Oglethorpe’s Brigade

As a Cavalry force from Cumberland’s Midlands Army marched north to try to catch the retreating Jacobite Army, he was joined by a Cavalry Brigade from Wade’s Northern Army.

This was commanded by Major General James Oglethorpe.  He was the Governor of Georgia, in North America and had been in UK recruiting men to serve there when the Jacobite Rising started, so he was given command of a Cavalry Brigade.

All of his portraits show him in classical half armour, striking heroic poses, however he did not live up to that image.

He did hold a Jacobite peerage and was rumoured to have travelled to Europe incognito to meet the Jacobite Marshal Keith, so this might have accounted for his lacklustre performance in the field.

Cumberland’s Clifton Cavalry amended

I have added one extra figure to my posting about Cumberland’s Clifton Cavalry, a dismounted figure of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Philip Honeywood, the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Dragoons, who commanded the combined force of three dismounted Dragoon Regiments at Clifton.  The amended post is below.

Cumberland’s Clifton Cavalry

I decided to model all of the units at the Battle of Clifton.   I had already made all of the Jacobite units and had also previously made the three British Cavalry Regiments which were at Clifton, but also at Culloden.   These British Cavalry Regiments can be seen below.  From front to back, three Squadrons each of 10th (Cobham’s) Dragoons and 11th (Kerr’s) Dragoons plus two Squadrons of 10th (Kingston’s) Light Horse.

Dismounted Jacobite Cavalry Post Amended

By popular demand (well, one comment actually) I have amended my Jacobite Cavalry Post to add an extra larger image of the dismounted figures.  The amended post is here, immediately below this one.

Dismounted Jacobite Cavalry

When I created my Jacobite Cavalry I did not originally make any dismounted figures, to fight on foot, since I assumed that their primary role was as mounted scouts.  I made four small units of Jacobite Cavalry: Bagot’s Hussars, Strathallan’s Horse, Pitsligo’s Horse and Kilmarnock’s Horse Grenadiers, as seen from left to right below.  Pitsligo’s Horse have four figures and the others, two figures each.

Lady Anne MacIntosh

There were a number of feisty ladies who were passionate about the Jacobite cause.  Many of these are described in Maggie Craig’s book “Damn Rebel Bitches”.

Perhaps the most famous of them was Lady Anne MacIntosh.  Born Anne Farquharson, at the age of 20 she married Angus MacIntosh in 1743.  He was Chief of Clan MacIntosh and the Chief of the Clan Chattan federation.  In early 1744 Angus was offered command of one of the 43rd Foot (Black Watch) Additional Companies being recruited in Scotland, whilst the main battalion was overseas in Flanders.  Anne rode around the Clan area and raised 97 of the 100 men needed for the company.