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The Clans

Backbone of the Jacobite Army

 The Clans

Marker for the Atholl Brigade on the extreme right of Jacobite lines. Note the heather and thistle left in memory of the fallen clansmen.

Photograph © 2007 Patricia A. Hickman

While many of Scotland's clans joined the "Forty-Five" many did not. In addition, many of those who fought with the Jacobites did so reluctantly due to their clan obligations. Those clansmen who did not answer their chief's call to arms could face a variety of penalties ranging from having their house burned to losing their land. Among those clans who fought with the Prince at Culloden were: Cameron, Chisholm, Drummond, Farquharson, Ferguson, Fraser, Gordon, Grant, Innes, MacDonald, MacDonell, MacGillvray, MacGregor, MacInnes, MacIntyre, Mackenzie, MacKinnon, MacKintosh, MacLachlan, MacLeod or Raasay, MacPherson, Menzies, Murray, Ogilvy, Robertson, and Stewart of Appin.

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