be runnun over theyt bog, Laddie.

Thank you for such an interesting video. My ancestors fought in this battle with Clan Robertson. Sending you hugs from New Zealand 💕

Charlie, Charlie, wha wadna follow thee? ⁠King o' the Highland hearts, bonnie Prince Charlie!

I will be extremely honest I have never clicked on a video so fast in my life after getting a notification that it's on!! What an extremely interesting topic! I was waiting for you to cover it and I will be honest: as a foreigner I first heard of it while watching the TV series "Outlander". 😅😊 Once again, this was wonderfully narrated! A million thanks!!!

Several things: Most jacobites weren't Catholic, though some of the biggest supporters were, they were however marked by the religious belief in hierarchy and the divine right of kings, politically speaking they were opposed to the power of parliament. Ironically pirates (the stereotypically Caribbean kind) during this period were often also jacobites and it is odd that both are depicted as freedom loving and democratic when they were in fact ultra-conservative opponents of political liberalism (though for the pirates the religious motivations were somewhat overshadowed by the fact the Stuart's had been great supporters of privateering). Indeed the whole movement was a great deal more comparable to the Carlists in Spain than to modern political movements (though the Carlists were much more successful). The highland romanticism was primarily to do with Sir Walter Scott rather than Victoria, she merely made it the trend in English high society as well as Scottish. The bravery of highland troops also played a factor in the change in attitude, as the loyalty of such men was not to be questioned after their services to the nation. While that very same highland romanticism is popular among the independence movement I would argue that it is not the source of it. Due to the clearances most Scots are lowlanders and the lowlanders have a history of hatred of highlanders that the English never did, the romanticism means that Scots can forget the actual dividing lines that once existed but the redirecting into a sentiment of independence is very tied into the fortunes of empire. While the jacobites had loyalty to crown and concept of monarchy itself (many who were exiled to America ironically fought with the loyalists in the American revolution due to their deep opposition to republicanism), the lowlanders signed away the political independence of Scotland for commercial and financial reasons, this as it ended up suited them very well and they would take a very disproportionate role in the imperial enterprise of Britain. They would set up business and settle in every land the British touched and they would take a prominent role in every type of interaction, providing merchants, soldiers, diplomats, leaders, settlers, administrators, evangelists, national hero's and basically everything else the expansion of empire needed in great numbers, also as a result Scotland (along with many other parts of the British isles which are now neglected backwaters) boomed, it became a centre of education, commerce and culture and Edinburgh became the second city of the world. The first world war was a great upset, the economy was left in shambles, a massive number of Scots paid the ultimate price and despite the later stereotypes it was the political leadership of Britain and not it's generals that were almost solely responsible, it is unsurprising that when the rulership of the country continued to be abysmal (as it has to this day) that people in Scotland started thinking about constructing a new national identity and a myth to wreath it, they had been happy to strive for the engloryment of Britain when that meant their minority share was still of an ever expanding pie but they had never signed on to being shackled to a declining basket case and they very much preferred to not be dragged under with it. If course the problem they face is that their political class is not more competent than that in London and they will have to do more that romanticize past glories to institute the reforms necessary to ensure long term survival, due to the massive overlap within so many British institutions they are unfortunately fused into the problems and at this point independence will only localise them.

Huge fan of your videos man! They're excellent for listening to while working. I particularly enjoyed the weaponry details, very well researched indeed! Keep up the good work!!

This is the first of your videos that I have seen, and I'm very impressed with it! New subscriber!

Thank you DiD for another great video 👍

Great video, did my dissertation on Culloden and it's aftermath many years ago. Charlie did step back on British soul after Culloden though, he returned and made a secret trip to London in about 1750 before leaving again.

Awesome as always. Every new vid is a treat.

Excellent episode Sir, thank you!!!🙏🦉❣️

Im born and raised in South Carolina and from what I understand both sides of my family (Hunter and Tucker) are from Scotland so this may explain how I got here lol. Just found your channel and love it. subscribed

Fascinating. And recent, as such, this telling battle, I was aware of, and now the details. Thank you.

An excellent video. Thank you!

Thank you DID!.. you truly are a master at this!..

this was very well done. more like this, please.

What a perfect voice for a gripping narration!

Thank you for this video. I am an Australian of Scots ancestory. Great to learn about my family history. I know my great great ++ uncle was a member of Bonnie Prince Charlie's council and fought at Culloden.

Another splendid documentary.

Very interesting WELL narrated video. GOOD SHOW!

Grapeshot, that's one thing I'd never heard of. Cheers DiD for your usual extensive research and due diligence. As always, stay safe :)

Brilliant, thank you 👌

I liked your admission of your Clan fighting on the Government site. I am a McNab and my ancestores fought in the government forces of the Hanovariens at Culloden but, also fought for the hammer of the Scots " Edward the 1st" , in the wars of independance in the 13th and 14th hundreds. I love this Channel.

Another great history video.Everyone i learn how much i did not know.That poem had me laughing quite a bit.

Excellent Video, As Always! Thanks for the recommendation for the "Chasing the Deer." Not only did it have the great Brian Blessed, but also Fish. I named by daughter after the Marillion song, "Kayleigh."

Good work 👏👏👏

Stinky Billy is still remembered today. The Duke of Cumberland. This is a fantastic honest account. I learned from this video. My son and I enjoyed watching this as he has a strong military understanding. Normally when anything to do the with Clans comes on, we have our own opinions. As a historian myself this is a great in detailed account of the 45 rebellion. Both my son and I ate dinner together in harmony, watching, agreeing and disagreeing.

Thanks!

That was a great video. while I was watching , I was thinking how great it would be to be in a pub with a nice pint listening to you do this show. Well maybe more than a one pint .

Great video. Very thorough and detailed and in depth. I think I had family on the Stewart Of Appin side, but I am not 100% sure. We were also part of the Stewarts to go to northern Ireland during the plantation (? I forget if that's the correct word). I think I would have to be on the Jacobite side even though I think it's stupid, but I'm looking back on it with a historical perspective.

The parallels with Brexit are quite amazing.. The Catholics were quite prepared to be subservient to a Popish rule that was essentially political, not as we see it today as a purely religious function. England was determined to remain free of Catholic oppression.

Great video DiD! Well put together and comprehensive to a yankee like me haha. Looking forward to your future videos!!

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You mentioned William of Orange and then jumped to George. What about William's wife, Mary II, who was queen in her own right and reigned after her husbands death. Her sister Anne was the next monarch who reigned before George.

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My paternal grandmother was a Douglas, so yes I have something of the Scots in me. Jane ❤

21:01 -- RE: "... the first model had a barrel length of a staggering..."; Yeah, it wasn't the only thing staggered when you fired it neither. :D

I would love to see you do some about Ireland, the Boyne and more modern like the Easter Rebellion

I have read in several ghost story books that the site of this battle is highly haunted.

I have never before seen one of those 'all steel' pistols and I instantly want one. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. I will add them to my list of historical weapons I should not be able to afford..

I have some old family papers passed down that refer to O'Sullivans who served in the French army at that time and fought in Scotland

Enjoyed this! I shared with my Templar brothers. I’m sure there will be an interesting comment from our N.I. Priory head, as he is an Ulster Scot.

And, of course, a later Lord Elcho was to die in the Middle East in the First World War serving with the Gloucestershire Hussars. His family seat Stanway House, near Cheltenham is well worth a visit and has the highest natural fountain in Europe - it's fascinating to see,

I'm glad to have found your channel, I'm happy to subscribe. I think that your work would be improved with some music, please keep up the great work.

I always wondered how my Scottish blood found it's way to Northern USA, someday I'll have my DNA test done and gain much wanted ancestry revealed. Great video,

As a Scot,brought up close to the site of the 2nd battle of Falkirk, I was brought up on a diet of the hero young pretender. Weirs way was on telly, and Macgreggors series too. It was taught in School too. As a Campbell, it was a bit awkward for me. However, what you are missing here, is the same as Tom Weir and STV missed. This was not about a hero fighting for Scottish independence. It was about the Catholic Church. The Jacobites wanted Papist control. For sure, there was Hanovarian issues etc, but that does not change the truth. This was a religious war. 👍

Remember they used part of Hadrian's Wall to build a military road up into Scotland after this Rebellion.

I'm an American with supposedly 1/4 Scottish Ancentry. I have often wondered how and when my ancestors arrived. Turns out they were probably displaced by sheep. Wonderful.

Thanks mate Can you tell if there was any welsh involment in this upsrising? Famius soldiers on either side or revellion in wales as a link to this Thanks

DiD I can't tell you how much I enjoy your channel, but why is the first part of every word when you start a new section the introduction is always cut off? Like when you introduce "Background," all that comes across on the video is "ground" or "round." Aside from that, every upload is extremely enjoyable. Thank you for the content.

Weather conditions please at the battle before after during battle

Very interesting and informative My heritage goes back to County Cork in Ireland. Their name was O'Rariden. Once in Ameerica they dropped the O, for the Irish were not well thought of in New York. Thus the reason so many found work as Policemen and Firemen.

My great great Grandfather was a Mac Donald who came to New Zealand on the first Immigrant ship 'the Phillip Laing to Otago in 1848. So that s about 80 years later

I had ancestors who fought and died at Culloden Moor

Speaking of the horrific damage that can be done with grapeshot, have you ever considered doing a video on the 1825 Decemberist Revolt in Russia? It's quite the story.

18.46 the inside of the shield (😂) there is a small horizontal pouch, what is it, can. Anyone inform 😁

1:50 -- RE: The Latin Word for James, Jacobus; There may be an obvious reason why I had noticed this a long time ago (I'm a Junior, BTW, Dad was also a James but his university degree saw right through that) but it took me a much longer period of time to figure out the wheres and the why-fors of how it turned into James from Jacob. One of the best pieces in the puzzle comes from Shakespeare. The play "Othello" has a variation on it which is downstream of Latin and intermediary to modern Spanish and English. That name is Iago. And consequently, also via Spanish is Jaime which seems to be considered an alternative form, perhaps a little like how Williams become Bills. Many languages with PIE roots have a tendency to use multiple letters for the same sounds; compare Caesar to Tzar, or perhaps even better Zeus to Theos to Deus to French's "Dieu".

In New York we managed to preserve most of the Adirondack forest that falls within the Adirondack state park. So large it can fit all the federal parks within it. It's thanks to teddy Roosevelt that it was saved. I'm sure the Canadian lumber industry is glad for it too. Roosevelt oddly did not allow the federal government to claim the Adirondack park as a federal park. Probably because it covers a third of the state. So private property is allowed within it but there a strict limits to what can be done with that land. Most having little more than hunting lodges and cabins on them.

war...war never changes.

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No, no, no, it's not Brian Blessed, man! It's BRIAN BLESSED!!!

A great video but it WAS NOT the last battle on British soil. The Castlemartin Yeomanry had the battle honour Fishguard for defeating a very cack-handed French invasion in 1797 (?), the only battle honour awarded for an action on British soil. Also, Jemima Nicholas, a blacksmith by trade but also, it is said, employed part-time as a chucker out at pubs in the town, armed with a pitchfork led the women of the town out to round up the French. Her exploit is commemorated by a tapestry in Fishguard and a (very good) locally brewed beer called Jemima's Pitchfork (often available in the Six Bells, Penmark, Nr Barry where I live).

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Really good video but the history around the jacobite weapons is a tad incorrect. The Jacobites infact had a large number of firelocks (muskets). Some French but mostly captured Hanoverian arms. There is a fair bit if evidence to support the theory that the jacobites actually exchanged fire with the government troops for some time apose to the traditional theory of it being a melee force vs musket and bayonet. When it comes to jacobite melee weapons. There havent been any lochaber axes found at Culloden. There also have been very few broadswords found but this may he due to them being taking as prizes or saved due to there cost. As for targes the term buckler refers to a much smaller shiled that covers not much more than the hand. The term boss refers to the central metal reinforcement found in most but not all shields. You are correct about the majority of the jacobite army being armed with farming tools and improvised weapons but broadsword ls wherent just used by chieftains. Infact most of the front rank would have been made up if taxman. These where the tax collectors of the clan and the better of Clansman. I really don't want to come across as a "ummMMmm actually" but thought you might find these wee tip bits interesting. Again sorry if this was annoying and thank you for the wonderful video.

The confession *snicker* P.S. The one about being late all the time

Walked the battlefield numerous times and it was a.shocking poor decision to have fought on .....the outcome may have been different if the advantages the Jacobites army had to better use on flatter open area....

I would have fought with Cumberland against the pretender but massacre of the wounded should not have been allowed or the Highland clearings but different times when even children in London were allowed to starve

That wasn't so long ago that bayoneting wounded men could be looked at as anything but butchery.

After the grapeshot barrage there was nothing left 🙏

7 shades of shite 🤣🤣😂 love it! Adding that to my list of expressions!

I only have the slightest, tiniest amount of Scottish ancestry. They didn't leave because of Culloden, they were in America before 1700. So I definitely side with the English here, I have at least a measurable amount of English, plus I'm 7/8 Protestant background with only a Catholic great-grandma. I don't like Catholicism to be in charge of government affairs. That ended badly in France and Spain.

Have not watched yet but I have an interest in the 45 and Charles Edward Stuart - I've never come across a satisfactory answer as to the behaviour of Lord George Murray ? his own bravery is not in doubt yet the are many questions about him that to me make him well ( this is were his role makes ķnow sense ) a traitor to the cause or at the very least a man who hated Charles and seems to have been a pain in the Princes arse from the time Charlie landed - what was he all about ? - surely others can't have helped but notice - no wonder the Prince thought himself betrayed .

Naturally, as a cousin of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 👑I'd side with BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, A STEWART❤

I have visited the Culloden battlefield site and this video presentation was interesting and informative. At 23:23, you surely meant the English army and not the British?

You skipped Queen Anne.

The Stuarts were always a disastrous Royal house and always proved bad luck for the Isles of Britain.

Well I wouldn't have picked a bog for my battle for one. But that would have been as good for the enemy so who knows. I can say for sure i would not have bayoneted a wounded man who was likely already dying.

Blanca, Silver. #BS

Should have kept going..not turned back at Derby

Princess Charlie and the men with Nae troos.

The Catholic / Protestant thing has a long history but there was much more to the 'Glorious Revolution' than simply the deposing of James 2/7 who was after all the rightful heir to the throne of England. What William III brought with him was the Venetian financial oligarchy who previously ensconced in Venice had move to Amsterdam which became the primary financial hub after previously Antwerp had lost this place. That brought the beginnings of rule by finance and the beginning of bankers wars. They also enabled the BEIC together with its corporate bedmate the Dutch EIC began to loot and plunder the world and brought fortunes to those involved through slavery and tyranny. The country changed enormously as a result and great fortunes were made but it has been rule by oligarchy ever since.

Those Catholics just wouldn't leave England alone . Catholicism , the scourge of mankind .

My preference would probably be the Scots. Genealogy suggests that I would have been on the other side.

Do you realize you forgot about Queen Anne 1702-1714. Come ON !!!!!!!!!!!

Sassenachs 😂😂

Thought it was a match report from Scottish premier league match at first..

Culloden holds an important place in social history. It gives the Jocks something to whinge about whilst lying face-down drunk on the road in a pool of their own vomit.

Never give an Englishman Quarter. We will Never Forget or Forgive.

Can you please do einsatzgruppe

With my family being Irish and Welsh, I would have fought on the side with the Scots

i never heard of a jacobites guess im dumb

Butchery in the name of Bronze Age fairy tales

once again a vid that shows that cancer is nothing but cancer to humankind.