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diff --git a/old/66252-0.txt b/old/66252-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 93a441e..0000000 --- a/old/66252-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6344 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Black Watch at Ticonderoga, by -Frederick B. Richards - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Black Watch at Ticonderoga - and Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe - -Author: Frederick B. Richards - -Release Date: September 9, 2021 [eBook #66252] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BLACK WATCH AT -TICONDEROGA *** - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been - placed at the end of the book. Appendix H and J have many unnumbered - footnotes, which have not been moved and remain under the relevant - paragraph with an indent of 6 spaces. Appendix L and N also have one - each. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example Reg^t or 42^{nd}. - - The tables and family trees in this ebook are best displayed using a - monospace font. - - Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. - - - - -+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| | -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -|| THE || -|| Black Watch || -|| at Ticonderoga || -|| _and_ || -|| Major Duncan Campbell || -|| of Inverawe || -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -| | -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -|| By FREDERICK B. RICHARDS, A. M. || -|| Secretary of N. Y. State Historical Association: Glens Falls, || -|| N. Y. || -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -| | -| | -| [Illustration: (icon of Indian warrior)] | -| | -| | -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -|| AN EXCERPT FROM VOLUME X OF THE PROCEEDINGS || -|| OF THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION || -|| || -|| PRINTED FOR FORT TICONDEROGA MUSEUM LIBRARY || -|+------------------------------------------------------------------+| -| | -| | -+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ - - -[Illustration: --Courtesy of the Glens Falls Insurance Co. - -The Black Watch at Ticonderoga July 8, 1758] - - - - -THE BLACK WATCH AT TICONDEROGA - -BY FREDERICK B. RICHARDS, A. M., Glens Falls, N. Y. - - -A residence of ten years in Ticonderoga inspired me with an -appreciation of the history of that most historic spot in America, -and when as secretary of the Ticonderoga Historical Society I was -instrumental in securing the erection of the Black Watch Memorial -in that village, I became particularly interested in the record of -that famous Highland Regiment which this building commemorates. - -It has for several years been my wish to write so complete an -account of the Black Watch at Ticonderoga that one would need look -in no other place for any detail in the history of that regiment -from the time it left Scotland in 1756 until after the capture of -Ticonderoga by Amherst in 1759. As a meeting of the New York State -Historical Association on Lake Champlain seemed an appropriate time -to present such a paper and the printed histories of that period -give only meagre accounts on this subject, Mrs. Richards and I made -this an excuse for a trip to the British Isles and a large part of -August and September, 1910, was spent on a Black Watch pilgrimage. -We had a very enjoyable trip and gained many interesting facts but -I am sorry to say that the story is still far from complete. - -The reason for the lack of more detailed information about the -Regiment in the Ticonderoga period is found in the following which -is copied from the preface of Stewart of Garth’s first edition: - - “The origin of these Sketches and Military Details was simply - this: When the Forty-second regiment was removed from Dublin - to Donaghadee in the year 1771, the baggage was sent round by - sea. The vessel having it on board was unfortunately driven on - shore by a gale of wind, and wrecked; the greater part of the - cargo and baggage was lost, and the portion saved, especially - the regimental books and records, was much injured. A misfortune - somewhat similar occurred, when the army, under the Earl of - Moira, landed at Ostend in June, 1794. The transports were - ordered round to Helvoetsluys, with orders to wait the further - movements of the troops. But the vessels had not been long there, - when the enemy invaded Holland in great force, and, entering - Helvoetsluys, seized on the transports in the harbour. Among - the number of vessels taken were those which had conveyed the - Forty-second to Flanders, having on board every article of - regimental baggage, except the knapsacks with which the officers - and soldiers had landed at Ostend in light marching order. Along - with the baggage, a well-selected library, and, what was more to - be regretted, all that remained of the historical records of the - regiment, from the period of its formation till the year 1793, - fell into the hands of the enemy. - - “After the conclusion of the late war, his Royal Highness, the - Commander-in-Chief, directed that the Forty-second should draw up - a record of its services and enter it in the regimental books, - for the information of those who should afterwards belong to - the corps. As none of the officers who had served previously to - the loss of the records in 1794 were then in the regiment, some - difficulty arose in drawing up the required statement of service; - indeed, to do so correctly was found impossible, as, for a period - of fifty-four years previous to 1793, the materials were very - defective. In this situation, the commanding officer, in the - year 1817, requested me to supply him with a few notices on the - subject.” - -It seemed to have been the custom in the British army of that -period for a Regiment to carry its entire belongings with it -from place to place and this unfortunate practice has swept from -existence every trace of the Regimental records of the Black Watch -of Ticonderoga. - -It may be readily seen that if Colonel Stewart who had all the -information in 1817 which the British government was able to supply -and who was also fortunate in having had an intimate acquaintance -during his service in the Regiment with officers who have served -almost from its formation, was unable to write a complete record, -the task nearly one hundred years later might be considered well -nigh hopeless. There was the hope, however, that some record which -was then lost might have been discovered since Colonel Stewart’s -time or that interesting matter might be found in the archives of -the families who had sons in the Black Watch of 1758. It is a fact -that only recently the regimental records of the Black Watch of -two decades later were found in an old second-hand book store in -Portsmouth and it is still possible that the regimental records of -1758-9, which are now lost, may yet come to light. - -We find that nearly all the histories of the Highland Regiments -follow Stewart of Garth nearly word for word in their accounts of -the early history of the Black Watch. A notable exception, however, -is “A Military History of Perthshire,” which has much that is new. -There are also many interesting letters and other records in “The -Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families,” relating to -the service of those of the Black Watch who came from the Atholl -Family or estate, and at London we found some dispatches in the -Public Record Office in the War Department which I have not seen -published. The chief merit, however, if any, which I can claim -for this address is that while it does not add much that is new, -it does, I think, collect in one article nearly all that is known -about the Black Watch of the Ticonderoga period. - -I might say here, also, that whatever was lacking in information -was more than made up by the cordiality of our reception, as we -found nearly every Scotsman interested in the oldest Highland -Regiment of the British Army and glad to help us in any way -possible. We are under special obligation, which I here wish to -acknowledge, to Lt. Col. Hugh Rose, the present commander of the -First Battalion of the Black Watch; Major D. L. Wilson Farquharson, -D. S. O., who represented the Regiment at the unveiling of the -memorial tablet at Ticonderoga, July 4, 1906, now retired and -living in Allargue in Aberdeenshire, the home of the Farquharson’s -for many generations; W. Skeoch Cumming of Edinburgh, artist and -authority on Scottish costumes and tartans of the 18th century; -Mrs. Campbell of Dunstaffnage, present owner of old Inverawe House; -the Marchioness of Tullibardine, editor of “A Military History -of Perthshire,” and the Duke of Atholl, present head of the Clan -Murray, Honorary Colonel of the Third Battalion of the Black Watch -and compiler of the “Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine -Families.” - -Before proceeding to the Black Watch of Ticonderoga, it would -perhaps be well to give a brief history of the Regiment. There is -considerable difference of opinion as to just when the independent -companies which were afterwards to become the present regiment of -the line were raised. The earliest record I have seen is that on -the 3rd of August, 1667, King Charles II issued a commission under -the Great Seal to John, second Earl of Atholl “to raise and keep -such a number of men as he should think fit to be a constant guard -for securing the peace in the Highlands” and “to watch upon the -braes.”[1] - -From this time until 1739 the Black Watch was in various stages of -formation.[2] - -It was at the period of the independent companies that the name -Black Watch was given--Black from the sombre tartan in contrast to -the regular soldiers who at that time had coats, waistcoats and -breeches of scarlet cloth, and Watch because their duties were to -watch or keep order in the Highlands. The character of the rank and -file of the Black Watch of this period was exceedingly high, many -gentlemen with servants serving as privates, and in addition to the -enlistment being from the best families it was also possible to -select only “men of full height, well proportioned and of handsome -appearance.” There were several reasons for this, the principal one -being probably the fact that at that period the carrying of arms -was prohibited by penalties and it became an “object of ambition -with all the young men of spirit to be admitted even as privates -into a service which gave them the privilege of wearing arms.” -Our interest in the Black Watch, however, is principally in the -Regiment of the line as such and this dates from the commission -given by George II, October 25, 1739, as follows: - - “GEORGE R.--Whereas we have thought fit, that a regiment of - foot be forthwith formed under your command, and to consist of - ten companies, each to contain one captain, one lieutenant, one - ensign, three serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, and one - hundred effective private men; which said regiment shall be - partly formed out of six Independent Companies of Foot in the - Highlands of North Britain, three of which are now commanded by - captains, and three by captain-lieutenants. Our will and pleasure - therefore is, that one serjeant, one corporal, and fifty private - men, be forthwith taken out of the three companies commanded - by captains, and ten private men from the three commanded by - captain-lieutenants, making one hundred and eighty men, who are - to be equally distributed into the four companies hereby to be - raised; and the three serjeants and three corporals, draughted - as aforesaid, to be placed to such of the four companies as you - shall judge proper; and the remainder of the non-commissioned - officers and private men, wanting to complete them to the above - number, to be raised in the Highlands with all possible speed; - the men to be natives of that country, and none other to be taken. - - This regiment shall commence and take place according to the - establishment thereof. And of these our orders and commands, you, - and the said three captains, and the three captain-lieutenants - commanding at present the six Independent Highland Companies, and - all others concerned, are to take notice, and to yield obedience - thereunto accordingly. - - Given at our Court at St. James’s, this 25th day of October, - 1739, and in the 13th year of our reign. - - By His Majesty’s Command, - (Signed): Wm. Yonge. - - To our Right Trusty and Right Well-Beloved - Cousin, John Earl of - Craufurd and Lindsay.” - -[Illustration: GRENADIER, 42^{ND} REG^T 1751. - - PW REYNOLDS - 1909. - -(_From a painting at Windsor Castle._) - -The tallest men of the Regiment of that period were formed into a -Grenadier Company and wore the Grenadier bearskin. The rest of the -uniform as above and the substitution of the blue bonnet for the -bearskin was the uniform for the rest of the Regiment.] - -May, 1740, these ten companies were mustered in a field between -Taybridge and Aberfeldy and in the army list of that year were -known as “Earl of Crawford’s Regiment of Foot in the Highlands.”[3] -There have been several changes of the official name of the -Regiment but the “Black Watch” was always the familiar one in the -country where it has drawn its recruits and since 1881 has been the -official name in the British Army List.[4] - - The uniform of this period was a “scarlet jacket and waistcoat, - with buff facings and white lace, tartan plaid of twelve yards - plaited round the middle of the body, the upper part being fixed - on the left shoulder, ready to be thrown loose and wrapped over - both shoulders and firelock in rainy weather. At night, the plaid - served the purpose of a blanket, and was a sufficient covering - for the Highlanders. These were called belted plaids, from being - kept tight to the body by a belt, and were worn on guards, - reviews, and on all occasions when the men were in full dress. On - this belt hung the pistols and dirk when worn. In the barracks, - and when not on duty, the little kilt or philibeg was worn, a - blue bonnet with a border of white, red, and green, arranged - in small squares to resemble, as is said, the fess cheque in - the arms of the different branches of the Stewart family, and - a tuft of feathers, or sometimes, from economy or necessity, a - small piece of black bearskin. The arms were a musket, a bayonet, - and a large basket-hilted broadsword. These were furnished by - Government; such of the men as chose to supply themselves with - pistols and dirks were allowed to carry them, and targets after - the fashion of the country. The sword-belt was of black leather, - and the cartouch-box was carried in front, supported by a narrow - belt round the middle.”[5] - - “While the companies acted independently, each commander assumed - the tartan of his own Clan. When embodied, no clan having a - superior claim to offer an uniform plaid to the whole, and Lord - Crawford, the colonel, being a Lowlander, a new pattern was - assumed, and which has ever since been known as the 42d, or Black - Watch tartan, being distinct from all others.[6] Lord John Murray - gave the Athole tartan for the philibeg. The difference was only - a stripe of scarlet, to distinguish it from that of the belted - plaid. The pipers wore a red tartan of very bright colours, (of - the pattern known by the name of the Stewart or Royal Tartan), so - that they could be more clearly seen at a distance. When a band - of music was added, plaids of the pipers’ pattern were given to - them.”[7] - -Having given briefly the origin of the Regiment, we will pass to -the period which is the subject of our article. - -May, 1756, war having been formally declared between France and -England, a body of troops, the Highlanders forming a part, were -embarked under the command of Lieut. General James Abercrombie -and landed at New York, June, 1756. These were soon followed -by more troops under the Earl of Loudon who was appointed -Commander-in-Chief of the Army of America. - -The official name of the Regiment at this time was the 42d Regiment -of Foot, but they are often spoken of in dispatches simply as the -Highlanders, because they were the only Highland Regiment then -in this section, or as Lord John Murray’s Highlanders from the -custom of the times of calling a Regiment by the name of its -Honorary Colonel. The commander of the Black Watch at this time -was Lieut. Col. Francis Grant, son of the Laird of Grant, who had -served in the Regiment from the time he had received his commission -as Ensign, October 25, 1739. He was made Lieutenant Colonel -December 17, 1755 and was in command of the Regiment all through -the American campaign. The only other officer who had served -continuously from the formation of the Regiment in 1739 was Gordon -Graham of Drainie, who in 1756 was senior captain. - -The record of the Regiment from the landing in June, 1756, until -the battle of July, 1758, is exceedingly meagre. In fact nothing -of importance was done by the whole army. As one author puts it -“Loudon was so engrossed in schemes for improving the condition of -his men that he seemed to have no time for employing them against -the enemy.” The following extract from a letter from the Earl of -Loudon to William Pitt dated New York, March 10th, 1757, will -illustrate the method of quartering troops of that period. - - “In the end of your letter you have acquainted me, that words - shall be inserted, in the mutiny act to take away every doubt - about the Right of Quartering extending to America. - - When I writ on that subject, I was but just arrived, and the - troops were mostly encamped. Since that I have had disputes to - settle, all over this Continent, in settling the winter quarters - for the Troops from whence I find, that the manner of quartering - in England, as in time of peace, on Publick Houses only, will in - no shape answer the intent in this country, for there are few - Publick Houses and most of them sell nothing but spirits, where - they possess only one room in which they sell the liquor, where - men cannot be quartered. - - Whilst the war lasts, necessity will justify exceeding that - rule, as Troops must be under cover, in the places where it is - necessary to post them, for the security of the country and - carrying on the service, but as soon as a peace comes, it will, - by the English rule, be impossible to quarter any number of - Troops, in this country, without a new regulation, and the only - remedy that occurs to me at present, is adopting the method of - quartering in Scotland, where for the same reason of there not - being Publick Houses sufficient for the reception of Troops they - are by law quartered on private houses. - - I must beg leave to give you one instance of the situation of - quarters here. When I arrived at Albany, I do not believe it - was possible to have quartered Fifty men on that town, on all - the Publick Houses in it, and taking a full survey of it, I - found that by quartering on the Private Houses, I can, without - incommoding them, in the parts of their houses, in which they - live, quarter Fourteen Hundred men, and for a short time, in case - of necessity, I could quarter Two thousand. I have mentioned this - to show you what the situation of all the Frontier Places, in - this country that are liable to attacks, must be, if quartering - is likely to be kept to, on Publick Houses only. - - On the 10th instant arrived the Harriet Packet which brought me - the duplicates of your letters of the 9th and 11th of January, - and the next day came in here His Majesty’s ship the Hampshire - commanded by Captain Norbury, having under his convoy the nine - additional companies of the Highlanders,[8] who had a passage - of twelve weeks from Cork, and met with very bad weather; of - this convoy there were missing on his arrival in this Port, - the Arundal and Salisbury Transports. The last we have, since, - accounts of her getting into Rhode Island. - - The Troops being sickly, I have cantooned them in villages - adjacent to this Port, for the sake of fresh provisions and - vegetables.” - -In the published histories of the time it is stated that the - - “42d remained inactive in or near Albany during 1756 and that - throughout the winter and spring of the following year the men - were drilled and disciplined for bush fighting and markmanship, a - species of warfare for which they were well fitted, being for the - most part good shots and experts in the management of arms.” - -From the following letters found in the Public Record Office in -London the quarters for the winter of 1756-7 were probably at -Schenectady. Extract from letter from Loudon to Pitt, New York, -25th April, 1757, - - “The Highlanders were set in motion from Schenectady * * * they - marched without tents and lay in the woods upon the snow making - great fires and I do not find the troops have suffered * * * We - have on that River (Mohawk) at Schenectady and up to the German - Flats, the Highland Regiment upwards of a thousand men,” etc. - -The second letter reads as follows, and while it is chiefly of -interest in this connection because it is dated from Schenectady, -it also illustrates the custom of selling commissions: - - Schenectady, April 24, 1757. - - Francis Grant, Lt. Col. 42d Regiment. - - Sir:-- - - I am convinced from several things that have happened me since I - have been in the Regiment that my continuing to serve any longer - in it would be disagreeable to the whole corps of officers and - being likewise sensible of my own unfitness for a military life - I have resolved to quit the Army as soon as I can obtain leave - to resign my commission. But as I have nothing else in the world - to depend upon and finding myself at present at a distance from - my family and friends or anyone whom I can depend on for advice, - interest or assistance and having frequently experienced your - goodness and favor, I have made bold to apply to you that you - would be pleased to intercede with his Excellency the Earl of - Loudon, in my behalf that His Lordship in consideration of my - distressed situation and circumstances might be moved to give me - leave to resign in favor of some person that would be willing to - allow me wherewithal to support me till I can settle and apply to - some other way of life. - - In doing me this favor you’ll forever oblige, Sir, - Your respectful and gratefully obed’t hum. serv’t, - George Maclagan, Ens. - - P. S.--If it is agreeable to your Lordship I am willing to pay - fifty pound Sterling for Mr. Peter Grant Voluntier. - - Francis Grant, Lt. Col. 42d. Regt.” - -With these two dispatches from the British War Office as a clew I -have tried to learn more about the winter quarters of the Black -Watch and have looked through the Colonial manuscript in the New -York State Library,[9] the Records of the City of Albany and the -published works of the period but so far without success. I have -been unable to find any Schenectady records of this period. It -seems that a valuable collection of Glen-Sanders papers from the -old Mansion across the Mohawk from Schenectady was recently sold -and I have been told that in these there were several references -to officers of the Black Watch. As the Glens[10] were Scots -it would be quite likely that if this collection were not now -scattered to the four winds much information about the Highlanders -could be obtained. It is said that Schenectady was only a frontier -village in 1756 and not large enough to take care of a regiment -and it seems to be a fact from the reference given above that only -a part of the thousand men were stationed here as it states that -the Regiment was stretched along the Mohawk from Schenectady to -the German Flats, but that it was a station for troops is proven -by the list in the Public Record Office of the winter quarters for -the troops in America for 1758, which states that the Black Watch -was quartered in New York and Lt. General Murray’s at Schenectady. -There is in the Public Record Office no list of winter quarters of -the troops in America previous to 1758.[11] - -It appears, however, from the Town Records of Stamford, Conn., -that a committee representing that town made a claim on the -“General Court” of the Colony of Connecticut to reimburse them -for £369-13-4½ which the town had expended “in taking care of -the Highlanders from November 30, 1757, to March 30, 1758. The -soldiers numbered 250 officers and men and they had also belonging -to them 17 women and 9 children.” They were probably part of the -Black Watch. The only other Highland regiments of that time were -Montgomery’s and Fraser’s, both raised in 1757 and their arrival -at New York from Halifax is noted in the “Post Boy” of April 11, -1757. This town record also further illustrates the custom of that -time as previously stated and as an officer of the present Regiment -aptly puts it, “they took not only their mess plate but their wives -also, on service with them, and sometimes lost both.” - -[Illustration: Copy of an old Engraving showing the method of -wearing the Belted Plaid - - Drawn from the ... by Jn^n Sebastian Müller. Published Apr ... 1746. - Engraved by J. S. Müller. - - An Highlander standing Centry, another walking, - both of them with their Cloaks gather’d ... the left Shoulder. - - Two Highlanders with their Cloaks over their - Shoulders as in rainy weather.] - -This 250 at Stamford would only be a quarter of the Regiment, -however, if Loudon had upwards of a thousand at or near Schenectady -the winter before and it is probable that the rest were quartered -at or near Schenectady as in 1756. - -Another statement that I have tried to confirm is the account by -James Grant in his “Legends of the Black Watch” of the 50 chosen -men under orders of MacGillivray of Glen Arrow, who went to -reinforce Col. Munro at Fort William Henry. It is also said in a -foot note of Wilson’s Orderly Book that Capt. Gordon Graham was -at Fort William Henry at the time of the surrender, and this is -repeated in N. Y. Colonial Mss. by O’Callaghan, page 728, Vol. 10, -but I have not been able to find any other reference that would -substantiate these statements. - -The only time the 42d emerges from the haze of mystery from June, -1756, to the spring of 1758, is that they were a part of Loudon’s -expedition against Louisbourg in 1757, and this was more a summer -vacation than an act of war. - -If the English could have attacked Louisbourg in the spring -or early summer, success would have been certain but Loudon -couldn’t seem to get started. As a messenger from the Governor of -Pennsylvania, who had waited in vain for a reply to a message, -said about him he was like “St. George on a tavern sign, always on -horse back and never riding on.” The expedition did not start from -New York until June 20th and entered Halifax harbor the 30th. Even -after this delay he was there before Admiral Holbourne, who did not -arrive from England with his fleet of 15 ships-of-the-line and 3 -frigates, with 5,000 troops until July 10th. Then there was more -delay, the 12,000 troops were landed and weeks spent in drilling -and planting vegetables for their refreshment. Lord Charles Hay was -put under arrest for saying that the “nation’s money was spent in -sham battles and raising cabbages.” The troops were embarked again, -but Aug. 4th a sloop came from Newfoundland bringing news of the -arrival of three French squadrons at Louisbourg and as an attack -after this reinforcement would be hopeless, the costly enterprise -was abandoned and Loudon and the troops sailed back to New York -where he arrived Aug. 31st. Delay was the ruin of the Louisbourg -expedition and drew off British forces from the frontier where they -were most needed. - -The troops were started immediately up the Hudson as soon as -they were landed at New York but Fort William Henry had already -been captured Aug. 9th and the French forces had fallen back to -Ticonderoga. - -The spring of 1758 opened up with bright prospects. Lord Loudon had -been recalled and General Abercrombie, with the able assistance -of Lord Howe, was in command. Admiral Boscowen was appointed to -command the fleet and Major-General Amherst and Brigadier-Generals -Wolfe, Townsend and Murray were added to the military staff. Three -expeditions were proposed for this year, Louisbourg, Ticonderoga -and Crown Point, and Fort DuQuesne. The army in America had -been largely reinforced during the winter and spring. Of these -reinforcements the 42d was strengthened by three additional -companies and recruits bringing the Regiment up to about 1,300 men. - -As we have considerable information about these three companies -through the Atholl Records, it will be interesting to turn back -and follow them from the start to the beginning of the Ticonderoga -campaign. The first item and one of interest because it shows -the method of raising companies in those days, is a letter from -the Duke of Argyll to the Duke of Atholl, dated London, July 9, -1757.[12] - - “My Lord:--This is to acquaint your Grace that there is to be - 3 additional Companies raised for Lord John Murray’s Regiment. - I believe the nomination of the officers will be left to me - and consequently to Your Grace; there will be 3 captains, 6 - lieutenants and 3 ensigns and 100 men each company. The raising - the men will be the merit of those who shall desire to be - officers and if any can be found who have served in Holland, so - much the better. Your Grace will have your thought on this but - don’t promise anybody till you let me hear from you. I shall - speak to Lord John but I will bid him consult you and will - plainly tell him that the commissions must all be given gratis. - The other two Highland Regiments will likewise have the same - addition made to them. - - I am with the greatest truth and respect, My Lord, Yr Gr’s most - faithful and obt. h’ble Servant, Argyll.” - -By the Duke of Atholl’s recommendation the three companies were -given to James Stewart of Urrard; James Murray, nephew of the Duke -of Atholl and son of Lord George Murray; and Thomas Stirling of -Ardoch. Three of the new subalterns were from the Atholl estate, -namely Lieut. Alexander Menzies and Ensigns Duncan Stewart, son -of Derculich, and George Rattray, son of Dalralzion. The three -companies were mustered in October and marched from Perth to -Glasgow, where they remained until November 15, when they marched -to Greenock and embarked December 1st in transports for Cork en -route to America. - -April 22, 1758, Capt. James Murray wrote from New York to Mr. -Murray of Strowan announcing his safe arrival after a voyage -of eleven weeks from Cork. The joys of a voyage in those times -when it could take ten days to sail from Scotland to Ireland, is -illustrated by a letter from Capt. Murray, dated Youghall, 11 Dec., -1757.[13] - - My dear Brother:--This is to let you know that I am just now - in good health and safely arrived here with my company. My - transport, together with the other five, set sail on the 1st - cur’t in the evening along with the Convoy; we had a fair wind - and good weather until Sunday, early in the morning (when we - were past Waterfort in our way to Corck) about eight, there came - on one of the most prodigeous storms that the sailors said they - had never seen the like before. About two in the afternoon we - lost sight of the Convoy and all the transports and have not yet - any sure accounts whether they have got all safe into harbours - or not. But since I came here I hear that there was five or six - ships lost on the Coast that day. The storm abated somewhat - Monday morning but it continued bad weather until Friday evening, - during which time we were often in risk of our lives especially - twice, once being within two yards of a great rock and the other - time when we were on two fathom water going on a sandbank. - - During all that time we were near several harbours, such as - Doublin, Waterfort, Corck and others but all without success. - Saturday and this day we had good weather by which means we got - into harbour. - - Your most aff’te brother, - James Murray. - - -From November until April seems a long voyage from Scotland to -America even in those days of primitive navigation, but another of -the three additional companies was blown into Antigua and did not -arrive at New York until June. - -With the activities of the preparations for the Ticonderoga -campaign a number of dispatches were sent to the Home Government -and it is possible to follow more closely the fortunes of the Black -Watch. - -The addition of these three companies raised the Regiment to 1,300 -men, and we find among the official documents a petition from Capt. -Gordon Graham, endorsed by Lt. Col. Grant and General Abercrombie, -asking to be made Major in addition to Major Duncan Campbell, as -follows:[14] - - To His Excellency James Abercromby, Esq., General and Commander - in Chief of all His Majesty’s forces in North America, etc., - etc., etc. - - The Memorial of Gordon Graham, eldest Captain in His Majesty’s - 42nd Regiment of Foot in North America. - - Humbly sheweth - - That your memorialist hath had the honour to serve His Majesty - upwards of twenty-five years, twelve of which as Captain in the - above Regiment and is now eldest in that Rank. - - That he hath served in Flanders and elsewhere during all the last - war, some part of which he was employed as Major of Brigade, - and had a commission as such from General St. Clair, on the - expedition under his command in the year 1746. - - May it therefore please your Excellency to lay his case before - His Majesty that he in his great wisdom may be graciously pleased - to promote him to the Rank of Major when an opportunity offers, - all which is humbly submitted. - - To His Excellency, James Abercromby, Esqr., General and Commander - in Chief of all his Majesty’s forces in North America, etc., - etc., etc. - - The Memorial of Colonel Francis Grant, Commanding his Majesty’s - 42nd Regiment of Foot. - - Humbly sheweth - - That his Majesty having thought proper to augment the said - Regiment to 1,300 men by adding three additional companies to it, - and such a body of men being too numerous to be exercised and - disciplined by one Major only, your memorialist humbly conceives, - that it would be for the good of his Majesty’s service to have - another Major added, as has been already done to the other two - Highland Battalions commanded by the Colonels Montgomery and - Fraser. - - May it therefore please your Excellency to lay this matter before - His Majesty that he in his great wisdom may be graciously pleased - to give such directions thereupon as shall be thought necessary, - all which is humbly submitted. - - Colo. Grant, commanding His Majesty’s 42nd Regiment, and Mr. - Gordon Graham, a Captain in the same, having each of them - presented me with a memorial, the contents of which I know to - be true, I herewith transmit them to your Lordship, to be laid - before the King, and to know His Royal Pleasure therein. - -Extract from a letter signed James Abercromby to the Right Hon. -Lord Viscount Barrington, dated New York, Apr. 28, 1758. - -As will be seen later Capt. Graham became Major before hearing from -the King. - -The next dispatch which is of interest and which makes changes -in the list of Commissioned Officers is as follows: Extract from -letter signed by James Abercromby to the Right Honorable the Lord -Viscount Barrington, dated Albany, May 27, 1758.[15] - - “In the list of the Commissions which I had the honour to - transmit to your Lordship, by my last letter, you will have - observed two vacancies in the 42nd Regiment, occasioned by the - removal of Sir James Cockburn into the 48th which could not be - filled up at the time my letter went away, as the gentlemen, - whom it was proposed should purchase those vacancies were - then at Albany,[16] and their answer not arrived; since that - the Lieutenancy has been made out in the name of Mr. Patrick - Balnevas, and bears date the 1st of April; and Mr. Elbert Hering - succeeds to the Ensigncy, dated the 3rd of the same month.” - -Then we have the dispatch just before the battle from Abercrombie -to Pitt, dated Camp at Lake George, June 29, 1758, saying: - - “Arrived Fort Edward on the 9th, where Lord Howe was encamped - with the 42nd, 44th, and 55th Regiments and 4 companies of - Rangers. Remainder of Regulars were at posts below on Hudson - River and were working up the stores, etc. On the 17th Lord Howe - marched to the Brook, half way between Fort Edward and the Lake - with the 42nd, 44th, and 55th. This Half-way Brook was judged a - proper post for the first Deposit in a Portage of 15 miles.[17] - After the carriages had made several trips Lord Howe advanced to - the Lake with the 42nd, 44th, and 55th.” - -Attached to this letter is a report of troops at Lake George, June -29, 1758, and the roll of the 42nd was as follows: - - “10 companies, 1 Lt. Colonel, 1 Major, 8 Captains, 18 - Lieutenants, 7 Ensigns, 1 Chaplain, 1 Adjutant, 1 QuarterMaster, - 1 Surgeon, 2 Mates, 40 Sergeants, 18 Drummers; Rank and File--981 - fit for duty, 11 sick present, 6 in general hospital, 2 on - command, 1,000 total. 1 drummer and 40 rank and file wanting to - complete.” - -We find the solution of why there were only 1,000 of the Black -Watch with the Ticonderoga expedition when its strength was known -to be 1,300 at that time, in another extract of the Report of -June 29th from Abercrombie to Pitt: “I have left two additional -Companies of Lord John Murray’s to garrison Fort Edward. The -other additional company of the 42nd which was blown into Antego -(Antigua), I hear is arrived at New York, which I have ordered up -to Albany.” - -This is confirmed in more detail in a letter from Sir Robert -Menzies to Mr. Murray of Strowan, dated Rannock, 6th Sept., 1758, -in which is an extract from a letter received by Menzies from -“Jamie Stewart.”[18] - - “That, after the additional Companies arrived in Fort Edward, the - best men were picked out to compleat the Regiment in place of the - sick and old men that were put in their place. That, as Capt. - Reid was left behind sick at Albany, Capt. Murray was appointed - to his company and Reid to the additionals, as Capt. Abercrombie - was to Capt. Murray’s Company. That the additional companies, - with Captains Sterling, Reid, and Abercrombie, etc., were left - at Fort Edward, where they had nothing to do but to garrison the - Fort and divert themselves.” - -Everything is now in readiness for the attack on Ticonderoga and -an army of six thousand three hundred seventy-seven regulars and -nine thousand thirty-four provincials (Abercrombie to Pitt July 12, -1758) embarked at Lake George early on the morning of July 5th. -There were nine hundred batteaux, a hundred and thirty-five whale -boats and a large number of heavy flatboats carrying the artillery -and from front to rear the line was six miles long. - -[Illustration: --Courtesy Glens Falls Insurance Co. - -The Embarkation of Abercrombie’s Army at Lake George, July 5, -1758] - -Parkman in his “Montcalm and Wolfe” paints the scene as follows: - - “The spectacle was superb; the brightness of the summer day; - the romantic beauty of the scenery; the sheen and sparkle of - those crystal waters; the countless islets, tufted with pine, - birch, and fir; the bordering mountains, with their green summits - and sunny crags; the flash of oars and glitter of weapons; the - banners, the varied uniforms, and the notes of bugle, trumpet, - bag-pipe, and drum, answered and prolonged by a hundred woodland - echoes. ‘I never beheld so delightful a prospect,’ wrote a - wounded officer at Albany a fortnight after. - - “Rogers with the Rangers, and Gage with the light infantry, led - the way in whaleboats, followed by Bradstreet with his corps of - boatman, armed and drilled as soldiers. Then came the main body. - The central column of regulars was commanded by Lord Howe, his - own regiment, the fifty-fifth, in the van, followed by the Royal - Americans, the twenty-seventh, forty-fourth, forty-sixth, and - eightieth infantry, and the Highlanders of the forty-second, with - their major, Duncan Campbell of Inverawe, silent and gloomy amid - the general cheer, for his soul was dark with foreshadowings of - death. With this central column came what are described as two - floating castles, which were no doubt batteries to cover the - landing of the troops. On the right hand and the left were the - provincials, uniformed in blue, regiment after regiment, from - Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode - Island. Behind them all came the batteaux, loaded with stores - and baggage, and the heavy flatboats that carried the artillery, - while a rear-guard of provincials and regulars closed the long - procession.” - -It will be unnecessary to go into the details of this disastrous -campaign as it is not only well known to most of you but three -papers bearing on the subject will be read at this meeting.[19] -Briefly the army landed at the foot of Lake George the morning of -the 6th and the afternoon of the same day Lord Howe at the head of -a Ticonderoga party was killed at the outlet of Trout Brook. This -is the beginning of the end as Lord Howe was the real head of the -army. Abercrombie took until the eighth to make up his mind what -to do and this interim gave the French time to build the fatal -breastworks across the ridge about one-half mile west of the Fort -and enabled Lévis to arrive with reinforcements. - -As the breastworks play a most important part in the Battle it -will perhaps be well to again quote from Parkman who gives a most -comprehensive description. - - “The trees that covered the ground were hewn down by thousands, - the tops lopped off, and the trunks piled one upon another to - form a massive breastwork. The line followed the top of the - ridge, along which it zigzagged in such a manner that the whole - front could be swept by flank-fires of musketry and grape. It - was so high that nothing could be seen over it but the crowns of - the soldiers’ hats. The upper tier was formed of single logs, in - which notches were cut to serve as loopholes; and in some places - sods and bags of sand were piled along the top, with narrow - spaces to fire through. From the central part of the line the - ground sloped away like a natural glacis; while at the sides, - and especially on the left, it was undulating and broken. Over - this whole space, to the distance of a musket-shot from the - works, the forest was cut down, and the trees left lying where - they fell among the stumps, with tops turned outwards, forming - one vast abattis, which, as a Massachusetts officer says, looked - like a forest laid flat by a hurricane. But the most formidable - obstruction was immediately along the front of the breastworks, - where the ground was covered with heavy boughs, overlapping and - interlaced, with sharpened points bristling into the face of the - assailant like the quills of a porcupine. As these works were all - of wood, no vestige of them remains. The earth-works now shown - to tourists as the lines of Montcalm were begun four days after - the battle to replace the log breastwork; and though on the same - ground are not on the same plan.” - -Behind these breastworks the battalions of LaSarre and Languedoc -were posted on the left under Bourlamaque, the first battalion of -Berry with that of Royal Roussillon in the center under Montcalm -and those of LaReine, Béarn and Guienne on the right under Lévis. -A detachment of volunteers occupied the low grounds between the -breastworks and the outlet of Lake George and on the side toward -Lake Champlain were stationed 450 regulars and Canadians, about -3,600 in all. - -It is always easy to criticise an event after it has occurred, but -the result certainly shows that Abercrombie could not have planned -his campaign more to the advantage of the French. He first gave -them time to build those formidable breastworks and then instead -of choosing any one of half a dozen plans which would have brought -victory, he decided to throw his army unsupported by artillery, -which was still at Lake George, at the strongest part of the -French position, he himself staying in safety at the saw mill -(about which we heard this afternoon in the able paper read by Mr. -Delano at the unveiling of the tablet) a mile and a half in the -rear of his army.[20] - -The sad result is too well known to dwell on and we pass at once -to the part played by the Black Watch. They, with the 55th were to -have formed the reserve but impatient at being left in the rear -the Highlanders could not be restrained and were soon in the front -endeavoring to cut their way through the fallen trees with their -broadswords. Captain John Campbell, who was one of the two soldiers -presented to George II in 1743, with a few men, were the only ones -to force their way over the breastworks and they were instantly -dispatched with the bayonet. - -Lieut. William Grant of the Regiment writes as follows: - - “The attack began a little past one in the afternoon and about - two the fire became general on both sides. It was exceedingly - heavy and without intercession insomuch as the oldest soldier - never saw so furious and incessant a fire. The fire at Fontenoy - was nothing to it. I saw both.” - -An officer of the 55th regiment, of which Lord Howe had been the -commander, wrote as follows: - - “With a mixture of esteem, grief and envy, I am penetrated by - the great loss and immortal glory acquired by the Highlanders - engaged in the late bloody affair. Impatient for the fray, they - rushed forward to the entrenchments which many of them actually - mounted, their intrepidity was rather animated than dampened by - witnessing their comrades fall on every side. They seemed more - anxious to avenge the fate of their deceased friends than to - avoid a like death. In their co-operation we trust soon to give a - good account of the enemy and of ourselves. There is much harmony - and friendship between the two regiments.” - -Even the French were impressed with the valor of the Black Watch as -Garneau writes in L’Histoire du Canada.[21] - - “The Highlanders above all, under Lord John Murray, covered - themselves with glory. They formed the head of the troops - confronting the Canadians, their light and picturesque costume - distinguishing them from all other soldiers amid the flame and - smoke. This corps lost half of its men and 25 of its officers - were killed or severely wounded.” - -Lossing writes, - - “The whole army seemed envious to excell but the Scotch Highland - Regiment of Lord John Murray was foremost in the conflict and - suffered the severest loss.”[22] - -The following letters from Captain Allan Campbell are of interest: - - Camp at Lake George, 11th July, 1758. - - Dr. Broyr.,--The 8th of this month we had a hot brush at the - lines of Ticonderoga where we lost a considerable number of - men and officers. The officers of your acquentance wounded are - Major Campbell and his son. Both in their arms, and I hope - will do well. Captain Stratchur slightly in the breast, Ltt. - Archd. Campbell Sheriff Badly in the Breast, Lt. John Campbell - Glendaruel slightly in the arm, Capt. Ltt. John Campbell Duneaves - killed, Ltt. Hugh Macpherson ditto, Capt. Graham, Duchra, and - Broyr. Both wounded slightly and several other offrs. of the - Regt, but not of your acquentance are killed and wounded. - - Our Regt, acquired great glory by their good behaviour of both - men and officers, tho’ we were unsuccessfull. I have the pleasure - to aquent you that both my nephew George and I eskeaped without a - scratch, tho’ both in the heat of the action. George is a pritty - Lad: he’s now a Ltt. in Coll. Gages Regt, of Lt. Infantry. Your - son the Major was well about 2 months ago at Philadelphia. We are - now at the end of Lake George Encampt. I have told you now all - the news that can occurr to me or that I have time to write you, - and I thought it my duty to acquent you and my other Broyrs. of - my being well after a smart action. I have no time to write you - more being excessively hurried having no Body to assist me in the - affairs of my Company having my three Ltts. killed or wounded - viz. Ltt. Balie killed and Ltts. Archd. Campbell and William - Grant wounded. I’ll write you very fully in my nixt. My best - wishes to my sister, to your family and all our friends, and I am - Dr. Bryr, your most affec. and Lov. Broyr, while - - Allan Campbell. - - - New York, 6th January 1759. - - Dr. Brother,--I writt you the 11th July in a great hurry after - our retreat from Ticonderoga to let you know of mine and George’s - welfair, after that unlucky afair, where severall of our friends - and a great many worthy Fellows suffer’d. Our Regt, lost more - than any other Corps at the attack of the Lines. We have had - killed and wounded since the beginning of the Campaign 520 - (officers included) of which about 300 were left dead on the - field or have dyed of their wounds, and of 37 officers that were - present with the Regt. that day 11 only came off unhurt, of which - number I was lucky enough to be one. - - You would certainly hear before now of poor Major Campbell - Inveraw’s death, he liv’d about a fortnight after he receiv’d his - wound, the Doctors thought it necessary that his arm should be - cut off, and he dyed soon after the operation at Fort Edward, all - the rest of our wounded officers are quite recover’d except his - son, Sandy, Jock Campbell Glendaruel, and Archie Shirreff, but - they are out of all danger, only their cure will be tedious. - - Poor George had a narrow escape the day we landed at the French - end of the Lake, having had a scratch along the face with a - musquet Ball. He was in a smart little action that happen’d in - the woods a mounth afterwards between a detachment of 500 of our - army under the command of Major Rogers and much the same number - of Indians French and Canadians, where the latter were repulsed - with the loss of 100 men, and I assure you his behaviour at that - affair was much aplauded by his Broyr. officers on their return - to the Army. - - He’s now second oldest Lieut, in General Gage’s Regt. of light - arm’d infantry, for which he’s obliged to the late Major - Campbell, Inveraw; and as they talk at present of agmenting that - corps, he’ll have a good chance of getting Higher up, and in any - event he’s better off by being so High in that Regt. as they are - now an Establish’d Corps, than if he had staid in ours, where he - could be but a young Lieut. His Coll, has a great regard for him, - and very Deservedly for he’s a lad of good morals, a good spirit, - and very fit for his Business. He has acted as Adjutant to that - Regt. since July last, by which he has nothing yet but Troble, - there being no Adjutant allow’d, and that his Collonel means it - for him; if he’s lucky enough to get that, I think he’s very well - provided for for the time he has served. - - I have advanc’d him Twenty Guineas for which he gave me a Bill - on you. I hope you’ll not Disaprove of my conduct for doing it, - nor blame him for running so much short, when I explain to you - the cause of it; its trew he came over very well Riged out, - but his changing Corps put him under a necessity of Buying new - Regimentals, as these Differ in Colours from the rest of the - Army, being Brown, besides his expense must be greater upon his - first comming in among Strangers, and he had the misfortune of - being sent a recruiting last winter, which really is a misfortune - to an officer in this Country unless he is very carfull and - happens to be successful, and I belive George lost by it. This I - ashure you is truth, and when you consider it was owing to these - accidents, that he could not possibly guard against, I am hopfull - you’l easily forgive him. I was likewise oblig’d to advance our - Unkle Corries’ son, Colin, Twenty two Pounds eighteen shillings - and tenpence or he must have gone naked, having lost all his - things at Fort William Henry. I have sent both Bills to Brother - Robert. George and Colin are sent this winter a Recruiting to - Pensilvania. - - I had a letter dated the 30 Novr. from my nephew, the Major, from - where Fort du Quesne stood, he was then very well. I expect dayly - to hear from him, he’s had as troublesome and Fatigueing Campaign - of it, as ever any Body had, our Army has been above a Month in - Winter Quarters befor thers got to Fort du Quesne, which the - French burnt upon ther near aproach, and an immense long march - they have to get back to Philadelphia, wher ther Regt, is to be - Quarter’s this winter, and where I intend to go and see him, when - I hear of ther arrival, its about 100 miles from this place that - our Regt, is now quartere’d in. - - We long much for a Pacquet here having no news from Europe for - some months, I take the opportunity of writing you now by the - Kennington Man of War that carries home General Abercrombie. * * * - - There is no News here at Present. All our Friends in this Country - are Well. Remember my best wishes to my Sister, and the rest - of your Family whom may God Almighty bless and I ever am, Dr. - Brother, your affec. and Lov. Broyr. - - Allan Campbell.[23] - - -I also give in full the letter written by Capt. James Murray to his -brother, Mr. Murray of Strowan, dated Albany, July 19, 1758, as -his description of the country and the events during and after the -battle lend color to the picture.[24] - - My Dear Brother:--The last letter I wrote you was dated from Fort - Edward camp about 18th June. We proceeded on to Lake George where - Fort William Henry formerly stood which was taken and destroyed - by the French last year, where we remained until the 5th curt. - and then the whole army embarked on the lake in batteaux that - hold 23 men with a month’s provisions all the artillery stores - was likewise embarked, and everything else belonging to an army. - We were divided into brigades. There was in all about 5,000 - regulars and 12,000 provincials. We had also light infantry and - rangers who had whale-boats which are the lightest and best going - boats that can be made. We put off about 8 and got fairly into - the lake which I took to be about 20 miles long and not above two - miles at the broadest part of it. There are several small islands - which are quite covered with wood and all around the lake is - very hilly and quite covered with woods, as the most part of the - country is, at least what I have seen on’t. - - This lake abounds in fine trout the meat of which is red, pearch, - suckers and several other sorts of fish. There is also plenty - of beavers. On the side of the lake there is plenty of deer but - I have not seen any since I came to the country. Sometimes when - I have been out on command I have killed rattle snakes about - four feet long and as thick as the small of one’s leg, with 18 - rattles, which altogether might be about four inches long. They - say some have twenty or more. They have both teeth and a sting. - The rattles being at the tail makes them that they can stand up - on end and spring a short way at one. When touched they make - a great noise with their rattles. Their bite is not so bad as - called for it can be easily cured with oil or salt. They smell - exactly like a goat, rather ranker if possible before they are - seized but afterwards have almost no smell at all. They make the - richest and best soup that can be which I eat of and like much. - The meat is but insipid. - - The 6th we disembarked at the lower end of the lake. In the - morning out light infantry and rangers had some skirmishing with - the French pickets. Lord Howe was killed at the second shot and - he is very much regretted. There was taken that day about 150 - prisoners, five of whom were officers. They had a great many - killed so that very few of their pickets escaped which consisted - in all of about 350. - - The next day being the 7th, we were making preparations to invest - a fort called Theenderora which is five miles from Lake George - and is situate on a neck of land that runs into Lake Champlain. - As to the dimensions of that lake I can’t say, and marched - within a mile and half of it that evening. The next morning the - light infantry made the French sentries and small posts retire to - their entrenchments for the French had an encampment about half - a cannon shot before their fort, and were entrenched after the - following manner: They had large cut trees one laid above another - a man’s height and in the outside there was brush and logs for - about 15 paces from it which made it impossible to force their - breastworks without cannon which we had not taken up that length - as then. They were also under cover of the fort or if we could - beat them out of their trenches, they could have retired pretty - safely. - - Between one and two we marched up and attacked the trenches - and got within twenty paces of them and had as hot a fire for - about three hours as possibly could be, we all the time seeing - but their hats and the end of their muskets. About half an hour - before we were obliged to retire I received a shot through my - thigh after which I stayed a few minutes but finding if I stayed - any longer my thigh would turn stiff and losing a great deal of - blood I with help got into the road and that evening with Capt. - Gordon Graham, our paymaster, got into a whaleboat and against - the next morning got to the upper end of Lake George and was - transported down here. I am confined to my bed but the surgeons - say my wound looks as well as can be expected, nor is there any - sort of danger in it as it has only grazed the bone, so I shall - be well soon again. I am in perfect good health, have a good - appetite and sleep tolerably well. - - Our regiment has suffered much. There was the captain, lieutenant - and six subalterns killed on the spot and since the major and - the lieutenant have died of their wounds. The colonel, four - captains, and twelve subalterns are wounded. 180 men killed - and 280 wounded. None of the other regiments’ losses were near - so great. Capt. Stewart was not touched, Capt. Sterling nor - Farquharson were not there so are well, but Lieut. Farquharson’s - younger brother was killed. Lieut. David Mills, my lieutenant, - is not ill wounded and is pretty well, so if you would inform - his father-in-law, Mr. Hamilton, of Hutcheson, who stays near - Glasgow, you would oblige me. Neil Stewart at Perth knows him. - - I received a letter from Lord John 15th May letting me know you - are all well which gave me a great deal of pleasure but it would - much more so to hear from some of you for it is very long since I - had that satisfaction, the last being at Ireland, for Lord John - wrote me no particulars. - - Offer my humble duty to my dear mother and elsewhere due and best - love to dear Lady Charlotte, Lady Sinclair, George, Charlotte and - Invercauld, and my best blessing attend all the young ones. My - kind compliments to Shusy Moray and tell her I had her hair about - my neck when I received my wound which might have probably gone - to my heart if it had not been wounded already. - - I am ever your most effectionate brother, - - James Murray. - - -Thus had the army which landed so proudly two days before been -disastrously repulsed, with a loss in killed and wounded and -missing of nineteen hundred and forty-four officers and men. In his -report of July 12, 1758, Abercrombie gives the casualty of the 42nd -as follows: - - “Killed--Capt. Lt. John Campbell; Lts. George Farquharson, Hugh - McPherson, William Bailey, John Sutherland; Ensigns Peter Stewart - and George Rattray. - - Wounded--Major Duncan Campbell; Captains Gordon Graham, Thomas - Graeme, John Campbell, James Stewart, James Murray; Lieutenants - William Grant, Robert Gray, John Campbell, James Grant, John - Graham, Alexander Campbell, Alexander McIntosh, Archibald - Campbell, David Mill,[25] Patrick Balnevis; Ensigns John Smith - and Peter Grant. - - Summary--1 major wounded, captains 1 killed, 4 wounded; - lieutenants 4 killed, 11 wounded; ensigns 2 killed, 2 wounded; - adjutants 1 wounded; quarter master 1 wounded; sergeants 6 - killed, 13 wounded, rank and file 190 killed, 265 wounded.” - -Stewart of Garth writes as follows: - - “Of these the 42nd regiment had 8 officers, 9 serjeants, and - 297 men killed, and 17 officers, 10 serjeants, and 306 soldiers - wounded. The officers were, Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe, - Captain John Campbell, Lieutenants George Farquharson, Hugh - McPherson, William Baillie, and John Sutherland; Ensigns Patrick - Stewart of Bonskied and George Rattray killed; Captains Gordon - Graham, Thomas Graham of Duchray, John Campbell of Strachur, - James Stewart of Urrad, James Murray (afterward General); - Lieutenants James Grant, Robert Gray, John Campbell, William - Grant, John Graham, brother of Duchray, Alexander Campbell, - Alexander Mackintosh, Archibald Campbell, David Miller, Patrick - Balneaves; and Ensigns John Smith and Peter Grant, wounded.” - -Capt. James Murray writes from Albany 17th August, 1758:[26] - - “As I observed in my last, our regiment has suffered greatly. The - Major has since died of his wounds, Sandy Farquharson has got - his lieutenancy by seniority which one would not have thought - that the youngest ensign of the additionals would have been so - soon a lieutenant. I am recovering pretty well and can walk about - although I am much pained in my knee but hope will be able to - soon joint the regiment.” - -Capt. James Stewart writes 14th July from Lake George:[27] - - “That all the Captains were wounded, less or more, excepting - Captains McNeil and Allan Campbell, that Major Campbell got his - right arm wounded, but not dangerous and his son, Lieutenant - Alexander Campbell had his arm broke betwixt the elbow and - shoulder, but he was in a good way.” - -Parkman states that Lt. Alexander Campbell was severely wounded but -reached Scotland alive and died in Glasgow.[28] - -Abercrombie reports to Pitt from Lake George, Aug. 19, 1758; - - “Major Duncan Campbell of the 42nd who was wounded in the arm at - the battle on the 8th was obliged to have it cut off and died - soon thereafter.”[29] - -It would seem therefore that the wounds of Major Campbell and his -son were not necessarily fatal and that modern surgery would have -cured them. The following however, taken from Garneau’s L’Histoire -du Canada might explain the unexpected mortality. “Scarcely any of -the wounded Highlanders ever recovered and even those sent home as -invalids; their sores cankered, owing to the broken glass, ragged -bits of metal, etc., used by the Canadians instead of shot.”[30] - -Or this extract from letter of Brig. General James Wolfe to Lord -George Sackville: - - Halifax 24″ May 1758. - - “Some of the Regiments of this Army have 300 or 400 men eat up - with the Scurvey. All of them that are wounded or hurt by any - accident run great risks of their lives from the corrupted state - of the blood. - - “The curious part of the barbarity is that the scoundrels - of Contractors can afford the fresh meat in many places and - circumstances as cheap as the salt.” - -[Illustration: Original headstone at Grave of Major Duncan Campbell -of Inverawe. - -(Jane McCrea lot in Union Cemetery, between Fort Edward and Hudson -Falls.)] - -Abercrombie states in his report of July 12, 1758, - - “I sent the wounded officers and the men that could be moved to - Fort Edward and Albany.” - -Major Campbell was sent to Fort Edward and upon his death nine days -after the battle he was buried in the family lot of the Gilchrists, -in the old cemetery at Fort Edward. The body was moved to the -Gilchrist lot in the new Union cemetery between Sandy Hill and Fort -Edward in 1871, and in 1920 was moved again to the Jane McCrea lot -in the same cemetery. The original stone may still be seen and -bears the inscription: “Here Lyes the body of Duncan Campbell of -Inversaw, Esqr Major to The old Highland Regt. Aged 55 Years. Who -died The 17th July, 1758, of wounds he received in the attack of -the retrenchments of Ticonderoga or Carillon, 8th July, 1758.” - -Stewart of Garth says, - - “The old Highland Regiment having suffered so severely * * * they - were not employed again that year.” - -In the N. Y. Colonial Records, however, we find that some regulars -of the 42nd and 6th Regts. amounting to 155 men (probably one -company of each) were with Bradstreet in his exposition against -Fort Frontenac.[31] - -In Abercrombie’s report of Aug. 19, 1758, he states that part of -the additional companies of the 42nd were sent to reinforce Brig. -General Provost at Fort Edward and that one company of the 42nd -and some of the recovering men were stationed at Albany. From this -it might be inferred that the only part of the Black Watch fit for -duty were the three additional companies which had not been in -the battle of July 8th and it is possible that the one company of -the 42nd that had been blown out of its course to Antigua and had -not arrived at New York until June did not get further north than -Albany. The winter quarters of the 42nd for 1758 were at New York. -(Abercrombie to Pitt, No. 25, 1758.)[32] - -The official title is now changed to the “42nd or Royal Regiment -of foot,” and the regiment is commonly called the Royal -Highlanders. It has erroneously been stated that the Black Watch -was granted this honor of being a “Royal” regiment because of its -gallantry at Ticonderoga, but it is all the more to its credit that -it had earned this distinction before the battle at Ticonderoga. -The title was granted by special warrant dated July 22, 1758, while -the news of the defeat did not reach London until the arrival of -Abercrombie’s aide de camp with dispatches Aug. 20, 1758. - -A copy of the warrant is as follows: - - George R - - We being desirous to distinguish Our Forty Second Regiment of - Foot with some mark of Our Royal favor, Our Will and Pleasure - therefore is, and we do hereby direct, that from henceforth Our - said regiment be called, and distinguished by the title and name - of Our Forty-Second, or Royal Highland Regiment of Foot, in all - commissions, orders, and writings, that shall hereafter be made - out, or issued for and concerning the said regiment. Given at Our - Court at Kensington this 22nd day of July 1758, in the thirty - second year of Our reign. By His Majesty’s command. - - (Signed) BARRINGTON. - - -The vacancies occasioned in the 42nd were filled up in regular -succession and the seven companies which had been ordered at the -same time as the change of title were immediately recruited. These -were completed in three months and embodied at Perth, October -1758, each company being 120 men strong, all with few exceptions -Highlanders and hardy and temperate in their habits. (Lord John -Murray’s orders were preemptory that none but Highlanders be taken, -but a few O’Donnels, O’Lachlans and O’Briens passed muster as -MacDonnels, MacLachlans and MacBriars.) - -These seven companies with the three additional companies raised in -1757 were formed into a Second Battalion. The officers appointed -to the seven new companies were Robert Anstruther, who was senior -captain and served as Major, Francis MacLean, Alexander Sinclair, -John Stewart of Stenton, William Murray of Lintrose, Archibald -Campbell, Alexander Reid, and Robert Arbuthnot, to be captains; -Alexander MacLean, George Grant, George Sinclair, Gordon Clunes, -Adam Stewart, John Robertson, son of Lude, John Grant, James -Fraser, George Leslie, John Campbell, Alexander Stewart, Duncan -Richardson and Robert Robertson, to be lieutenants and Patrick -Sinclair, John Macintosh, James MacDuff, Thomas Fletcher, Alexander -Donaldson, William MacLean, and William Brown, to be ensigns. - -The seven new companies embarked for the West Indies where they -joined with the Old Buffs, Kings, 6th, 63rd, 64th, 800 marines and -a detachment of artillery amounting in all to 5,560 men under the -command of Major Generals Hopson and Barrington and of Brigadier -Generals Haldane, Armiger, Trapaud and Clavering, in an exposition -against Martinique and Gaudaloupe. This resulted in the capture of -Gaudaloupe but was not altogether a success and a great many men -were lost by fever and sickness. Of the Royal Highlanders Ensign -MacLean was killed, Lieutenants MacLean, Leslie, Sinclair and -Robertson were wounded, and Major Anstruther and Captain Arbuthnot -died of the fever. One hundred and six privates were killed, -wounded or died of disease. - -This was a severe initiation for the new recruits who had been -herding sheep on their native hills nine months before, but as has -always been the case with the Black Watch they acquitted themselves -with distinction. The seven companies were then embarked for New -York to join the First Battalion where they arrived in July. They -just missed being at the capture of Ticonderoga. Major Gordon -Graham was ordered at the end of July by General Amherst then at -Crown Point to take command of the seven companies and to march -them up to Oswego. In August they were ordered to join the First -Battalion, Capt. Stewart with 150 men being left at Oswego and the -First and Second Battalions, now united, served together for the -rest of the campaign. - -We will now return to the Veterans of the previous year. After -wintering in New York (or on Long Island, as another authority -states) the old Black Watch now the first Battalion of the Royal -Highlanders, recruited again to its full strength and the three -additional companies now a part of the Second Battalion, joined -Amherst at Fort Edward in June, 1759.[33] Col. Grant of the 42nd -with the Royal Highlanders and light infantry of the army moved -forward to Lake George the 20th and the main part of the army -followed on the 21st. For five years now Lake George had been the -annual mustering place of armies. - -The campaign this season comprehended three very important -enterprises--Wolfe was to attack Quebec from Lower Canada, Prideaux -was to proceed against Niagara, and Amherst, now Commander in Chief -and successor of General Abercrombie, was to drive the French from -Lake Champlain and if possible join Wolfe on the St. Lawrence. - -The army under Amherst consisted of the Royals, 17th, 27th, Royal -Highlanders, two battalions of the 55th, Montgomery’s Highlanders, -nine battalions of Provincials, and a battalion of light infantry -and a body of Rangers and Indians with a detachment of artillery. -When joined by the 2d battalion of the Royal Americans from the -West Indies, this army amounted to 14,500 men. - -Major Alexander Campbell of the 77th writes from Fort Edward, June -19th, 1759: - - “Our General is beloved by his soldiers, Honoured and Esteem’d - by his officers, Carful of mens lives and healths, in short he - is the man I would choose to serve under of any I know in the - service. Our Regiment are healthy and in High spirits as are the - whole army, and I hope we soon will stricke a stroke that will - bring credite and Glory to our General and Army and Satisfaction - to our Country and friends.” - -Amherst never remained long in one place without building a fort. -Fortified places were built at intervals of three or four miles -along the road to Fort Edward and especially at the station called -Halfway Brook, while for the whole distance a broad belt of wood on -both sides was cut down and burned to deprive a skulking enemy of -cover. At Lake George he started a fort, now called Fort George, -the ruins of which are in the Lake George Battle Ground Park of -which this Association is custodian. - -July 21st, 1759, Lake George again witnessed a military pageant as -the army embarked for its second attack on Fort Ticonderoga. At -daylight they landed, beat back a French detachment and marched -by the portage road to the sawmill. There was little resistance -and the army marched to the former line of entrenchments which had -proved so fatal to Abercrombie. These had been reconstructed partly -of earth and partly of logs, and as the French made no attempt at -their defence the English encamped along their front and found them -excellent shelter from the cannon of the fort. It is the general -impression that the French retreated with only faint resistance and -that there was hardly a shot fired at the second attempt to capture -Fort Carrillon but the following letter from Capt. Murray would -correct this impression: - - “Camp at the Lines of Burning Theanderoga, 27 July, 1758. - - My Dear Brother:--I write you these few lines to acquaint you - that I am in perfect good health and that the army landed at this - end of the lake the 22nd, invested the Fort the 23rd and was - very buisy carying on the worcks till the 26th in the night, at - which time we had three batteries ready to open, when the enemy - abbandoned and set fire to the fort. During the time that the - enemy remained they could not keep a hotter fire, for I dare say - that fired ten thousand cannon shott and five hundred bombs and I - don’t believe there has been forty men killed and wounded during - that hott fire, altho’ all the Bombs fell in different parts - among us and that we were nigh point blank of the cannon shott - but the line that had been of so much hurt to us last year saved - our men this. - - Your most afft. Brother, James Murray.” - -I also add Amherst’s report to Governor James DeLancey: - - Camp at Ticonderoga 27th July 1759.[34] - - Sir:-- - - On Saturday morning last I embarked with the army at Lake George, - the next day landed without opposition and proceeded to the saw - mills, and took post on the commanding grounds, meeting only a - trifling opposition from the enemy. We lay on our arms all night - and early on the 23rd we continued our march to the ground which - I took possession of in the forenoon, the enemy having abandoned - the lines without destroying them, first having carried off - their effects as well as sent away the greatest part of their - troops. As soon as I was set down before the place and after - having reconnoitered it, I ordered the trenches to be opened - and batteries to be made, which were finished last night, and - were to have opened at break of day, but the enemy did not think - proper to wait till then, having about ten of the clock yesterday - evening blown up a part of the Fort, and made their escape all - to about 20 deserters. Our loss considering the fire we sustained - is inconsiderable. We have only two officers killed, vis. Colonel - Townshend, Deputy Adjutant General and Ensign Harrison of late - Forbe’s. - -Bourlamaque had on receipt of orders from Vaudreuil retired down -Lake Champlain leaving four hundred men under Hebecourt to defend -the fort as long as possible and then to abandon Ticonderoga and -later when pressed Crown Point and to retreat to Isle-oux-Noix at -the outlet of Lake Champlain, where defense was to be made to the -last extremity. When the English battery was ready to open fire -Hebecourt saw that further resistance was useless and lighting a -slow match to the magazine the French escaped down the lake in -their boats and a few hours later an explosion which hurled one -bastion of old Fort Carrillon skyward shook the promontory. Thus -did French Carillon become English Ticonderoga and “Ticonderoga -1758-9” should be among the battle honors to be borne on the colors -of the Black Watch. It is true that these honorary distinctions are -awarded by the King only in case of victory but Ticonderoga 1758-9 -would certainly be as much a victory as “South Africa 1899-1902,” -which has been granted. South Africa was not all victory and the -Black Watch suffered at Magersfontein as it did at Ticonderoga -under Abercrombie. - -The length of time elapsed since the battle would also be no -objection to the honor being now granted as it was not until 1910, -two and one half centuries later that the armies that upheld -British honor on the Coast of Morocco were authorized to bear -“Tangier 1662-1680” on their colors and appointments. - -[Illustration: Copyright 1930 by William H. Hill, Fort Edward - -FORT EDWARD, 1759] - -Ticonderoga is the one place on the American continent where Great -Britain and France, Canada and the United States can all unite on -one common ground. The Yankees and British can meet here and clasp -hands over the time when they once fought together and there is -not even a sectional feeling which detracts from the unanimity. -The North, South, East and West of the United States all join with -equal fervor. Each nation had its defeats here at different times -but each also had its victories. Therefore there is no battle honor -which could be conferred on any British regiment that would -please more people of different nations than “Ticonderoga 1758-9.” -The fact that there is at present in the village of Ticonderoga -a public library and historical building dedicated to a British -Regiment, even though this same regiment in its line of duty fought -against us in a later war, is sufficient proof that we consider -Ticonderoga of international history and above matters of local -prejudice. - -The rest of the story is soon told. Crown Point was captured and -the army was to have moved forward to Isle oux-Noix and to the -St. Lawrence but a succession of storms so delayed operations -that further active movements were abandoned for the remainder of -the season. Amherst profiting by the fatal precipitation of his -predecessor was slow but sure and in this campaign was successful -in every enterprise that he undertook. - -After the capture of Crown Point the army under Amherst was mainly -employed in building operations on Lake Champlain, Fort Amherst at -Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga in place of old Fort Carrillon -at Ticonderoga. The Black Watch was stationed at Crown Point and -helped to build Fort Amherst. In November, they went into camp for -the winter and in his report of “Garrisons and Winter Quarters of -His Majesty’s forces in North America under the command of His -Excellency, Major General Amherst, Headquarters at New York, 15 -Dec., 1759” in the Public Record Office, the stations of the Black -Watch were as follows: 1st Battalion Royal Highland Regiment, 1 -company Halfway Brook, 5 companies Fort Edward, 1 company Fort -Miller, 1 company Saratoga, 1 company Stillwater and 1 company -Halfmoon, 2d Battalion Royal Highland Regiment, Albany, one -Battalion of the Inniskilling (27th Foot) and two companies of the -Rangers were left at Crown Point, six companies Late Brig. Gen’l -Forbe’s (17th Foot) at Ticonderoga, and four companies 17th Foot at -Fort George. The following season (1760) the Black Watch was with -Amherst at the capture of Montreal which was the end of the French -domain on the American Continent. - -In 1761 the Black Watch with ten regiments embarked for Barbadoes -there to join an armament against Martinique and Havana. After -the surrender of Havana, the first battalion of the 42nd and -Montgomery’s Highlanders embarked for New York which they reached -in the end of October, 1762. Before leaving Cuba most of the second -battalion of the 42nd fit for service were consolidated with the -first, and the remainder shipped to Scotland where they were -reduced the following year. - -The Black Watch was stationed at Albany until the summer of 1763, -when they, with a detachment of Montgomery’s Highlanders and -another of the 60th, under command of Col. Henry Boquet were sent -to the relief of Fort Pitt then besieged by the Indians. The 42nd -passed the winter at Fort Pitt and during the summer of 1764, -eight companies were sent with the army of Boquet against the Ohio -Indians. After subduing the Indians they returned to Fort Pitt, -January 1765. The regiment remained in Pennsylvania until the month -of July, 1767, when it embarked at Philadelphia for Ireland. Such -of the men who preferred to remain in America were permitted to -join other regiments. These volunteers were so numerous that along -with those who had been previously sent home disabled and others -discharged and settled in America, the regiment that returned was -very small in proportion to that which had left Scotland. - -Let us now turn our attention to Major Duncan Campbell as not only -would no sketch of the Black Watch of Ticonderoga be complete -without the legend with which his name is associated, but we are -perhaps more interested in him than any other officer of the -Regiment of that time because he lies buried in the cemetry midway -between Hudson Falls (formerly Sandy Hill) and Fort Edward. The -other officers and men who were killed July 8, 1758, were doubtless -buried on the field of battle and if the graves were ever marked, -these marks have long since been destroyed. - -[Illustration: AT INVERAWE - -Old Inverawe House from the River Awe with Ben Cruachan in the -background. - -View from the West. X marks the window of the Ghost Room. - -Bridge over the Awe built by Captain William Piman about 1756.] - -No ghost story is more widely known or better authenticated than -that of Duncan Campbell of Inverawe. It has been made the subject -of an address before this Association by the late Robert O. Bascom -at the meeting of July 30, 1901, and has been repeated in many -forms and in various publications but it will bear still one more -repetition. The following is taken from Parkman’s “Montcalm and -Wolfe” and is the story as was told by Dean Stanley and endorsed by -the family of the hero of the tale: - - “The ancient castle of Inverawe stands by the banks of the Awe, - in the midst of the wild and picturesque scenery of the Western - Highlands. Late one evening, before the middle of the last - century, as the laird, Duncan Campbell, sat alone in the old - hall, there was a loud knocking at the gate; and, opening it, he - saw a stranger, with torn clothing and kilt besmeared with blood, - who in a breathless voice begged for asylum. He went on to say - that he had killed a man in a fray, and that the pursuers were - at his heels. Campbell promised to shelter him. “Swear on your - dirk!”[35] said the stranger; and Campbell swore. He then led - him to a secret recess in the depths of the castle. Scarcely was - he hidden when again there was a loud knocking at the gate, and - two armed men appeared. “Your cousin Donald has been murdered, - and we are looking for the murderer!” Campbell, remembering his - oath, professed to have no knowledge of the fugitive; and the - men went on their way. The laird, in great agitation, lay down - to rest in a large dark room where at length he fell asleep. - Waking suddenly in bewilderment and terror, he saw the ghost of - the murdered Donald standing by his bedside, and heard a hollow - voice pronounce the words: “Inverawe! Inverawe! blood has been - shed. Shield not the murderer.” In the morning Campbell went to - the hiding place of the guilty man and told him that he could - harbor him no longer. “You have sworn on your dirk” he replied; - and the laird of Inverawe, greatly perplexed and troubled, made a - compromise between conflicting duties, promised not to betray his - guest, led him to the neighboring mountain (Ben Cruachan) and hid - him in a cave.[36] - - In the next night, as he lay tossing in feverish slumbers, the - same stern voice awoke him, the ghost of his cousin Donald stood - again at his bedside, and again he heard the same appalling - words: “Inverawe! Inverawe! blood has been shed. Shield not the - murderer!” At break of day he hastened, in strange agitation, - to the cave; but it was empty, the stranger had gone. At night, - as he strove in vain to sleep, the vision appeared once more, - ghastly pale, but less stern of aspect than before. “Farewell, - Inverawe!” it said; “Farewell, till we meet at TICONDEROGA!” - - The strange name dwelt in Campbell’s memory. He had joined the - Black Watch, or Forty-Second Regiment, then employed in keeping - order in the turbulent Highlands. In time he became its major; - and, a year or two after the war broke out, he went with it to - America. Here, to his horror, he learned that it was ordered to - the attack of Ticonderoga. His story was well known among his - brother officers. They combined among themselves to disarm his - fears; and when they reached the fatal spot they told him on the - eve of the battle, “This is not Ticonderoga; we are not there - yet; this is Fort George.”[37] But in the morning he came to - them with haggard looks. “I have seen him! You have deceived me! - He came to my tent last night! This is Ticonderoga! I shall die - today!” and his prediction was fulfilled.” - -As will be seen by the preceding pages, Inverawe lived nine days -after the battle and was not even mortally wounded if it had been -possible in those times to have had antiseptic treatment, but the -real point of the legend is that he had been warned of Ticonderoga -when he did not know there was such a place, years before there was -any prospect of his being sent there and when Ticonderoga was only -the Indian name for a point of land on a lake in the wilderness of -a far off continent. - -To one interested no place could be more fascinating than old -Inverawe;[38] everything connected with it breathes of legend -and romance and naturally this was one of the first places -visited in our Black Watch pilgrimage last summer. Taynuilt, the -railroad station nearest Inverawe is a small village across the -Awe and about a mile away as the crow flies, but to drive to our -destination, one must follow the road two miles up the River to the -old bridge which was being built at the time that the Major left -for the war in America in 1756. The builder was Captain William -Pitman apparently a good friend of Duncan of Inverawe as he charged -him with the safe keeping during his absence of his daughter Janet -and his favorite dog. History does not record what happened to -the dog but the Captain married the daughter and in time Inverawe -became her property. - -[Illustration: Two Views of Library - -Photo by Miss Dorothea E. Seaton, Edinburgh - -A Corner of the Ghost Room] - -After crossing the Awe the road turns down the north side of the -River and winds through a magnificent park, some of the trees of -which must certainly have been there before the Major’s time. This -is all the more remarkable because with the exception of the parks -of the private estates, Scotland is nearly a treeless country and -even the mountains and wild land which with us would be covered -with forests, have there only grass and heather. Then at the end -of a delightful four mile drive was old Inverawe house and a most -cordial and hospitable welcome from its present owner. - -The old house has had many additions in the past one hundred and -fifty years but the entrance hall and the main part of the building -and particularly the room where Duncan Campbell saw the ghost, -are still very much as they were in his time. We endeavored to -learn as much as possible of the family history of the Campbells -of Inverawe, but like the records of the Black Watch of that time, -there was in 1910, little left but tradition. - - -_The Campbells of Inverawe_ - -Twenty years have passed since the account of the Black Watch at -Ticonderoga as written for the 1910 meeting of the New York State -Historical Association was published, and while we regret that very -little can be added, we are pleased to say that few corrections -have had to be made in the story as then told. It was thought that -the records of the Regiment of the 18th Century were discovered in -1913 among the military manuscripts in the Royal United Service -Institution, but while they purported to be the original records, -careful examination disclosed that they had been written early in -the nineteenth century so nothing new was learned of the Regiment -of the Ticonderoga period. The preceding pages therefore are -practically unchanged. - -The part, however, about the family history of Major Duncan -Campbell of Inverawe has been entirely rewritten. We are indebted -for this additional information to the descendants of Alexander, -a brother of Duncan of Inverawe, to the late Major Sir Duncan -Campbell of Barcaldine, to the late Captain Douglas Wimberly, and -others. No one feature of the Black Watch at Ticonderoga has been -of such general interest as the ghost story of its Major, Duncan -Campbell of Inverawe, and the straightening out of the family -puzzle which was such a mystery in 1910 has been a fascinating -study. - -The Major’s memory has been honored recently by two celebrations. -In 1920 when his bones were moved to the Jane McCrea enclosure, -just inside the main gate of the Union Cemetery between Hudson -Falls and Fort Edward, where his ancient tombstone now has the -protection of a high iron fence, and in 1925 when a monument to -the Black Watch and its Major was unveiled at Fort Ticonderoga. -Both occasions were under the auspices of the St. Andrews Society -of Scots of Glens Falls and vicinity, and the New York State -Historical Association. - -[Illustration: Photo by Miss Dorothea E. Seaton, Edinburgh - -OLD INVERAWE HOUSE - -Showing Door to Ghost Room from Balcony in Entrance Hall - -View from North showing Main Entrance - -Entrance Hall (Door to Ghost Room may be seen in upper left hand -corner)] - -Of all the new material which has been found since 1910 none is -so important or so interesting as the following letter from Major -Duncan Campbell of Inverawe: - - Albany, 14th March, 1758. - - Dear Sir, - - I received your letter from Inveraw of the 25th November and - the first from you since we parted, tho I have been informed by - letters that come to hand, of your writing formerly. The State - you sent me of my affairs is not very agreeable nor encouraging - for me to make a retreat that I had in view, and in a little - time I believe might be in my power but I am not disappointed; - and notwithstanding I shall do all in my power to assist you. I - am sorry that no other scheme of living can be accomplished upon - the fund, than the one fixed on; to me it gives uneasiness of - minde, tho I’m sensible the consequence may be worse if it is - not followed, and therefore bear it with concern. I don’t choose - to mention my reasons or enter upon particulars as letters from - this part of the world to yours are lyable to inspection and many - accidents. I see a separation must be that will expose them to - the disrespect and ridicule of many; coud they live together in - the way proposed it might prevent much of that but I can’t hope - or expect it from what I know. - - As to my advice or directions with regard to any plan you, and my - other freinds, to whom I fear I have given much trouble and to - whom in any event I shall rekon myself oblig’d there is no sort - of use for them, you are best judges, and as I am well satisfied - that everything will be don and ordered for the best, I shall - be as satisfied with any consequence. I am glade you think of - raising nurseries and planting, I sent from this Country to be - forwarded by Mr. Gatty from Belfast two Barrels of the different - kindes of Timber tree seeds &c. but I doubt they will be too - late excepting the Pines which seed will do when two year old. - - Your letter came a few days ago by an advice Ship of War, - which superceeded My Lord Loudoun in the Command and General - Abercrombie appointed in his place, with many other changes - and promotions in our Military affairs in this Continent, how - far they may change our Luck I shall not pretend to judge, but - we have need of some sort of medicine for that end. We have a - prospect of a very warm and vigorous campaign, and I hope it - will be successful. Our Regiment is appointed for the Lewisburgh - Expedition, but as we are so far up in the Country where the - Generall is to have his department and opperations it is yet - uncertain but he may keep us with him; we are all in very good - health and compleat for service. - - I cannot yet know what remittance I can make for this year, - some I will and shall, sometime before we take the field or the - midle of May. To prevent a relaps of my last years companion I - travelled to the Southard during the severity of the winter to N. - York and Philadelfia &c. which have had the desyrd effect and I’m - now as chois as ever, but it will not enlarge the remittance. - - I have had no letter from Sandy Campbell since Aprile last, - Nor from Jesie since July, I received one from Mr. Richardson - with yours which I shall answer by next Pacquett and tell him - so with my compliments. Lykways please tell Peter Campbell that - his letter came at the same time, and that as Adam Fisher is - here I had are opportunity of enquiring about his son who is at - present out as master, not Capt. of a Privateer there was no such - prizes or Fortoune as Peter believed what may be now I know not - but there is no great prospect of it. This is the only letter I - write by the first Pacquett, so that you may communicate it to my - friends as a proof of my being well and youll in the same course - make my compliments to them all. - - I’m sorry that Captain Campbell should make objections to the - payment of his Bill; he brought me 3 * * * for which I cleared - him all his charge and gav * * * at that time 20 guineas over for - his own trouble * * * expense this he knows and will appear by - my * * * which you can see; * * * this indeed I thought suitable - any expense he coud incur in Mull and that it * * * my power to - give him or not the raising of an * * * rather than have any - difference about it let h * * * what I had allowed me by the - Regiment which was £3 per man for the first two years and two - guineas for the remaining years that at a medium or the full as - you please but I hope he’ll allow interest upon what Ballance - may be due by him upon such an amot from the time it fell due - April 46 when he went to the Regt. - - I am, - My dear Sir, - Your affect, humble servant. - Dun. Campbell. - - To - - John Campbell of Cloichombie Esqr. - Inveraray, - North Brittain. - - (edge of letter torn off--hence gaps) (J.F.C.) - -The letter bears the Inverawe arms on seal and is endorsed, -probably by the addressee “14th March 1758, from Inveraw concerning -his familie and affairs and Lieut. Collonel Dugd. Campbell’s Bill.” - -This letter will bear reading and re-reading. The first and to the -writer the most important part of the letter was some financial -and family problem. Unfortunately his guarded and cryptic message -caused by the fear that the letter might be opened by another than -the addressee will perhaps leave it always an unsolved mystery. It -would be interesting to know what success attended the planting -of the two barrels of timber seed. His guess that the Black -Watch might be used in the Ticonderoga campaign rather than the -Lewisburgh as planned, proved correct. It would be interesting -to know what the malady of the previous winter was, to prevent a -relapse of which it had been necessary to travel to the Southard. -The letter closes with another financial problem. If he means that -he was allowed ten or fifteen dollars per man for the thousand men -in the Regiment, that would be a very sizable income for those days -and the bill must have been a large one. The allowance, however, -might have been for recruits secured or some other regimental -activity. But aside from the interesting contents of this letter -its real value is that it gives an opportunity to learn something -of the character of its writer. One can read between the lines that -Duncan of Inverawe was a reserved man of a strong but a quiet, -kindly nature, he would suffer loss himself rather than make -trouble for others, and after having done his best was willing to -take whatever came without complaint. It quite matches the Inverawe -of the ghost story who promised to protect a fugitive and then -stood by his oath even though the refugee was the murderer of -his cousin. The reader of this letter can not help but feel drawn -towards its writer. - -[Illustration: The Black Watch of Canada at the dedication of the -Black Watch Memorial Tablet July 8, 1925, the inscription of which -reads: - - A. D. 1925. The Saint Andrews Society of Glens Falls, N. Y., - erected this tablet to commemorate the heroic gallantry of the - 42nd Regiment of Foot, better known as “The Royal Highlanders” or - “THE BLACK WATCH” who on July 8, 1758, lost here in killed and - wounded over six hundred of the thousand men engaged. Mortally - wounded on that day was their Major, DUNCAN CAMPBELL OF INVERAWE, - the hero of one of the most noted ghost stories of Scottish - history and of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, “Ticonderoga.”] - -Now what was the immediate family and what was the background of -our hero. One version of the ghost story was that he made his will -the night before the battle, but no sensible man waits until death -is at the door for this very important transaction and we find the -following in Vol. XV, Abstract of Entry in Sheriff Court Books of -Argyll at Inveraray. - - “Disposition by Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe to Lieut. - Dugald Campbell, his eldest son procreated between him and Mrs. - Jean Campbell, his wife, whom, failing, to Lieut. Alexander - Campbell, his second son, whom failing, Duncan Campbell, his - third and youngest son, whom failing, to any other sons he may - lawfully have, and the heirs male of their bodies in succession, - whom failing, to Janet Campbell, his only daughter now in life - procreated between him and the said Mrs. Jean Campbell, of his - whole lands and estate of Inverawe and others, under certain - reservations; dated at Glasgow 17th April, 1756; witnesses, John - Campbell of Cloichombie, Alexander Campbell in Achalion, and - others.” - -This establishes Inverawe’s family and we will see what became of -them. Dugald was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st or Royal -North British Fuziliers, December 28, 1755, joined his Regiment at -Gibraltar in 1756, died and was succeeded by John Wallace, March -1st, 1758. - -Alexander was appointed Lieutenant in the Black Watch Jan. 28, -1756, was wounded at Ticonderoga and invalided to Glasgow where he -was promoted to a Captaincy in the Argyllshire Regiment of Fencible -men, July 21, 1759, died unmarried Feb. 8, 1760 and was buried in -Grey Friers Burying Ground. A powder horn said to have belonged -to Lt. Alexander and bearing the coat-of-arms of the Campbells of -Inverawe is at the McCord Museum of McGill University in Montreal. - -Duncan, third son of Inverawe, is still a mystery but the fact that -Janet was proven heir to Inverawe February 5, 1762 would seem to -show that he had died without issue before that date. - -Major Duncan, born Nov. 22, 1702, married March 20, 1732 Jean, -daughter of Col. Alexander Campbell of Finab. She died at -Edinburgh August 20, 1761. When Janet succeeded to Inverawe in -1762 therefore her father, her mother and three brothers had all -predeceased her--a tragic mortality in six short years. There is -a family tradition that Major Duncan mortgaged Inverawe to his -brother-in-law, Col. Robert Campbell of Finab and Monzie and that -according to old Scottish law the property was handed over to -the man who advanced the money until the rental had paid off the -debt, and that this arrangement was called a wadset. Whether Col. -Campbell of Finab and Monzie acquired the property by wadset or -purchase, it passed into his hands soon after Janet proved her -title and it is said that when she left the estate she washed her -hands in a bottle of wine at the border, which we were told was an -old Highland custom. The owner of Inverawe in 1910 was a descendant -of Col. Robert Campbell of Finab and Monzie, a Mrs. Campbell of -Dunstaffnage. Since then we are informed it was purchased by the -late Mr. James Currie and is now for sale to settle his estate. - -Janet who married Capt. William Pitman, had only one daughter, -Susan, who died unmarried. So with her the descendants of Major -Duncan Campbell of Inverawe are at an end. - -There is a very interesting tale about an Inverawe cup. It seems -that in 1714 the three brothers, Archibald of Inverawe, Dugald of -Shirvan, and Alexander of Kilmartin, each got a silver cup. The -Kilmartins always kept their cup but both those of Inverawe and -Shirvan were lost. This was such a grief to the Inverawes that -the fact was often mentioned. On one occasion a friend who had -heard of this cup was hunting in Ireland and stopped at a wretched -little inn to get a drink for himself and his horse. The place was -so disreputable looking that he would not go in but had his drink -brought out to him. It came in a battered old metal cup and on the -chance that it might be of value, he bought it from the landlord. -To his great pleasure he found on having it cleaned that it was the -long lost Inverawe cup. He had an inscription put on it, recording -the finding, and sent it to Archibald Campbell of Blackhouse, a -nephew of Major Duncan, and the representative at that time of -the Inverawe family. The cup is still a treasured possession of -the descendants of this Archibald, the Campbells of Arduaine, -Lochgilphead. - -[Illustration: --From “Auchindarroch Miscellany” - -THE INVERAWE CUP] - -The will of the Archibald of Inverawe of the Silver Cup and father -of Major Duncan Campbell, is as follows: - - “1727, February 23rd--Disposition by Archibald Campbell of - Inveraw to Duncan Campbell, his eldest lawful son, and the heirs - male of his body, whom failing, to Dugall Campbell, his second - lawful son, and his heirs male, whom failing, Lachlan Campbell, - his third son, and Alexander Campbell, his fourth son, whom all - failing, the heirs of the Granter and Janet McLean, his spouse, - whom failing, his heirs of any other marriage of his lands of - Inveraw, Drumchoise, Dalneass, etc., with certain exceptions, - including a life rent right granted by the deceased Archibald - Campbell of Inveraw to Lilias Campbell, his spouse, now spouse - to Angus Campbell of Dunstagnage; dated at Inveraw 14th February - 1722.” - -Another interesting fact in the Inverawe annals is that Dugald -Campbell of London in the parish of Saint Martin’s, Westminster, -and County of Middlesex, by his will bearing date the 2nd day of -June 1718, gave to old decayed men and young women of Campbell of -Inverawe’s family, the sum of £300, and that this “Inverawe Annuity -Fund” since augmented, is still administered by Trustees chosen -from the Inverawe heirs. - -The present known Campbells who are proud to claim that they are of -the Clan Inverawe are descended from Alexander, brother of Duncan, -the fourth son of Archibald, as named in the foregoing will. -Alexander was born in 1710 and married Ann Somerville in 1747. If -all of the descendants of this union have been of as fine, high -character as those whom we have been privileged to meet, the world -has indeed been richer for the Campbells of Inverawe. - - -_Family Tree of The Campbells of Inverawe_ - -The family does not seem to be entirely in agreement on the line -back of the 18th Century. The following is gathered from different -branches. One version is that the Inverawes descended from Sir -Archibald Campbell of Lochow, whose son Colin was knighted by -Alexander III, 1280, and died 1294. His son, Niel or Nigel of -Lochow, died 1360, and _his_ son, Dugald or Duncan was the 1st -“Inverawe” and ancestor of the Clan Dhonnachie Campbells. He got a -grant of the estate of Inveraw and Cruachan from David II, 1330. -A later Inveraw got a grant of lands from Queen Mary, 1558. With -the exception of a gap of about 60 years from 1460 or so to 1510, -we have a complete record of “Inveraws” practically an unbroken -succession from father to son. - -Another version is the following: - - Archibald, c/v from 1st Earl of Argyll - - Dougal, c/v 22.11.1485, from 2nd Earl. Sasine Des. 1486. Officer - of Over Lochow to the Earl. (Inverawe deeds) - - Archibald, signs Archibald McCoul McConachie of Inverawe 1519, - (Thanes of Cawdor), c/v from 2nd Earl as heir to Dugal (Inverawe - deeds) married Margaret Campbell. - - Dougal, (Inverawe 1548-1562). (Register of Decreets and Acts) - said to have married a dau. of Lochnell. - - Archibald, (1562-1567 or 1576) married Margaret C. dau. of Dougal - C. of Ardcullour, sister of Sir James C. VIth of Ardkinklas. (A. - Charters) - - Dougal, (1576 or 1567-1583) married Christian Carswell, dau. (or - granddaughter) of Bishop Carswell. Relict of Dougal 1587. She - afterward married Neill Campbell, Bishop of Lismore. - - Archibald, (1583-1650) - - Dougal, (1650-1674), burned “Bonnie House of Airlie” 1640. - married 1st, Agnes, dau. of Sir Robert C. of Glenarguhy - (Braedalbane) 2nd, Janet, dau. of Rory McNeill of Barra. - - Archibald, (1674-1705), son of Dougal and Agnes. Married 1st, - Mary, dau. of Hector McNeill of Thayneis. 2nd, Lilias, dau. of - Sir James C. of Lawers. - - Archibald, (1705-1730) married Janet McLean of Torloisk. Served - heir to Cattinis 1700, later Inverawe, etc. Received Inverawe cup - 1714. - - Duncan (1730-1758), Major Black Watch, married Jane Campbell of - Finab. - - - ARCHIBALD OF INVERAWE - b. abt. 1670. got cup 1714. d. 1730. - m. Janet Maclean of Tarloisk, in Mull, abt. 1700. - | - +-----+----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+--------+ - | | | | | | - Duncan of Inveraw Barbara Archibald Dugald Alexander | - Maj. Black Watch b. 1703 b. 1705 b. 1706 b. 1710 | - b. 1702. d. 1758 Campbell d. before no issue m. 1747 | - m. Jean Campbell m. Archd. 1721 Ann Somerville | - of Finab of Jura | | - | | | - +----+-----+------------+-------+ | | - | | | | | | - Dugald Alexander Duncan Janet | | - Lieut. b. abt. 1705 Lieut. m. Wm. Pitman, M. D. 33d | | - d. unm. Lieut. Black d. unm. Regt. (Duke of Cumberland’s | | - Watch. d. of army.) Sold Inveraw 1762 to | | - wounds rec’d her uncle, Col. Robt. Campbell | | - Ticonderoga. of Monzie and Finab. One dau. | | - Unm. Susan, d. unm. | | - | | - +---------+-------+----------------+---------+---------+-----+ | - | | | | | | | - Jean John Archibald Ann Alexander Duncan | - m. Duncan of Blackhouse d. unm. b. 1763 d. 1815 | - Campbell m. Katherine Fish m. 1798 Harriot | - Achlian | 1817 Young, b. 1774. | - | | | - | | | - Alexander of Auchindarock | | - Pur’d 1829. Trustee sold See next page | - Tirvine to James A. C. 1830. | - 3rd Dragoon Guards, d. July 1902. | - m. Harriet Keir, dau. Sir James Keir. | - | | - +----------+-----+-------+---------------+-----------+--------+ | - | | | | | | | | - Archibald Julia Mary Alister James Walter Neil | - b. 1842 b. 1846. Killed Arthur b. 1854 b. 1858 | - d. Aug. 1885 Sakokunis Krael b. 1850 m. M. G. | - 74th Highlanders 1879. (Schipka d. Nov. 1929 Bovill | - m. Isabella C., dau. pass Campbell) m. Miss E. M. | - Col. Fairlie of Bruce | - Coodham A. | | - | Arduaine family | - | | - +------------------+--------------+------------+------------+ | - | | | | | | - Alister Magnus Roma Constance Archibald Zella Muriel Donald | - of Auchindarroch 1870 b. 1878 b. 1880 b. 1881 | - b. 1868. d. Aug. 1930 m. Eva, dau. m. Robertson d. 1886 | - m. 1st, Lilias Mary 1897 Col. Agnew Glasgow | - dau. Robt. Roberston of East | - Mountgrenan, Glasgow Warristoone +-------------------+ - | | - +----------------------+ |--Lachlan b. 1709 - | | | d. young - Alister Norman Colin C. | - b. 1898 |--Isobel b. 1711 - m. 2nd Evelyn Sanderson | - 1903, Edinburgh |--Elizabeth b. 1713 - | | - +-----------+-----------------+ |--Patrick b. 1714 - | | | | - Amy Muriel Neil Arch’d Alan Keir |--Lilias b. 1716 - 1905 b. 1906, d. 1907 b. 1908 | - |--Ann b. 1717 - | - +--John b. 1719 - - - DUNCAN (son of Alexander who was brother of Duncan of Inveraw) - b. 1763 d. 1815 m. 1798 Harriot Young, b. 1774 - | - +----------+------+---+---------+--------+--------------+----------+ - | | | | | | | | - Henrietta Alexander | Ann Duncan Jane James Archibald | - b. 1800 b. 1801 | Eliza b. 1805 b. 1806 b. 1807, d. 1879 | - m. Rev. | b. 1803 d. at m. Sir m. 1st 1832 | - Bracken Robert Eton Alex Jane Augusta | - | b. 1802 Spearman. Pocklington | - | | d. 1842 | - Henrietta Eliza | m. 2nd Maria | - d. unm. | Grace Cameron | - | d. 1906 | - +----+----+------+----+-----+-----+----+ | | - | | | | | | | | | - Jane | Augusta | Edmund | Rudolph (see next page) | - | | | | - Henrietta Alex. Horace | - +-------------+------+ - | | - Thos. Edmund Augustus - b. 1809 b. 1811 - m. Henrietta d. young in - du Chesne snow storm - St. Hilaire in Alps. - Canada - | - +----------+------+----+------+-------+------+-------+-------+ - | | | | | | | | | - Edmund Archibald | Bruce Laura Robert Duncan Donald Colin - b. 1843 d. 1899 | Hermione | m. Mabel - m. Nellie Jucherau d. | G. Allen - Lind | | - | +-------+--------+-------+ | - | | | | | | - | Duncan Archie Charles Lola | - +------+------+-----+ killed | - | | | | in war +-------+---+---+ - Edmund Bruce Hugh Etta | | | - killed Enid Phoebe Colin - in war d. - - - JAMES ARCHIBALD (son of Duncan, son of Alexander - bro. of Duncan of Inveraw). - b. 1807 d. 1879 - m. 1st 1832 Jane Augusta Pocklington, d. 1842 - | - | - +-------------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------+ - | | | | | | - Jane Eliza Laura Duncan Edmund Alex’r Florence Lorne - b. 1833 Beatrice Pocklington d. 1887 Elizabeth Augustus - d. 1924 b. 1834 d. unm. m. Margaret d. unm. b. 1842 - m. Rev. Walter d. 1917 Campbell d. 1893 - Tait. Min. of unm. d. 1909 m. 1875 - St. Madoes, | Cecilia - Perthshire | Martin - b. 1836 d. 1905 | d. 1898 - | | | - | | +------+ - | +-------+-------+----+--+--------+--------+ | - | | | | | | | | - +--------+ Marie Duncan Edmund Lorne Ronald James | - | | Grace McIver Alex’r Francis Bruce Arch’d | - J. H. M. Adam m. 1904 d. m. 1911 m. Bessie | - (Minna) Duncan Louis Carey May Anderson | - m. 1901 | Brockman | | - Evelyn Heath | | | | - | | +--------+ | | - +-------+--+ Estella Grace | | | | - | | and Patricia Bruce Neill | | - Barbara Ian Ford b. 1912 b. 1924 | | - Jean Duncan | | - b. 1904 +----------+---------+ | - | | | | - John Francis Patrick | - Anderson | - | - +----------+-----------+---------+----+ - | | | | - Ethel Frederick Cecil Audrey Ian - m. 1897 d. 1918 - Chas. O. A. S. - Desborough - | - +------+-------+ - | | | - Jan Joyce Peter - - - James Archibald (b. 1807, d. 1879) - m. 2nd Maria Grace Cameron, d. 1906 - | - | - +--+-----+---------+--------+----------+------------+-----------+-----+ - | | | | | | | | - Grace Donald Henrietta James Maria Lilias Mabel | - m. Dr. Charles d. 1860 Archibald Josephine MacDonald Harriott | - Neill d. 1923 m. 1887 m. 1887 | - | d. 1888 Hugh Daubney | - | Rev. Reginald Lieut. RN | - John Letts d. 1914 | - m. | | | - | | | - Christian Francis +-------+------+ | - b. 1888 | | | | - Gladys Marjory Hugh | - M. W. L. b. 1900 | - Mellersh | - | | - +------+------+ | - | | | | - Mary John Veronica | - | - +-------------+-------+ - | | - Dugal John Evan Cameron - m. m. Marie - - - - -APPENDIX - - -A - -ROLL FROM AN OLD PAPER IN POSSESSION OF THE 7TH DUKE OF ATHOLL. -OFFICERS OF THE 42ND HIGHLANDERS, NEW YORK, MAY 22, 1757. - - Lt. Col. Francis Grant, son of the Laird of Grant, wounded at - Ticonderoga. - - Major Duncan Campbell, of Inverawe, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Captain Gordon Graham, of Drainie, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Captain John Reid, of Straloch, wounded at Martinique. - - Captain John NcNeil. - - Captain Allan Campbell, son of Barcaldine. - - Captain Thomas Graeme, of Duchray, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Captain James Abercrombie. - - Captain John Campbell, of Strachur, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Captain John Campbell, of Duneavis, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant William Grant, of Rothiemurchus family, wounded at - Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Robert Gray, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant John Campbell, younger of Glenyon, wounded at - Ticonderoga.[39] - - Lieutenant George Farquharson, son of Farquharson of Micris, - Braemar, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Sir James Cockburn.[40] - - Lieutenant Kenneth Tolmie. - - Lieutenant James Grant (Adjutant), wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant John Graham (quartermaster) wounded at Ticonderoga and - wounded at Fort Pitt. - - Lieutenant Hugh McPherson, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Alex. Turnbull, of Strathcavers, wounded at Martinique. - - Lieutenant Alex. Campbell, son of Inverawe, wounded at - Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Alex. McIntosh, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant James Gray. - - Lieutenant William Baillie, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Hugh Arnot. - - Lieutenant John Sutherland, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant John Small. - - Lieutenant Archibald Campbell. - - Lieutenant James Campbell. - - Lieutenant Archibald Lamont. - - Ensign Duncan Campbell, wounded at Fort Pitt. - - Ensign Patrick Balneavis,[41] son of Edradour, wounded at - Ticonderoga, wounded at Martinique. - - Ensign Patrick Stewart,[42] son of Bonskeid, killed at - Ticonderoga. - - Ensign Norman MacLeod. - - Ensign George Campbell. - - Ensign Donald Campbell. - - Ensign James McIntosh, wounded at Fort Pitt. - - Ensign Alex. McIntosh, wounded at Martinique. - - Ensign Peter Grant, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Three additional Companies embarked for America, November, 1757. - - Captain James Stewart, younger of Urrard, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Captain James Murray, son of Lord G. Murray, wounded at - Ticonderoga, wounded at Martinique. - - Captain Thomas Stirling, younger of Ardoch, wounded at - Martinique, wounded at New Jersey. - - Lieutenant Simon Blair. - - Lieutenant David Barclay, killed at Martinique. - - Lieutenant Archibald Campbell, wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Lieutenant Alex. Mackay. - - Lieutenant Alex. Menzies. - - Lieutenant David Milne,[43] wounded at Ticonderoga, wounded at - Martinique. - - Ensign Duncan Stewart, son of Derculich. - - Ensign George Rattray, son of Dalralzion, killed at Ticonderoga. - - Ensign Alex. Farquharson. - - Ensign John Smith is added in ink to the 1858 Army List in - the N. Y. State Library at Albany and is also marked as - “wounded at Ticonderoga.” - -[Illustration: Blair Castle at Blair Atholl - -Reviewing the Atholl Highlanders - -Sir John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, K. T., Seventh Duke of -Atholl] - - -B - -ROLL OF CAPT. JOHN REID’S COMPANY, NOV. 1757. - -The following is the roll of Capt. John Reid’s Company of the 42nd, -which was commanded by Capt. James Murray during the expedition. -Taken from Atholl Records, page 440, Vol. III. - - Capt. James Murray, wounded. - Lieut. Kenneth Tolmie. - Lieut. David Mill, wounded. - Ensign Charles Menzies. - Sergt. James McNab. - Sergt. John McAndrews. - Sergt. John Watson. - Sergt. Alex’r Cumming. - Corporal John Cumming. - Corporal Jonathan Grant. - Corporal Angus McDonald. - Corporal John Stewart. - Drum Walter McIntyre, killed. - Drum Alan Campbell. - - -_Privates_ - - Wm. Anderson. - John Buchanan, killed. - Angus Cameron. - Hugh Cameron, killed. - Wm. Carmichael. - Donald Carr, killed. - Hugh Christie. - Alex. Cumming. - James Farquharson, killed. - Alex Fraser. - Donald Fraser. - Donald Fraser. - Hugh Fraser. - Hugh Fraser, killed. - John Forbes. - John Graham. - Donald Grant. - James Grant. - John Grant. - John Grant. - William Grant. - James Gordon. - William Gordon. - Donald Kennedy. - Donald Kennedy. - John Kennedy. - George McAdam. - John McArthur. - Donald McColl. - Donald McDiarmid. - Angus McDonald. - Arch’d McDonald. - Arch’d McDonald, killed. - James McDonald, killed. - John McDonald. - Lachlan McDonald. - William McDonald, killed. - Neil McEachern. - Peter McFarlane. - Peter McFarlane, killed. - John McGillvray. - Leonard McGlashan. - Alex McGregor. - Donald McGregor. - Robert McGregor. - John McIntosh. - Alex McIntyre. - Donald McIntyre. - James McIntyre, killed. - Hector McInven. - Hugh McKay. - Alex’r McKenzie. - Hugh McKenzie. - John McKenzie, killed. - John McKenzie. - Roderick McKenzie. - Dougall McLachlan, killed. - John McLaren. - Roderick McLaren. - Neil McLeod. - Norman McLeod, killed. - Donald McLeish. - Donald McLeish. - William McLinnion. - Neil McMillan. - Donald McNeil, killed. - Neil McNeil. - Hugh McPhee. - John McPhee. - Alex McPherson. - Donald McPherson. - Donald McQueen, killed. - James Michael. - Donald Murray. - James Murray. - James Rea. - Alex’r Reid. - Alex’r Ross. - Donald Ross. - Hugh Ross, killed. - John Ross. - Donald Robertson. - Neil Shaw. - John Sinclair, died of wounds. - John Smith. - Walter Spaulding. - Alex’r Stewart. - Charles Stewart, died of wounds. - Donald Stewart, died of wounds. - Walter Stewart, died of wounds. - Robert Urquhart. - Donald Watson. - Donald Wheet. - William Wishart. - Duncan Wright. - -The above roll was made out at the muster in October, 1757, -and contains the names of those who served in the Company -for the previous six months. Unfortunately the names of the -non-commissioned officers and men who were wounded at Ticonderoga -are not shown. - - -C - -ROLL OF CAPT. JAMES MURRAY’S COMPANY, NOV. 1757. - -This Company was at Fort Edward captained by Capt. James -Abercrombie and not in the battle of July 8, 1758. - -Atholl Records, p. 431, Vol. III. - - Sergt. Wm. Grant. - Sergt. Charles Robinson. - Sergt, John McQueen. - Corporal John Leslie. - Corporal Robert Lachlan. - Drummer Alan Campbell. - - -_Privates_ - - George Bremmer. - Donald Brown. - Duncan Cameron. - John Campbell. - Donald Conacher. - William Cowie. - James Douglas. - Donald Drummond. - James Duncan. - Alex Fraser (1). - Alex Fraser (2). - William Fife. - Robert Grant. - Alex Irvine. - James Kennedy. - Duncan McAndrew. - Donald McDiarmid. - Archibald McDonald. - Archibald McDonald. - Donald McDonald. - John McDonald. - William McDonald. - Peter McFarlane. - Alex’r McIntosh. - Robert McIntosh. - Robert McIntosh. - William McIntosh. - Donald McLean. - Donald McLean. - Thos. McNab. - Alex McPherson. - James McPherson. - Donald McRaw. - Robert Menzies. - William Munroe. - John Murray. - Alex’r Nicholson. - Alex’r Norrie. - Alex’r Reid. - Alex’r Robertson. - Angus Robertson. - Archibald Robertson. - Charles Robertson. - Donald Robertson. - James Robertson. - James Robertson. - John Robertson. - Peter Robertson. - James Scroggie. - Alex’r Stewart. - Alex’r Stewart. - Alex’r Stewart. - John Stewart. - Robert Stewart. - Thomas Stewart. - William Stewart. - John Wighton. - John Wighton. - - -D - -_LIST OF PROMOTION 42D REGIMENT OF FOOT._ - -_From Paper in Public Record Office, London._ - - DATE - RANK NAME 1758 IN ROOM OF - - Major Gordon Graham 17th July Duncan Campbell, dead - Captain William Grant 23d ” Gordon Graham, promoted - Capt. Lieut. Robert Gray 22d ” John Campbell, killed - Lieut. Duncan Campbell 23d ” William Grant, promoted - ” Donald Campbell 24th ” Robert Gray, promoted - ” James McIntosh 25th ” George Farquharson, killed - ” John Smith 26th ” Hugh McPherson, killed - ” Peter Grant 27th ” William Baillie, killed - ” Duncan Stewart 28th ” John Sutherland, killed - ” Alex. Farquharson 29th ” Hugh Arnotte, pref’d (80th - foot) - Ensign Arch. Campbell, Jr. 21st ” Norman McLeod, pref’d - (80th foot) - ” John Gregor 22nd ” George Campbell, pref’d - (80th foot) - ” Lewis Grant 23d ” Patrick Stewart, killed - ” Arch. Campbell, Sen’r 24th ” George Ratthray, killed - ” John Graham 25th ” Duncan Campbell, promoted - ” Allen Grant 26th ” Donald Campbell, promoted - ” John Leith 27th ” Jas. McIntosh, promoted - ” Charles Menzies 28th ” John Smith, promoted - ” Archibald McNab 29th ” Peter Grant, promoted - - -E - -COMPARISON OF LOSSES OF BLACK WATCH AT TICONDEROGA WITH THOSE OF -OTHER WARS. - -In the “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861, 1865. -A treatise in the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the -Union Regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from -the official records on file on the State Military Bureaus and at -Washington, by William F. Fox, Lieut. Col. U. S. V., president of -the Society of the 12th Army Corps; late president of the 107th -New York Veteran Volunteer Association. Albany Publishing Company, -Albany, N. Y., 1899.” The writer states that he has examined the -records of 2,000 regiments of the Union Army and on page 2 he -says, “The one regiment in all the Union Army which sustained the -greatest loss in battle during the American Civil War was the 5th -New Hampshire Infantry. It lost 295 men, killed or mortally wounded -in action during the four years of service from 1861 to 1865. It -served in the first division, second corps. This division was -commanded successively by General Richardson, Hancock, Caldwall, -Barlow and Miles and any regiment that followed the fortunes of -these men was sure to find plenty of bloody work cut out for it. -Its loss includes 18 officers killed, a number far in excess of the -usual proportions and indicates that the men were bravely led.” - -“There were 34 regiments of the Union Army whose casualties in -killed, wounded or missing amounted to 58 per cent or over of -the men engaged in one battle in each case, however, there was -not a full regiment engaged. For example, the 1st Minnesota at -Gettysburg, which was the highest per centage, had 47 killed and -168 wounded, or a total loss of 215 out of 262 men engaged. This is -a loss of 82 per cent. - -The 9th Illinois at Shiloh had 61 killed, 300 wounded and 5 -missing, a total of 63.3 per cent. - -The Light Brigade which has been immortalized by Tennyson took 673 -officers and men into that charge at Balaklava in which 113 were -killed and 134 wounded, a total of 247 or 36.7 per cent. - -[Illustration: Lord Howe’s Monument in Westminster Abbey - -THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETS BAY, IN NEW ENGLAND BY AN ORDER OF -THE GREAT AND GENERAL COURT BEARING DATE FEB^Y 1^{ST} 1759, CAUSED -THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE AUGUSTUS -LORD VISCOUNT HOWE, BRIGADIER GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES -IN AMERICA, WHO WAS SLAIN JULY THE 6^{TH} 1758, ON THE MARCH TO -TICONDEROGA, IN THE 34^{TH} YEAR OF HIS AGE: IN TESTIMONY OF THE -SENSE THEY HAD OF HIS SERVICES AND MILITARY VIRTUES, AND OF THE -AFFECTION THEIR OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS BORE TO HIS COMMAND. - -HE LIVED RESPECTED AND BELOVED: THE PUBLICK REGRETTED HIS LOSS; TO -HIS FAMILY IT IS IRREPARABLE.] - -The heaviest loss in the German army of the Franco-Prussian war -was the 16th Infantry (3d Westphalian) at Mars LaTour which had -509 killed, 619 wounded, 365 missing, a total of 1,484 or 49.4 per -cent. out of 3,000 men. The regiments of the German army had 3,000 -men.” - -The above are the greatest casualties suffered in three great wars -taken from a book compiled by an authority who had made a study -of the subject. Compare with these the loss of the Black Watch -at Ticonderoga given by Col. Stewart of Garth as 8 officers, 9 -sergeants and 297 men killed and 17 officers, 10 sergeants and -306 soldiers wounded or a casualty of 647 (64.7 per cent) out of -the 1,000 men of the 42nd reported by General Abercrombie at Lake -George, June 29, 1758. - - -F - -TABLE OF LOSSES OF BLACK WATCH IN SEVEN YEAR WAR. - -The loss sustained by the regiment during the seven years it was -employed in America and the West Indies was as follows: - - ======================================================================== - KILLED WOUNDED - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - F C S S D P | F C S S D P - i a u e r r | i a u e r r - e p b r u i | e p b r u i - l t a j m v | l t a j m v - d a l e m a | d a l e m a - i t a e t | i t a e t - O n e n r e | O n e n r e - f s r t s s | f s r t s s - f n s | f n s - i s | i s - c | c - e | e - r | r - s | s - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758 1 1 6 9 2 297 | - 5 12 10 - 306 - Martinique, January, 1759 - - - - - 8 | - - 1 2 - 22 - Guadeloupe, Feb. and Mar., 1759 - - 1 1 - 25 | - - 4 3 - 57 - General Amherst’s E-pedition to | - the Lakes, July and Aug., 1759 - - - - - 3 | - - - 1 - 4 - Martinique, Jan. and Feb., 1762 - 1 1 6 - 12 | 1 1 7 3 1 72 - Havana, June and July, 1762, | - both battalions - - - - - 6 | - - - 1 - 12 - E-pedition under Colonel Boquet, | - August, 1763 - 1 1 1 - 26 | - 1 1 2 2 30 - Second E-pedition under Boquet, | - in 1764 and 1765 - - - - - 7 | - - - 1 - 19 - ------------------|------------------- - Total in the Seven Year’s War 1 3 9 12 2 384 | 1 7 25 22 4 522 - ======================================================================== - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - -G - -OFFICIAL TITLES OF BLACK WATCH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. - -1667 to 1739, The Black Watch. - -1739 to 1749, The Regiment was known during this period by the -names of its Colonels, as was the custom in the British Army at -that time, Earl of Crawford’s, Lord Sempill’s, Lord John Murray’s. -It was also called The Highland Regiment. It is said that the -Regiment was at first the 43d Regt. of Foot, but while it was 43d -in order of precedence it is a question if it was ever officially -called the 43d. - -1749 to 1758, 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Highland Regiment). - -1758 to 1861, 42nd (or Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot. - -1861 to 1881, 42nd Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch). - -1881 to date, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). - - * * * * * - -1758 to 1786, 2nd Battalion 42nd (or Royal Highland), Regiment of -Foot. - -1786 to 1862, 73d (Highland) Regiment of Foot. - -1862 to 1881, 73d (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot. - -1881 to date, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). - - -PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, ETC. - -* “Honors” on the Colors, the figures showing the Battalion -concerned. - - 1743-47 Flanders. - 1745 Fontenoy. - 1745 Jacobite rising. - 1757-60 Canada. - 1758 Ticonderoga. - 1759 Guadeloupe. - 1762 Martinique. - 1762 Havannah. - 1762-67 Indian Frontier. - 1763 Bushy Run. - 1775-81 America. - 1776 Long Island. - 1776 White Plains. - 1776 Brooklyn. - 1776 Fort Washington. - 1777 Pisquata. - 1777 Brandywine. - 1777 Germantown. - 1778 Freehold. - 1780 Charlestown. - *1783 Mysore (2). - *1783 Mangalore (2). - 1793 Pondicherry. - 1793-95 Flanders. - 1793 Nieuport. - 1794 Nimeguen. - 1795 Ceylon. - 1795 Guildermalsen. - 1796 St. Lucia. - 1797 St. Vincent. - 1798 Minorca. - *1799 Seringapatam (2). - 1799 Genoa. - 1799 Cadiz. - 1800 Malta. - *1801 Egypt (1). - 1801 Alexandria. - 1801 Aboukir. - 1801 Mandora. - *1808-14 Peninsula (1). - 1808 Roleia. - 1808 Vimiera. - *1809 Corunna (1). - 1810 Busaco. - *1811 Fuentes d’Onor (1). - 1812 Ciudad Rodrigo. - 1812 Salamanca. - 1812 Burgos. - *1813 Pyrenees (1). - 1813 Gohrde. - *1813 Nivelle (1). - *1813 Nive (1). - *1814 Orthes (1). - 1814 Antwerp. - *1814 Toulouse (1). - 1815 Quatre Bras. - *1815 Waterloo (1 and 2). - 1815 Netherlands. - *1846-53 South Africa (2). - *1854 Alma (1). - 1854 Balaclava. - 1854 Kertch. - 1855 Yenikale. - *1855 Sevastopol (1). - 1857-58 Indian Mutiny. - 1857 Cawnpore. - *1858 Lucknow (1). - *1874 Ashantee (1). - *1882-84 Egypt (1). - *1882 Tel-el-Kebir (1). - *1884-85 Nile (1). - 1884 El-Teb. - 1884 Tamai. - *1885 Kirbekan (1). - *1899-1902 South Africa. - *1900 Paardeberg. - - -H - -BRITISH REGIMENTS AT TICONDEROGA, 1758. - -_With Notes From Farmer’s Regimental Records._ - - -27th. - -1751-1881, The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot. Also 1758 -“Lord Blakeney’s.” - -1881 (from) First Battalion “The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.” - -Nickname--“The Lumps.” - - Notes.--Formed from three Companies of the Inniskilling - forces. It is unique in using the old Irish war-pipes. While - employed on the Isthmus of Darien all but nine of six hundred - men succumbed. For distinguished gallantry at St. Lucia, in - 1696, it was directed that the French garrison in marching - out should lay down their arms to the 27th, other marks of - favor being likewise accorded to the officers and men of the - regiment. - - -42nd. - -1749-58, 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Highland Regiment). - -1758-1861, 42nd (or Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot. Also “Lord -John Murray’s,” 1758 and 59. - -1881 (from) 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). - -Regimental Badges-“The Royal Cypher within the Garter.” The badge -and motto of the Order of the Thistle. Also (in each of the four -corners) the Royal Cypher ensigned with the Imperial Crown. Also -“The Sphinx” (for Egypt, 1801). - - Notes.--The 1st Battalion of this famous corps, the oldest - Highland regiment in the British army, was raised from six - Independent companies of Highlanders. Its sombre dress of - black, blue, and green tartan gave rise to its popular name. - To enumerate its services is simply to narrate the military - history of Great Britain since the early part of the last - century. Hardly a campaign has been conducted, or a battle - fought, in which the Black Watch--one battalion or the - other, or both in company--has not participated; always with - bravery, and frequently with conspicuous gallantry. Thereto - its records of services abundantly testifies. At Fontenoy, - Ticonderoga, and at Bushy Run “extraordinary and unexampled” - gallantry was shown. It received Royal distinction in its - change of title in 1758, and was privileged to wear the red - heckle in the bonnet, in recognition of its conduct at the - battle of Guildermalsen in 1795. In Egypt (in 1801, for which - it bears “The Sphinx”), before Alexandria, it captured the - Standard of the French Invincible Legion. Since then it has - heaped fame on fame, and added “honor” to “honor” to its - colours. Nor has the 2nd Battalion (raised in Perthshire in - 1758 as the second Battalion of the 42nd, but, renumbered, - long known as the 73rd prior to the territorial restoration - of the ancient status) failed to win fresh laurels as - occasion arose. At Mangalore (1783) against Tippoo Sahib, and - side by side with the senior Battalion at Waterloo, in the - Netherlands, in the Indian Mutiny, and in the Kaffir wars of - 1846-53, it has worthily sustained the undying fame of the - regiment. Recent events in South Africa show that neither - the officers nor the men of today have lost one iota of - that traditional dash, determination, and the bravery which - have won for the Black Watch so glorious a place in British - military annals. - - -44th. - -1751-82, The 44th Regiment of Foot. Also 1758, “General -Abercrombie’s.” - -1881 (from) The First Battalion “The Essex Regiment.” - -Nicknames--“The Two Fours” (of the 44th). “The Little Fighting -Fours,” (the regiment saw hard service in the Peninsula, and its -men were of small average stature). “The Pompadours” and “Saucy -Pompeys.” (Tradition relates that when the facings were changed in -1764 (the crimson not wearing well) the Colonel desired Blue, but -the authorities objecting, he chose Purple, a favorite color of -Madame de Pompadour, a mistress of Louis XV, of France). - - Notes.--The 44th captured an Eagle of the 62nd French - Infantry at Salamanica. - - -46th. - -1751-82, The 46th Regiment of Foot. Also 1758 “Lieut. Gen. Thomas -Murray’s.” - -1881 (from) Second Battalion “Duke of Cornwall’s Light infantry.” - -Nicknames--These pertain to the late 46th; “Murray’s Buck’s” (from -Colonel name (1743-64) and its smart appearance on home duty -in Scottish Royal livery). “The Surprisers” (from an incident -(1777) in the American War). “The Lacedemonians” (its Colonel -once when under fire, made a disciplinarian speech concerning the -Lacedemonians). Also in early days, “The Edinburgh Regiment.” “The -Red Feathers.” “The Docs” (the initials). - - Note.--“The Two Feathers” is a distinction of the 46th, a - Light company of which, in 1777, with others were brigaded as - “The Light Battalion.” The Americans were so harrassed by the - Brigade that they vowed “No Quarter.” In derision, to prevent - mistakes, the Light Battalion dyed their feathers red; the - 46th Foot alone has retained the distinction. - - -55th - -1757-82, The 55th Regiment of Foot. Also “Lord Howe’s” in 1858 and -“Prideaux’s” in 1759. - -1881 (from) Second Battalion “The Border Regiment.” - -Nickname--“The Two Fives” (to the 55th for its number). - - Notes.--The Dragon of China is on the Regimental Badge of the - 55th in honor of the victorious campaign in China in 1840-42. - - -1st and 4th Battalions 60th. - -1755-57, The 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot; renumbered. - -1757-1824, The 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot. - -1881 (from) Second Battalion “The Border Regiment.” - - Notes.--This regiment, though possessing no “Colors,” bears - more honors than any other regiment, the Highland Light - Infantry coming next with twenty-nine. Motto, “Swift and - Bold,” bestowed according to tradition by General Wolfe in - recognition of its conduct at Quebec. - - -80th. - -1758-64, The 80th (Light-armed) Regiment of Foot. Also “Gage’s.” -(Disbanded 1764). - - -The Royal Regiment of Artillery. - -One arm or other of this branch of the Service has, obviously, -taken part in every campaign; a particularized list is therefore -unnecessary. The guns are the “Colours” of the Artillery, and as -such are entitled to all “parade honours.” Formerly, regimental -honors appear to have been worn by certain companies. Amongst such -are “Niagara,” “Leipsic,” “Waterloo,” and “The Dragon of China.” - -Nicknames--“The Gunners;” “The Four-wheeled Hussars” (of the Royal -Horse Artillery). - - Notes.--Trains of artillery seem to have been raised in the - time of Henry VIII., and up to 1716 appear to have been - disbanded after each campaign. In 1716 several companies - received permanent corporate existence, since which - exigencies of modern warfare have led to an enormous increase - in the number of batteries. But from first to last, the - record of the Royal Artillery has been one of distinction, - and it may fitly be said to share the honors of all other - regiments. The Royal Irish Artillery were absorbed in 1801, - and the East India Company’s Artillery in 1858. - - -BRITISH REGIMENTS AT TICONDEROGA, 1759. - -1st. - -1751-1812, The 1st, or The Royal Regiment of Foot, also the -“Royals.” - -1881 (from) The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). - -Nickname--“Pontius Pilate’s Body-Guard.” It is a legend of the -Regiment that the Romans carried off a number of wild, war-like -Highlanders as prisoners after their conquest of Britain, and these -men and their descendants became soldiers of the Roman Empire and -as such they guarded the tomb of Our Saviour after the crucifixion. -This Scottish company, for it only consisted of one hundred men -under a centurion, was kept distinct from the Roman Army proper. At -the time of the crucifixion they were called Pontius Pilate’s Scots -Guards, and their descendants were the nucleus of the First Royal -Scots in later years. - - Notes.--The oldest Regiment of Foot in the British Army. - Traditionally regarded as the ancient body-guard of the - Scottish kings, this famous corps was in the service of - Sweden, as “Hepburn’s Regiment,” from 1625 to 1633; and in - that of France from 1633 to 1678, when (under Dumbarton) it - came to England. It received its title in 1684 in recognition - of the capture of a Colour from the Moors at Tangier. At - Sedgemoor (1685) it also captured the Duke of Monmouth’s - Standard. - - -17th. - -1751-82, The 17th Regiment of Foot. Also “Forbes.” - -1881 (from) “The Leicestershire Regiment.” - -Nicknames--“The Bengal Tigers” (from its badge); “The Lily-whites” -(from its facings). - - Notes.--Mainly raised near London; twelve regiments in all - were formed in 1688, but this and the 16th (The Bedfordshire) - are alone in commission now. - - -27th. - -See above, Ticonderoga, 1758. - - -42nd. - -See above, Ticonderoga, 1758. - - -55th. - -See above, Ticonderoga, 1758. - - -77th. - -1756-63, The 77th (Montgomery Highlanders) Regiment; disbanded -1763. - - -80th. - -See above, Ticonderoga, 1758. - - -Royal Artillery. - -See above, Ticonderoga, 1758. - - -I - -PROVINCIAL REGIMENTS AT TICONDEROGA. - -(The writer will have to admit that this list is more or less -incomplete, even the N. Y. State Library at Albany had only -scattered items. It would seem as if this would be a good subject -for an article for some future meeting of the Association and any -information will be gratefully received). - - -1758. - -The New York Colonial Manuscripts, edited by Callaghan, page 732, -in the list of regiments having officers wounded at the battle of -July 8, 1758, gives the following regiments: Col. DeLancey’s, New -York; Col. Babcock’s, Rhode Island; Col. Fitche’s, Connecticut; -Col. Worcester’s, Connecticut; Col. Bagley’s, Massachusetts; Col. -Partridge’s, Massachusetts; Col. Preble’s, Massachusetts; Col. -Johnston’s, New Jersey. Parkman mentions Col. Bradstreet with his -regiment of boatmen, armed and drilled as soldiers and it is also -certain that Roger’s Rangers were with the expedition. - -The year book of the Maine Chapter of the Society of Colonial -Wars for 1900 gives much information in regard to Col. Preble’s -regiment, Maine being in 1758 a part of Massachusetts. Mention is -made in this article of regiments officered by “Col. Doty, Col. -Joseph Williams, Col. Nickols, Col. Whitings.” - -Also in the New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. 10, P. 827 it -mentions a force of about 3,000 men nearly all of whom were -provincials, under Col. Bradstreet, in the expedition against Fort -Frontinac after the battle of July 8, 1758, and of the number of -soldiers engaged, the list is given as “New Yorkers 1112, Col. -Williams’ regiment 413, Col. Douty’s 248, Rhode Island 318, and -Jersey 418.” - -It is not clear whether these regiments were at the battle of -Ticonderoga and were not mentioned in list page 732 of the New York -Colonial Manuscripts because none of the officers were wounded, or -whether they were the same regiments but with different officers, a -change having been made after the battle. - - -1759 - -The provincial regiments mentioned in Commissary Wilson’s Orderly -Book as being in the Ticonderoga expedition of 1759 are as -follows: Col. Lyman’s, Connecticut; Col. Whiting’s, Connecticut; -Col. Worcester’s, Connecticut; Col. Fitch’s, Connecticut; Col. -Willard’s, Massachusetts; Col. Ruggle’s, Massachusetts; Col. -Lovell’s, New Hampshire; Col. Schuyler’s, New Jersey; Col. -Babcock’s, Rhode Island. - - -J - -BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF AS MANY OF THE OFFICERS OF 1758 AS COULD -BE TRACED. - -_James Abercrombie._ - -James Abercrombie was promoted to a captaincy in the 42nd or 1st -Battalion of the Royal Highlanders on the 16th of February, 1756. -On the 5th of May, 1759, he was appointed aide de camp to Maj. Gen. -Amherst, with whom he made the campaigns of that and the following -year. On the 25th of July, 1760, he was appointed Major of the 78th -or Fraser’s Highlanders and in September following was employed -by Gen. Amherst in communicating to the Marquis de Vaudreuil -the conditions preparatory to the surrender of Montreal and in -obtaining the signature of that governor to them. (Knox’s Journal). -The 78th having been disbanded in 1763, Major Abercrombie retired -on half pay. On the 27th of March, 1770, he again entered active -service as Lt. Colonel of the 22nd Regiment then serving in America -under the command of Lt. Col. Gage and was killed in the memorable -Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June, 1775. - - New York Colonial Manuscripts by Broadhead, Weed, Parsons - Co., Albany, 1856, page 160. - - -_Hugh Arnot._ - -Hugh Arnot was taken from the half pay list and appointed a -Lieutenant in the 42nd Highlanders, 9th April, 1756, at the -augmentation of that Regiment on its coming to America, and was -promoted to a Company on the 27th December, 1757. He served in the -unfortunate affair of Ticonderoga in 1758, and in 1759 accompanied -Amherst as above. On the 16th August, 1760, he exchanged into the -46th Foot, in which Regiment he continued to serve until 1769, when -his name was dropped from the Army List. - - Wilson’s Orderly Book, p. 143. - - -_Patrick Balneaves._ - -Patrick Balneaves, of Edradour, entered the 42nd, as Ensign, 28th -January, 1756, and was promoted to be Lieutenant 1st April, 1758; -he was wounded at Ticonderoga, 1758; and again at Martinico in -1762; became Captain-Lieutenant 23rd August, 1763, and left the -army in 1770. - - Stewart. Army Lists. N. Y. Colonial Manuscripts, p. 729, Vol. - 10. - -[Illustration: AT TICONDEROGA - -Tablet on Boulder near French Lines at Fort Ticonderoga - -Tablet in Black Watch Memorial at Ticonderoga] - - -_Allan Campbell._ - -Allan Campbell, son of Barcaldine, entered the Army as Ensign of -the 43d (now the 42nd) Highlanders, Dec. 25, 1744, and served that -year against the Pretender. Was made prisoner of war at Preston -Pans, 21st Sept. 1745 and sent on parole to Perth. Was appointed -lieutenant Dec. 1, 1746. He obtained a Company 13th of May, 1755, -and the next year came to America, where he shared the difficulties -and honors of the Regiment. In June, 1759, he was appointed Major -for the campaign under Amherst, and was actively employed at the -Head of the Grenadiers and Rangers, clearing the way for the army -up the Lakes. He became major in the army 15th August, 1762, -and went on half-pay on the reduction of the regiment in 1763, -having obtained a grant of 5,000 acres of land at Crown Point. He -served 19 years in the regiment. In 1770, he was appointed Major -of the 36th or Herefordshire Foot, then serving in Jamaica; -became Lieutenant-Colonel in the army in May (1772), and of his -regiment in January, 1778; Colonel in the Army, 17th Nov. 1780; -Major-General in 1787; and died 1795. His Regiment did not serve in -America during the Revolutionary War. - -An extract from his will dated 2nd March 1787, reads: - - “And whereas I am under a grant from the Crown intitled to a - considerable tract of land and heredits situate, lying and being - in the Province of New York in the County of Albany in America, - between Ticonderoga and Crown Point. * * * I do hereby give, - devise and bequeath unto my two sisters, Isabella Campbell, - (wife of John C. of Archalader, in the Shire of Perth, in North - Britain, aforesaid Esquire), and Jane Campbell of Edinchip, - in the Shire of Perth, aforesaid, widow of Colin Campbell of - Edinchip, aforesaid, Esq. deceased, their heirs, executors, - Administrates, and Assigns, all my said track of land and - heredits, in America,” etc. - - Browne, IV, 150. - - Knox Journal, I, 373, 377, 387; II, 401. - - Army List. Commissionary Wilson’s Orderly Book. 1759. p. 18. - Stewart of Garth Appendix. - - -_Archibald Campbell._ - -Archibald Campbell. Born 1720. Eldest son of Duncan Campbell of -Glendaruel and Lockhead. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of the -Rev. Archibald Campbell of Inverary. He was appointed Ensign 42d -Regt. 23d Jan. 1756, Lieut. 28th July 1757, Captain 4th Dec. 1759. -Died 3d June 1762. - - -_Donald Campbell._ - -Donald Campbell, son of Donald Campbell Bailie of McKairn, Taynuilt -Argyll, was appointed Ensign in the 42d Regt. of Foot, 5th May -1756. He was with one of the additional companies in the “Anandall” -which sprang two leaks, lost her mizen mast, was attacked three -times by Privateers (which they beat off with small arms), and was -driven into the West Indies, so that she did not arrive in New -York, in time for the company to join the attack on Ticonderoga. -He was appointed Lieut. 24th July 1758 and retired 13th June 1761, -having served with the Royal Highlanders from 1758 to 1761. - - Highlanders in America by MacLean, page 176, N. Y. Colonial - Documents, page 629. - - -_Duncan Campbell (Killochronan, Island of Mull)._ - -Extract from the Memorial of Captain Duncan Campbell, American -Loyalist Claims. - - “Humbly Sheweth, that he was a native of Great Britain and he - was appointed Ensign in the 42nd Highlanders 26 January 1756, - in which Corps he served the war before last in America and the - West Indies. And in August 1763 the Regiment was ordered on an - expedition to the relief of Fort Pitt, then invested by the - savages. - - On the march he was severely wounded at the battle of Bushy - Run, and for a long time rendered unfit for service. (In this - skirmishing warfare the troops suffered much from the want of - water and the extreme heat of the weather) which occasioned his - retiring on half pay in 1764. - - He soon thereafter settled at Fredricksburg, Dutchess Co. in the - Prov. of New York (in 1769) and purchased a valuable track of - land from Colonel Beverly Robinson and others on good terms. In - 1775 he was Colonel of Militia and Magistrate for the said county. - - That at the commencement of the troubles he took an early and - decided part in favor of His Majesty’s government, which rendered - him so obnoxious to the popular party where he dwelt that he was - obliged to fly to New York, to save his life, from the family and - abandon his property in June 1775. That soon after his arrival - there he engaged as an officer in the 2nd Battalion Highland - Emigrant’s in which he continued doing duty until the cessation - of hostilities, and consequent reduction of the Regiment in Nova - Scotia, in which Province he now dwells. (2 January 1784). - - That early in June 1775 he got on board the Asia ship of war (64 - gun frigate) then stationed in New York and soon after was joined - by some recruits he had engaged to follow him. In July thereafter - he went to Boston where Gen. Gage then Commander-in-Chief, - gave him command of an armed transport in which he returned to - New York where he enlisted and received on board about 60 more - recruits. That in September he returned again to Boston where - he left all his recruits except 26 which were left on board as - Marines, on the 8 October he was sent back on the same service. - But on the 16 of the same month was unfortunately shipwrecked on - the coast of New Jersey. - - On this service he lost all his money and baggage to the - amount of £100. This loss His Excellency Sir William Howe, - then Commander-in-Chief, would not think of reimbursing at the - time. In consequence of the shipwreck he and his party had the - misfortune to be made prisoners and was carried to Philadelphia - where he was fourteen months in a small apartment of the dismal - gaol where he contracted a sickness which was likely to prove - fatal to him. - - How soon he was taken his family were turned out of doors and - deprived of everything they had except some wearing apparell. The - distressed situation of the family so driven from their home may - be easier felt than described. It brought on for a beginning the - untimely death of an amiable wife, and deprived his five infant - children of a mother’s care whereby they for some time became - objects of compassion which he was unable to rescue them from. - Until he was exchanged and joined his Regiment (in January 1777) - he thereafter continued to serve during the war. - - N. B. The Memorialist was appointed Second Oldest Captain in - the 2nd Batt. 84th Regiment the 14 June 1775 and was reduced in - October 1783 without a step of preferment in the Regt. or in the - Line. - - Captain 4th Breadalbane Regt. of Fencibles 2nd Batt. 1 March - 1793; Major 17 Feb. 1794; Lieut. Col. 9 Dec. 1795; Regiment - disbanded 18 April 1799. He died at Edinburgh in Dec. 1799.” - - Major Sir Duncan Campbell of Barcaldine, Bart. C. V. O. - - Stewart, I, 279; II, Appendix No. 11. - -[Illustration: AT FORT TICONDEROGA - - Officers Quarters or West Barracks - - Two views from same point showing before and after restoration - - The Block House, summer residence of Howland Pell - - A reproduction of the Germain redoubt - - The Pavilion, summer residence of S. H. Pell. Built in 1826 by - William F. Pell, Esq] - - -_John Campbell of Duneavis._ - -John Campbell, of Duneaves, Perthshire, was originally a private in -the Black Watch. In 1743, he was presented, with Gregor McGregor, -to George II, as a specimen of the Highland soldier and performed -at St. James the broadsword exercise and that of the Lochaber axe, -before his Majesty and a number of General officers. Each got a -gratuity of a guinea, which they gave to the porter at the gate of -the palace as they passed out. Mr. Campbell obtained an Ensigncy in -1745 for his bravery at the battle of Fontenoy; was promoted to be -Captain-Lieutenant, 16th February, 1756, and landed in New York the -following June. He was among the few resolute men who forced their -way into the work at Ticonderoga, on the 8th of July, where he was -killed. - - -_John Campbell of Glendaruel._ - -John Campbell of Glendaruel, born in 1721, was appointed Ensign -of the 42nd Regt. of Foot 25th Sept., 1745; Lieutenant 16th May, -1748; Captain Lieut. 2nd July 1759; and Captain 20th July 1760; -Captain 27th or Inniskilling Regiment of Foot 25th March 1762; -Major Supt. of Indian Affairs in the Province of Quebec 2nd July, -1773; Lieut. Col. of Indian Affairs 29th August 1777; and Colonel -16th Nov. 1790. - -He married Marianna St. Lucan (date not given) and died Montreal, -23rd June 1795. - -“In the course of a long and meritorious service with his Regiment, -the 42nd Highlanders, in all its campaigns from the Rebellion in -1745 to the attack on Ticonderoga, where he was wounded on the 8th -July, 1758, and the conquest of Canada, Martinique, and Havanna. -He subsequently served in the expedition commanded by General -Burgoyne, at the head of a number of Indians, and was distinguished -for his spirited conduct as an officer, adorned by that elegance -and politeness which mark the accomplished gentleman and his -virtues in private life endeared him to his family and companions. - -His remains were attended to the grave in a manner suitable to -his rank. Not only by a very numerous assembly of citizens of all -ranks, but by a large body of Indian warriors, whose very decent -behavior evinced the sincerity with which they partook of the -universal regret occasioned by the loss of so very respectable a -member of society.” - - Major Sir Duncan Campbell of Barcaldine, Bart. C. V. O. - - -_John Campbell of Strachur._ - -John Campbell of Strachur, in the Highlands of Scotland, entered -the Army in June, 1745, as Lieutenant of Loudon’s Highlanders; -served through the Scotch Rebellion; made the Campaign in Flanders, -1747, and was promoted to a company on the 1st October of that -year. At the peace of 1748, he went on Half-Pay and so remained -until the 9th April, 1756, when he was appointed to the 42nd -Highlanders previous to the embarcation of that Regiment for -America. He was wounded in the attack on Ticonderoga in 1758, and -was appointed by General Amherst Major of the 17th Foot on the 11th -July, 1759; was promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, 1st -February, 1762 and commanded his Regiment in the expedition that -year against Martinico and Havana. On the 1st May, 1773, he became -Lieutenant-Colonel of the 57th or West Middlesex Foot, returned -to America in 1776 with his Regiment at the breaking out of the -Revolution; was appointed Maj. General 19th February, 1779, Colonel -of his Regiment 2d November, 1780, and commanded the British Forces -in West Florida, where after a gallant though ineffectual defence -he was obliged to surrender Pensacola to the Spaniards 10th May, -1781. He became Lieutenant-General 28th September, 1787; General in -the Army, 26th January, 1797, and died in the fore part of 1806. - - Brown, IV., 155, 159. - - Stewart’s Sketches of the Highlanders, I, 295, 306, 359, 370; - II, 5, app. iii; Knox Journal, I, 373; II, 401; Beatson’s - Naval and Mil. Mem. V, 50, 226-233; VI, 274-280; Army Lists. - Wilson’s Orderly Book, page 94. - - -_Moses Campbell._ - -A native of Scotland, joined the 42nd Regt. and was promoted -Sergeant. - -Served with this Regiment throughout the war of French and Indians -in America of 1756-63, discharged at the reduction, and settled -with his family on a portion of Maj. Allan Campbell’s (same Regt.) -grant of land, situated on the south (bank) side of Lake Champlain, -between Crown Point (about 5 miles above the point) and Ticonderoga. - -Also served (possibly in the Royal Highland Emigrants, bounty 50s -rendezvous Lake Champlain, 1775) in the War of Independence of -1775, (for which his property was confiscated, including boats.) - -He died in active (British) service on the 18th Feb. 1781. - -His widow, Elizabeth, and seven children claimed 366 pounds for -losses, allowed 80 pounds. - -N. B. On behalf of her son, Alexander, (aged 21 years), 50 pounds, -who complained that one of the rebels was now living in his house, -Feb. 1783. - - -_Gordon Graham._ - -Gordon Graham of Drainie in the Highlands of Scotland, was -appointed ensign in the 43rd Highlanders in Oct. 25, 1739, and -was made lieutenant June 24, 1743. He served in Flanders and -shared in the defeat at Fontenoy in 1745, after which the Regiment -returned home. In 1747 he made another campaign in Flanders. On -August 7, 1747, he was appointed captain. In 1749 the number of -the regiment was changed to the 42d and Mr. Graham obtained a -company in it 3d June, 1752, came to America in 1756, was at the -surrender of Fort William Henry under Colonel Munro in 1757, and -was wounded at Ticonderoga in 1758. The Major of the Regiment -having been killed on that occasion Captain Graham succeeded to the -vacancy, July 17th, 1758, and made the campaign of 1759 and 1760 -under Amherst. He next served in the West Indies in the expedition -against Martinique and July 9, 1762, became Lieutenant Colonel of -the Regiment, which returned to New York, and in the year 1763, -proceeded to the relief of Fort Pitt, defeating the Indians on the -way in the Battle of Bushy Run. In December, 1770, he retired after -31 years of service in the Regiment. As his name does not appear in -the army list of 1771 it is presumed that he died at this time. - - Brown’s Highland Clans IV, 139, 159. Beatson’s Naval and Mil. - Mem. II, 530. Wilson’s Orderly Book, p. 14. - - -_John Graham._ - -John Graham was the brother of Thomas; entered the 42nd regiment as -Ensign and was promoted to a Lieutenancy 25th January, 1776; was -wounded at Ticonderoga 1758; became Captain in February, 1762, and -was again wounded at Bushy Run in 1763; shortly after which his -company having been disbanded, he went on half pay. He rejoined -the regiment 25th December, 1765, and is dropped in 1772, having -attained the rank of field officer. - - Stewart I, 359, Army Lists. N. Y. Col. Manuscripts, p. 729, - Vol. 10. - -[Illustration: Grave of Jane McCrea, Union Cemetery, between Hudson -Falls and Fort Edward Major Duncan Campbell is now buried in this -lot.] - - -_Thomas Graham._ - -Thomas Graham, or Graeme, of Duchay, entered the 43rd, or Black -Watch, as Ensign June 30, 1741; was promoted to a Lieutenancy -August 6, 1746, and obtained a company February 15, 1756, shortly -before the regiment, then the 42nd, came to America. He served in -the several Campaigns on the northern lakes; was wounded at -Ticonderoga in 1758; was again wounded at the battle of Bushy Run, -near Pittsburg, in 1763; served in the subsequent campaigns against -the Indians, and embarked for Ireland in 1767. He succeeded Major -Reid 31st March, 1770, and became Lieutenant-Colonel 12th December -following. He retired from the army December, 1771, after 30 years -of service. - - Army Lists. Stewart. N. Y. Colonial Manuscripts, p. 729, Vol. - 10. - - -_Francis Grant._ - -Francis Grant, son of the Laird of Grant, and brother of Sir -Ludovick Grant, of Grant, Scotland, was received from half-pay -in Loudon’s Regiment and was made ensign in the Black Watch Oct. -25, 1739. Nov. 5, 1739, he was made lieutenant; June 18, 1743, -captain; and Oct. 3, 1745, he became major. A vacancy occurring -in the lieutenant-colonelcy, in December, 1755, the men of the -Regiment subscribed a sum of money among themselves to purchase the -step for him, but it was not required; he had already obtained his -promotion. He accompanied the Regiment to America in 1756 and was -present at the bloody battle of Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758, where he -was wounded. In the following year he accompanied Amherst on his -expedition, and in 1760 was in command of the van of the Army from -Oswego to Montreal. In 1761 he commanded the Army sent to the south -to chastise the Cherokees. He served as Brigadier-General in the -expedition against Martinico in 1762, and on the 19th of February -of that year became colonel in the army. On July 9, 1762, after -twenty-three years of service in the Black Watch Regiment, he was -removed and appointed to the command of the 90th Light Infantry. -In August, 1762, he commanded the 4th Brigade at the siege of -Havana and went on half pay at the peace of 1763. In November, -1768, he became colonel of the 63rd; Major-General in 1770; and -Lieutenant-General in 1777. He died at the beginning of 1782 (Army -Lists). - -Lieut.-Gen. Grant’s daughter was married to the Hon. and Rt. Rev. -George Murray, fourth son of the Duke of Athol, and Bishop of St. -David’s. - - Brown’s Highland Clans, IV, 155. - - Knox’s Journal, II, 404, 410, 465. - - Beatson N. and M., Mem. III, 363, 359. - - Debrett’s Peerage. Wilson’s Orderly Book, p. 3. - - -_James Grant._ - -James Grant, appointed Ensign, Nov. 20, 1746; Lieutenant, Jan. 22, -1756; Captain, Dec. 26, 1760; removed Aug. 13, 1762, after 16 years -of service in the Regiment and was made Fort-Major Limerick. Died -in 1778. He was wounded at Ticonderoga. - - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - - -_William Grant._ - -William Grant, appointed Ensign, Oct. 1, 1745; Lieutenant, May 22, -1746; Captain, July 23, 1758; Major, Dec. 5, 1777; retired August, -1778, after 33 years of service with rank of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel. -He was wounded at the battle of Ticonderoga. - - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - - -_James Gray._ - -James Gray was taken from the Half-pay list and appointed -Lieutenant in the 42nd Royal Highlanders 30th January, 1756. His -name is omitted in the Army List of 1765. - - Stewart’s Highlanders. Wilson’s Orderly Book, page 83. - - -_Robert Gray._ - -Robert Gray, appointed Ensign, June 6, 1745; Lieutenant, June 9, -1747; Captain, July 22, 1758. He was wounded at Ticonderoga. Aug. -2, 1759, after 14 years of service in the Regiment, he was promoted -to the 55th Regiment. He died in 1771 with rank of Lieut.-Colonel. - - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - - -_Alexander McIntosh._ - -Alexander McIntosh was taken from half pay in 1756 and appointed -Lieutenant in the 42nd. He was wounded at Ticonderoga, 1758, and -again at Martinico in 1762, and was promoted to a company 24th July -of the same year. He went on half pay in 1763 and was not again -called on active service until 25th December, 1770, when he was -appointed to the 10th regiment then serving in America. Captain -McIntosh was killed at the storming of Fort Washington, 16th -November, 1776. - - Army Lists. Beatson’s Naval and Military Memoirs. N. Y. - Colonial Manuscripts, p. 729, Vol. 10. - - -_Norman McLeod._ - -Norman McLeod entered the army as ensign of the 42d January 1756, -and was promoted to Lieutenancy in the 69th in June 1761. At the -peace of 1763 he elected to remain in this country and received -3,000 acres of land and retired on half pay. Sometime later he was -appointed Commissioner at Niagara under Sir William Johnson. At the -breaking out of the War of the Revolution he offered his services -to Governor Martin of North Carolina. Later he was captured and was -a prisoner for about five years. - - Wm. M. McBean, Secy. St. Andrew’s Society of the State of New - York. - - -_John MacNeil._ - -John MacNeil was appointed ensign, Aug. 6, 1742, Lieutenant Oct. -10, 1745; Captain, Dec. 16, 1752; Major, July 9, 1762. He died -at the siege of Havana in 1762 after 20 years of service in the -Regiment. - - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - - -_David Milne._ - -David Mill, or Milne, received a commission as Lieutenant in this -Corps 19th July, 1757; was wounded at Ticonderoga in 1758, and -again at Martinique in 1762; retired from the army at the peace of -1763. - - N. Y. Colonial Manuscripts, p. 729, Vol. 10. - - -_James Murray._ - -James Murray, second son of Lord George Murray, by his marriage -with Amelia Murray, heiress of Strowan and Glencarse, and grandson -of the first Duke of Atholl, was born at Tullibardine on the -19th of March, 1734, and it is interesting to know that Lord John -Murray, who was destined in after years to be his colonel, was -called upon to be his godfather. A commission as Lieutenant in the -Saxon Grenadier Guards was obtained for him in 1749, and he joined -his regiment in 1751. He served against the forces of Frederick -the Great until the Saxon Army capitulated at Pirna on the Elbe in -October, 1756. He was released on parole and returned to Scotland -in 1757 and on the nomination of his uncle, James Duke of Atholl, -was given a captain’s commission in the Black Watch and was placed -in command of one of the three additional companies then being -raised for service in America. He reached New York in April, 1758, -and commanded Captain Reid’s company in the unsuccessful attack on -Ticonderoga--his own company having been left in garrison at Fort -Edward. He was wounded but was soon able to return to duty and took -part in the successful expedition of 1759 to Lake Champlain. Toward -the close of that year he was given command--by Lord John Murray’s -desire--of the Grenadier Company of the newly-raised 2nd Battalion, -and with this battalion he served in the advance on Montreal in -1760 and in the capture of Martinique in 1762. He was wounded here -and invalided home and was on sick leave for more than six years. -He rejoined the Black Watch in 1768 and in 1769 was appointed -Captain-lieutenant in the 3rd Foot Guards, obtaining his promotion -as Captain and Lieutenant-colonel the following year. In 1772 he -was elected member of Parliament for Perthshire, a position which -he held for twenty-two years. He was appointed Governor of Upnor -Castle in 1775 and Fort William in 1780, but these were merely -nominal posts and did not interfere with his other duties. In 1776 -he bought Strowan (originally the property of his mother), from his -nephew, the fourth Duke of Atholl. - -On the outbreak of the War of Independence, Col. Murray offered -to raise a regiment of Highlanders for service in America, but -this offer was refused, and in March, 1777, he was sent out to -join the brigade of Guards under General Howe in New Jersey. He -was with Lord Cornwallis at Quibbletown and presumably took part -in the actions at Brandywine and Germantown in 1777. He spent the -following winter in quarters at Philadelphia, and left America in -the summer of 1778 and joined the Atholl Highlanders in Ireland -in September of that year, of which regiment he was given the -command. This regiment remained in Ireland during the war, at the -conclusion of which it was disbanded. James Murray was appointed -Lieutenant-colonel-commandant of the 78th Highlanders in 1783, but -as he was already a general officer he never did any duty with this -regiment. After 1783 General Murray resided a good deal at Strowan; -in 1786 he was promoted full Colonel of the 78th (by that time the -72nd), and in 1793 he was made Lieutenant-general. In March, 1794, -he felt himself obliged to resign his seat in Parliament owing to -ill health and a few days later--on the 19th of March--he died in -London and was buried in St. Margaret’s, Westminster. - -Of Lord George Murray’s three sons, General James seems to have -been the one who most resembled his father. He had inherited the -Jacobite General’s sympathetic knowledge of Highland character, -something of his pride, and the same affectionate disposition. And -that he had at least a share of his father’s determination, and -presence of mind is shown by two anecdotes which have been handed -down with regard to him. One of these refers to his earlier days, -and is to the effect that, having been attacked by a highwayman one -night that he was driving over a heath near London, he leant out of -the window of the chaise, “groped in the dark for the ears of his -assailant’s horse,” and with the brief but expressive exclamation. -“Thereut’s-” fired a shot which ended the highwayman’s career. The -other relates that during the Gordon Riots of 1780 Colonel James -Murray was seated next Lord George Gordon in the House of Commons -at the very moment at which the mob threatened to break into the -House. Colonel Murray with a soldier’s instinct drew his sword, -pointed it at Lord George, and notwithstanding that he was his -cousin, declared his intention of running him through the body if -a single one of the rioters should enter. His promptness saved the -situation, but he had committed a breach of the privileges of the -House and was ordered to apologize on bended knee to the Speaker. -Colonel Murray made the required amende, but on rising from his -knee took out his handkerchief and dusted it, remarking, “Damned -Dirty House this; sooner it’s cleaned out the better.” - - Army Lists: Brown’s Highl. Clans, IV, 159, 300, 304, 306. - Wilson’s Orderly Book, p. 67. Military History of Perthshire, - p. 411-413. - - Stewart of Garth gives the following in regard to General - Murray’s wound, received at the capture of Martinique; (page - 126, Vol. 10.) - - “The musket ball entered his left side, under the lower rib, - passed up through the left lobe of the lung, (as ascertained - after his death) crossed his chest, and mounting up to his - right shoulder, lodged under the scapula. His case being - considered desperate, the only object of the surgeon was to - make his situation as easy as possible for, the few hours - they supposed he had to live; but, to the great surprise - of all, he was on his legs in a few weeks, and, before he - reached England, was quite recovered, or at least his health - and appetite were restored. He was never afterwards, however, - able to lie down; and during the thirty-two years of his - subsequent life, he slept in an upright posture, supported in - his bed by pillows.” - - -_Lord John Murray._ - -Lord John Murray, born on the 14th of April, 1711, was the eldest -son of John, first Duke of Atholl, by his second wife, the Hon. -Mary Ross, and half-brother to John, Marquess of Tullibardine, and -Lord George Murray. He became an ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards -(now the Scots Guards) in 1727, and a captain in the same regiment -in 1738. Immediately after the mutiny of the regiment in 1743 he -applied for the colonelcy in the 42nd or Black Watch, but he did -not obtain the appointment he so greatly desired until two years -later. In July, 1743, he was appointed first aide-de-camp to George -II and was in attendance on the King in Germany at the close of -the Dettingen campaign, but returned to England without having -taken part in any engagements. In April 1745, when at last gazetted -colonel of the Black Watch, he proceeded to join his regiment in -Flanders, but arrived too late for Fontenoy. He distinguished -himself, however, during the subsequent retreat of the British army -to Brussels, by his defence of a pass which the French attacked -by night. For this service he was publicly thanked by the Duke -of Cumberland. In 1745 he returned home with his regiment but in -1747 he was in the Netherlands taking part in the attempted relief -of Hulst. After the surrender of the town by the Dutch Governor, -Lord John commanded the rear-guard in the retreat to Welsharden, -and shortly afterwards, having been ordered to take part in the -defence of Bergen-op-Zoom, he was placed in command of the British -troops in the lines there. At the close of operations he received a -message of approbation from the King. - -[Illustration: From “A Military History of Perthshire” - -Lord John Murray, Colonel the Black Watch, 1745 to 1787] - -In 1755 he was promoted major-general, and in 1758 -lieutenant-general, but although he offered his services more than -once, he was not employed abroad during the Seven Years’ War. He -took the keenest interest, however, in all the exploits of his -regiment and worked hard to raise a second battalion in 1758. -Stewart of Garth tells us that when the men who had been disabled -at Ticonderoga appeared before the Board of Chelsea to claim their -pensions, Lord John went with them and explained their case in such -a manner to the commissioners that they were all successful. He -gave them money, got them a free passage to Perth, and offered a -house and garden to all who chose to settle on his estate. General -Stewart also describes how, when the 42nd at last returned from -America in 1767, Lord John, who had been for weeks at Cork awaiting -its arrival, marched into that town at its head. - -Lord John was a great deal with the regiment while it was quartered -in Ireland, and, according to Stewart of Garth, was “ever attentive -to the interest of the officers and vigilant that their promotion -should not be interrupted by ministerial or other influence.” He -was also “unremitting in his exertions to procure the appointment -of good officers, and of officers who understood perfectly the -peculiar dispositions and character of the men.” For this reason he -strenuously endeavored to exclude all but the members of Scots--and -more especially Highland--families. He was equally particular that -only Gaelic-speaking men and Protestants should be recruited for -the ranks. - -In spite of his military duties Lord John resided a good deal in -the country--and not only at the home of his boyhood--for early -in life he bought Pitnacree in Strathtay, and in later years he -had also a house in Perth. He represented Perthshire in Parliament -from 1734 to 1761. In 1758 he married Miss Dalton of Bannercross--a -Derbyshire heiress, by whom he had one daughter. In 1770 he became -a full general. His last military achievement was the raising in -1779 and 1780 (at his own expense) of another second battalion to -the 42nd. This battalion so distinguished itself in India that -in 1786 it was placed permanently on the establishment under the -title of the 73rd Regiment. The veteran to whose patriotism it owed -its existence died on the 26th day of May, 1787, at the age of -seventy-six, the senior officer in the Army. - -Lord John made the most of such chances as occurred of -distinguishing himself in the field, but those opportunities were -small for he never served in any war but the Austrian Succession. -It is therefore as the Colonel of the Black Watch that his name -has survived--as a man who understood the Highland soldiers well -enough to wish to command them at a time when to many that might -have seemed a task of great difficulty--and who, having at last -obtained the post he desired, completely identified himself with -the interests of his men, and for upwards of half a century was the -“friend and supporter of every deserving officer and soldier in the -regiment.” - - Military History of Perthshire, page 382-384. - - -_John Reid._ - -John Reid was the eldest son of Alexander Robertson of Straloch, -but the head of the family had always been known as “Baron Reid” -and the General and his younger brother, Alexander (who was an -officer in the 42nd), adopted the more distinctive surname early -in life. He was born at Inverchroskie in Strathardle, on the 13th -of February, 1721, and received his early education at Perth. -Being destined for the law, he was afterwards sent to Edinburgh -University. Nature, however, had intended him for a soldier, and -in June, 1745, having recruited the necessary quota of men, he -obtained a commission as lieutenant in Loudon’s Highlanders. He was -taken prisoner at Prestonpans the following September, but when -released the following spring he rejoined his regiment and was able -to render important service to the Government. From 1747 to 1748 he -served in Flanders with Loudon’s Highlanders and took part in the -defence of Bergen-op-Zoom, but on the reduction of his regiment at -the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle he was placed on half-pay. In 1751 he -bought a captain-lieutenant’s commission in the Black Watch and in -1752 a commission as captain in the same regiment. Four years later -on the outbreak of the war with France, he sailed with his regiment -to America. He was not present at the first attack on Ticonderoga -as he had been left behind sick at Albany, and his company was -commanded in that desperate engagement by Captain James Murray. -In 1759, Reid, by that time a major, took part in the second -advance to Lake Champlain, which resulted in the surrender of Forts -Ticonderoga and Crown Point; and on him devolved the command of the -42nd during the greater part of the campaign of 1760 which ended -with the capture of Montreal and the expulsion of the French from -Canada. - -Reid remained in America with the 42nd until Dec., 1761, when he -accompanied it to the West Indies. He served in the capture of -Martinique and at the storming of Morne Tortenson, on Jan. 24, -1762, was in command of the 1st Battalion of his regiment. His -battalion suffered heavy loss and he was wounded in two places, but -recovered in time to take part in the expedition against Havana of -that same year. After the surrender of Cuba he returned to America. -In 1764 Reid acted as second-in-command of Colonel Bouquet’s -arduous but successful expedition against the Indians on the Ohio -and Muskingum Rivers. In the following year we hear of him fitting -out an expedition which was to be sent to the Illinois country -under the command of Captain Thomas Stirling of the 42nd. - -About 1760, Reid married an American lady of Scots descent, Susanna -Alexander, daughter of James Alexander, surveyor-general of New -York and New Jersey. She owned property on Otter Creek in what is -now the State of Vermont, which was added to and improved by her -husband with the result that at the end of ten years Reid owned -“about thirty-five thousand acres of very valuable land” near Crown -Point and had “obtained from the Governor and Council of New York a -warrant of survey for fifteen thousand more,” which he intended to -“erect” into a manor. - -In 1767 the Royal Highland Regiment left America for Ireland and -Reid presumably accompanied it. In 1770 Reid retired on half-pay, -intending no doubt to settle down to the enjoyment and improvement -of his American estates. However, in 1772 his tenants were expelled -by the people of Bennington “on the pretence of having claim to -that country under the Government of New Hampshire, notwithstanding -that the King in Council had, ten years before, decreed Connecticut -River to be the Eastern Boundary of New York.” In 1775 war broke -out with the American colonists, and though his case finally came -before the Commissioners for American Claims, the only compensation -awarded him was a trifling allowance for mills he had erected and -for fees he had paid for surveys. In May, 1778 his father’s estate, -Straloch, passed under the hammer as he was unable to pay the -mortgages and his son could give him no help. - -Notwithstanding that he was a comparatively poor man, in 1779-1780 -Reid raised at his own expense a regiment of foot, of which he -was appointed colonel. This was called the 95th and was disbanded -in 1783. In 1781 Reid was promoted major-general, and in 1793 a -lieutenant-general. He was appointed colonel of the 88th Regiment -(Connaught Rangers) in November, 1794, and became a general in -1798. In 1803, when an invasion was hourly expected, Reid, in -response to an order that all general officers not employed on the -staff should transmit their addresses to the Adjutant-General, -wrote that though in the eighty-second years of his age “and very -deaf and infirm,” he was still ready to use his feeble arm in -defence of his country. He died in the Haymarket on the 6th of -February, 1807, and was buried in St. Margaret’s, Westminster. - -The General would probably have had but little property to dispose -of at his death, had he not in 1796 succeeded to a valuable estate -of some four or five thousand acres in Nova Scotia, which was -left to him by his cousin, Gen. John Small, “as a mark of ... -respect ... and attachment to the preservation of his name and -representation for succeeding ages.” Reid’s daughter had made -a marriage of which he disapproved, she had no children, and -his only brother had died in 1762 during the siege of Havana. -It was probably these circumstances that induced him to realize -the property in Nova Scotia and at the time of his death he was -worth some £52,000. This entire fortune, went after the death of -his daughter, to the University of Edinburgh to found a musical -professorship. He also left directions that a concert should be -given annually on or about his birthday to commence with several -pieces of his own composition, among the first of which is that -of the “Garb of Old Gaul,” a composition written by Sir Charles -Erskine, but set to music by Reid while major of the 42nd, and -which has ever since been a regimental march. - -Reid also composed several military marches and was esteemed the -best gentleman player on the German flute in England. It may -safely be predicted that as long as the University exists this old -Perthshire soldier of the 18th century will be remembered as one of -its benefactors. - - N. Y. Documentary History IV. - - Military History of Perthshire pp. 387-395. - -[Illustration: From “A Military History of Perthshire” - -Officers in the Black Watch 1758-9 - - MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SMALL - - _(From a Medallion in the possession of Mrs. Small of Dirnanean)_ - - GENERAL SIR THOMAS STIRLING OF ARDOCH AND STROWAN, BART. - - _(From a Miniature in the possession of Captain Graham Stirling - of Strowan)_ - - GENERAL JOHN REID - - _(From a Portrait in the Music Class-room of Edinburgh - University)_] - - -_John Small._ - -John Small was the third son of Patrick Small, who married -Magdalen Robertson, sister of Alexander Robertson, the father of -General John Reid. Reid and Small were thus not only neighbors and -brother-officers, but first cousins, and were evidently on terms -of close friendship. Born in Strathardle, Atholl, Scotland, in -1730, Small, like many of his countrymen of that date, began his -military career with the Scots Brigade in Holland, being appointed -a 2nd lieutenant in the Earl of Drumlanrig’s Regiment when it was -raised for service of the States-General in 1747. How long he -remained abroad is unknown but it is probable that he returned to -England when the regiment was reduced in 1752. He did not, however, -obtain a commission in the British army until four years later, -when he was appointed lieutenant in the 42nd, just prior to its -departure for America. So far as is known, Small took part in all -the campaigns in which his regiment was engaged from 1756 to 1763. -He fought at Ticonderoga in 1758, served with General Amherst’s -successful expedition to Lake Champlain in the following year, and -took part in the operations which completed the conquest of Canada -in 1760. After the surrender of Montreal he was sent in charge of -French prisoners to New York, and we learn from a brother officer -that General Amherst had great confidence in him, and frequently -employed him “on particular services.” Two years later he served in -the capture of Martinique and Havana and obtained his promotion as -captain. - -At the peace of 1763 Small was placed on half-pay, but, according -to General Stewart, he was almost immediately put on the full-pay -list of the North British Fusiliers (21st) and when in 1767 the -Black Watch left for Europe, most of the men of that regiment who -had volunteered to stay in America joined the Fusiliers in order to -serve under Small, who was “deservedly popular” with them. Small, -however, cannot have served long with the 21st, for in the same -year in which the Black Watch left America he was appointed “major -of brigade” to the forces in North America. It was probably during -the interval between the Seven Years’ War and the war with the -Americans that he began to acquire the property in Nova Scotia, -part of which he afterwards bequeathed to his cousin, John Reid. -We have some indication that during this period he interested -himself in local politics and formed the friendship of at least one -American which was of value to him later. - -Small served throughout the War of Independence though but rare -glimpses are obtained of him. He was present as a brigade-major -at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1777, and in the course of -that day his life was saved by the American General Putnam, who, -seeing Small standing alone at a time when all around him had -fallen, struck up the barrels of his men’s muskets to save his -life. Shortly after this, Small raised the 2nd battalion of the -Royal Highland Regiment and was appointed major-commandant. In 1778 -the regiment was numbered the 84th and in 1780 he was promoted -to lieutenant-colonel-commandant of his battalion. He is said to -have joined Sir Henry Clinton at New York in 1779, but it is more -probable that he was stationed for the most part in Nova Scotia. In -March, 1783, Small and his battalion were at Fort Edward, New York, -and in the following autumn the battalion was disbanded at Windsor, -Nova Scotia, where many of the men settled and formed the present -town of Douglas. - -Small, once more on half-pay, returned home and in 1790 was -promoted colonel and three years later was appointed lieutenant -governor of Guernsey. In October, 1794, he became major-general and -on the 17th of March, 1796, he died in Guernsey and was buried in -the church of St. Peter Port. - -General Stewart of Garth wrote of General John Small that “No -chief of former days ever more fairly secured the attachment -of his clan, and no chief, certainly, ever deserved it better. -With an enthusiastic and almost romantic love for his country -and countrymen, it seemed as if the principal object of his life -had been to serve them, and promote prosperity. Equally brave in -leading them in the field, and kind, just, and conciliating in -quarters, they would have indeed been ungrateful if they regarded -him otherwise than as they did. There was not an instance of -desertion in his battalion.” - - Stewart II, 143. Military Hist. of Perthshire, pp. 396-399. - - -_James Stewart of Urrard._ - -James Stewart of Urrard, obtained a company in the 42nd, July 18th, -1757. He was wounded at Ticonderoga, 1758. He sold out after the -peace. - - Stewart I, 306, 359. N. Y. Col. MSS., p. 729, Vol. 10. - - -_Thomas Stirling._ - -Thomas Stirling, second son of Sir Henry Stirling, of Ardoch, was -born October 8, 1731. He began his military career in the Dutch -service, being given a commission as ensign in the 1st Battalion -of Col. Marjoribanks’ Regiment on the 30th of September, 1747, -and was probably placed on half-pay when the establishment of the -Scots Brigade was reduced in 1752. On the 24th of July, 1757, -having been nominated by James, Duke of Atholl, and having raised -the requisite number of men, he was gazetted captain of one of -the three companies added to the 42nd in that year. In November, -1757, he sailed for America, where he served with his regiment in -the campaigns of the ensuing years, though he was not present at -the first attack on Ticonderoga, owing to the fact that the new -companies had been left behind to garrison Fort Edward. He took -part in the capture of Martinique in 1762 and was wounded but was -able to serve in the capture of Havana later in that year. He -returned with his regiment to America and in August, 1765, was sent -in command of a company to take possession of Fort de Chartes on -the Mississippi. After holding this fort that winter and spring, -he returned with his detachment to the regiment in June, 1766. The -following year the 42nd left America and for upwards of eight years -was quartered in Ireland, after which it was for a short time in -Scotland. In 1770 Stirling was gazetted major of the regiment, and -1771 lieutenant-Colonel-commandant. Hostilities broke out with the -Americans in 1775, and, Stirling, having in five months raised the -strength of his regiment from 350 men to 1,200, returned with it in -the following spring to America, where he commanded it continuously -for three years during the war. He took part in the engagement -at Brooklyn, the attack on Fort Washington, the expedition to -Pennsylvania, battle of Monmouth, and others. During 1778-9 he -was stationed at or near New York. In June, 1779, he accompanied -a force under General Mathews through New Jersey in an attempt to -rally the supposed loyalists of that state. This was unsuccessful -and ended in the destruction of the town of Springfield. General -Stirling was so severely wounded while leading the attack that he -could take no further part in the war. His thigh was broken and -fearing to be rendered incapable of further service he refused -to have it amputated. He recovered and was invalided home but he -does not appear after this to have been ever again fit for active -duty. In 1782 he was promoted major-general and appointed colonel -of the 71st Foot, but his regiment was disbanded the following -year. His services were rewarded with a baronetcy and in 1790, -he became colonel of the 41st Regiment. In 1796 he was promoted -lieutenant-general, and in 1799 he succeeded his brother in the -baronetcy of Ardock. He attained the rank of general in 1801 and -died unmarried on the 9th of May, 1808. - - -_Kenneth Tolmie._ - -Kenneth Tolmie was commissioned a lieutenant in the 42nd -Highlanders, 23rd January, 1756, and promoted to the Command of a -Company 27th July, 1760. His name is dropped after the Peace of -1763. - - Wilson’s Orderly Book, p. 166. - - -_Alexander Turnbull._ - -Alexander Turnbull of Stracathro, appointed ensign, June 3, 1752; -lieutenant, Sept. 27, 1756; captain, Aug. 14, 1762. After 11 years -of service, he went on half-pay in 1763; full pay of the 32nd Foot. -He died in 1804 with rank of major. - - Stewart of Garth, Appendix. - - -K - -ORIGINAL REGIMENTAL LIST OF THE BLACK WATCH. - -_From A Military History of Perthshire, pages 51, 52, and The Black -Watch Chronicle, 1913, pages 6-8._ - - -_No. 1 Company._ - - Colonel and Captain John, Earl of Crawford. Died 1748. - - Captain-Lieutenant Duncan Mackfarland. Retired 1744. - - Ensign Gilbert Stewart of Kincraigie. - - -_No. 2 Company._ - - Lieutenant-Colonel and Captain Sir Robert Munro, Bart., of - Foulis. Killed at Falkirk 1746. - - Lieutenant Paul Macferson. - - Ensign Archibald Macknab, younger son of the Laird of Macnab. - Died Lieut. General, 1790. - - -_No. 3 Company._ - - Major and Captain George Grant. Removed from the service by - sentence of Court-martial, 1746. - - Lieutenant John MacKenzie of Rencraig (? Kincraig). - - Ensign Collin Campbell. - - -_No. 4 Company._ - - Captain Collin Campbell, Jr., of Monzie. Retired 1743. - - Lieutenant Alexander Macdonald. - - Ensign James Campbell of Glenfalloch. Died of wounds at Fontenoy. - - -_No. 5 Company._ - - Captain James Colquhoun of Luss. Promoted to be Major. Retired in - 1748. - - Lieutenant George Ramsay. - - Ensign James Campbell of Stronslanie.[44] - - -_No. 6 Company._ - - Captain John Campbell of Carrick. Killed at Fontenoy. - - Lieutenant John MacLean of Kingairloch. - - Ensign Dougall Stewart (of Appin?). - - -_No. 7 Company._ - - Captain Collin Campbell of Balliemore. Retired. - - Lieutenant Malcom Frazer, son of Culduthel.[45] Killed at - Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747. - - Ensign Dougal Stewart. - - -_No. 8 Company._ - - Captain George Munro of Culcairn, brother of Foulis. Killed 1746. - - Lieutenant Lewis Grant of Auchterblair. - - Ensign John Menzies of Comrie. - - -_No. 9 Company._ - - Captain Dougal Campbell of Craignish. Retired in 1745. - - Lieutenant John Mackneil. - - Ensign Gordon Graham of Draines.[46] - - -_No. 10 Company._ - - Captain John Monro of Newmore. Promoted to be Lt. Col. 1743; - retired 1749. - - Lieutenant Francis Grant, son of the Laird of Grant.[47] Died - Lieut.-General 1782. - - Ensign Edward Carrick. - - Surgeon George Monro. - - Quarter Master John Forbes. - - Chaplain Hon. Gideon Murray. - - Adjutant John Lindsay.[48] - - -L - -OFFICERS OF THE 42ND ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT AS COPIED FROM THE -BRITISH ARMY LIST, PUBLISHED 20TH JUNE, 1759. - - Col. Lord Jno. Murray, Lt. Gen. - - Lt. Col. Francis Grant. - Major Gordon Graham. - Capt. John Reid. - Capt. John McNeil. - Capt. Allan Campbell. - Capt. Thomas Graeme. - Capt. James Abercrombie. - Capt. John Campbell. - Capt. James Stewart. - Capt. James Murray. - Capt. Thomas Stirling. - Capt. Francis McLean. - Capt. Archibald Campbell. - Capt. Alexander St. Clair. - Capt. William Murray. - Capt. John Stuart. - Capt. Alexander Reid. - Capt. William Grant. - Capt. David Haldane. - Capt. Lieut. Robert Gray. - Lieut. John Campbell. - Lieut. Kenneth Tolme. - Lieut. James Grant. - Lieut. John Graham. - Lieut. Alex. Turnbull. - Lieut. Alex. Campbell. - Lieut. Alex. McIntosh. - Lieut. James Gray. - Lieut. John Small. - Lieut. Arch. Campbell, Sen. - Lieut. James Campbell. - Lieut. Archibald Lamont. - Lieut. David Mills. - Lieut. Simon Blair. - Lieut. David Barclay. - Lieut. Archibald Campbell, Jr. - Lieut. Alex Mackay. - Lieut. Robert Menzies. - Lieut. Patrick Balneavis. - Lieut. John Campbell, Sen. - Lieut. Alex. McLean. - Lieut. George Sinclair. - Lieut. John Murray. - Lieut. Gordon Clunes. - Lieut. James Fraser. - Lieut. John Robertson. - Lieut. John Grant. - Lieut. George Leslie. - Lieut. Duncan Campbell. - Lieut. Adam Stuart. - Lieut. Donald Campbell. - Lieut. George Grant. - Lieut. James McIntosh. - Lieut. Robert Robertson. - Lieut. John Smith. - Lieut. Peter Grant. - Lieut. Alex. Farquharson. - Lieut. John Campbell, Jr. - Lieut. George Sinclair. - Ensign Elbert Herring. - Ensign William Brown. - Ensign Thomas Fletcher. - Ensign Alex. Donaldson. - Ensign William McIntosh. - Ensign Patrick Sinclair. - Ensign Archibald Campbell, Jun. - Ensign John Gregor. - Ensign Lewis Grant. - Ensign Archibald Campbell, Sen. - Ensign John Graham. - Ensign Allen Grant. - Ensign John Leith. - Ensign Charles Menzies. - Ensign Archibald McNab. - Ensign John Chas. St. Clair. - Ensign John Gordon. - Ensign Neil McLean. - Ensign Thomas Cunison. - Sergt. Phineas McPherson. - Chaplain James Stewart. - Adj. James Grant. - Aldj. Alex McLean. - Quarter Master John Graham. - Quarter Master Adam Stewart. - Surgeon David Hepburn. - Surgeon Robt. Drummond. - - Agt., Mr. Drummond, Spring Garden. - - The following corrections were interlined in ink in the above - Army List of 1759, which was found in the British Museum: - - Capt. John Reid was made Major. Aug. 5, 1759. - Capt. John Campbell, removed to the 17th. - Capt. David Haldane, removed to a Regiment at Jamaica. - Lieut. Alexander McLean, made captain of corps of Highlanders. - Lieut. George Sinclair, dead. - Lieut. George Sinclair, removed to Crawford’s Regiment. - Ensign Thomas Fletcher, made lieutenant June 1, 1759. - Ensign William McIntosh, removed to Keith’s Corps. - Sergt. Phineas McPherson, made ensign June 1, 1759. - Lauchlan Johnson, made chaplain 20th August, 1759, in place - of James Stewart. - Alexander Donaldson, made adjutant 20th March, 1759, in place - of Alexander McLean. - - -M - -REFERENCES TO THE BLACK WATCH IN THE 1759 CAMPAIGN TAKEN FROM -“COMMISSARY WILSON’S ORDERLY BOOK.” - -Albany, 22 May, 1759. Two companies of the Royal Highland Regiment -are also to receive batteaux and load them with provision and -baggage. A sergeant and 12 men of the Rhode Island Regiment are -to relieve a party of the Royal Highland Regiment at the Half-Way -House on the way to Schenectady; they are to march tomorrow morning -and carry six days’ provision with them. - -Albany, 23d May, 1759. Three captains of the Royal Highlanders -summoned among others to a general Court Martial, of which Col. -Francis Grant was President, to set tomorrow at the Town House in -Albany at 3 o’clock to try all prisoners that may be brought before -them. - -Albany, 26th May, 1759. An officer and 25 men of the Royal Highland -Regiment with a week’s provision to be sent this afternoon to Widow -McGinnes House to protect settlement; one Company of the Royal -Highland Regiment to march tomorrow morning at 5 o’clock; they will -take their tents and camp equipage with them, for which a wagon -will be allowed on sending to Col. Bradstreet for it; the officer -commanding that company to call upon the General this night. The -General Court Martial of which Col. Grant is President to meet -again tomorrow at 8 o’clock. - -Albany, 31st May, 1759. The Royal Highland Regiment to march -tomorrow morning at 5 o’clock to Halfmoon, where they will take the -artillery under their charge and escort the same to Fort Edward. - -Fort Edward, 6th June, 1759. Lieut. Col. Robinson will mark out -the Camp tomorrow morning at 5 o’clock that the Regiments may -take up their ground as they arrive; the Regiments to encamp * * * -Royal Highlanders on the right. A Serj. and 16 men of ye Royal -Highlanders to take the General’s Guard. - -Fort Edward, 7th June, 1759. The Regiments are not to change their -encampment until the ground be quite dry. - -Fort Edward, 8th June, 1759. The Regiments to change their -encampment this day at 12 o’clock. - -Fort Edward, 9th June, 1759. Field Officer for the Picquit -tomorrow, Major Graham. The Light infantry of the Highland Regiment -is to practice firing ball tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock, near the -Royal Block House on the other side of the river. - -The Royal Highland Regiment to furnish 2 captains, 6 subs., and 200 -men * * *; this detachment to take batteaux tomorrow morning at -day break. The Royal Highland Regiment to take 20 batteaux, and 60 -of the 200 men with arms to serve as a covering party. The whole -to take provisions for tomorrow with them; they are to proceed to -Col. Haviland’s Camp, opposite to Fort Miller, where the commanding -officer will apply to Col. Haviland who will order the batteaux -to be immediately loaded, that the whole party may return to Fort -Edward without loss of time. - -Fort Edward, 10th June, 1759. Field Officer for the Picquit this -night Major (Gordon) Graham, for tomorrow Major (Allen) Campbell, -Colonel of the day, Col. (Francis) Grant. Two captains of the Royal -Highlanders to sit with others in General Court Martial tomorrow -morning at 8 o’clock, to try such prisoners as are on the Provost -Guard. The Royal Highlanders and Montgomery’s Regiments to send as -many men this afternoon at 4 o’clock as are necessary to clean the -ground where the Light Infantry is to encamp. They will receive -axes on applying to the store-keeper in the Fort, which they will -return when they have finished that work. - -Fort Edward, 11th June, 1759. Colo. of the day, Col. Grant, Field -Officer of the Picquits, Major Campbell. - -Fort Edward, 12th June, 1759. Block Houses to be relieved tomorrow -by the Line * * * the one joining the east side of the Bridge by 1 -Sub., 2 Serjts., 2 corpls. and 24 men of the Royal Highlanders; the -one in the front of the Right of the Royal, one Serjt., one Corpl. -and 10 men of the Royal Highlanders. - -Fort Edward, 13th June, 1759. The Royal Highland Regiment to strick -their tents tomorrow at Revallie Beating. The Royal Highlanders -posted in their Block Houses as per ordered of yesterday, to be -relieved immediately. - -Fort Edward, 17th June. The First Battalion Massachusetts to strike -their tents at Revallie Beating and march half an hour after to the -Halfway Brook where the commanding officer will put himself under -the command of Col. Grant. - -Fort Edward, 19th June, 1759. The Royal Highlanders will furnish -one Sub. and 30 men towards the working party required tomorrow to -repair the roads. - -Fort Edward, 20th June. Capt. Campbell of the Royal Highland -Grenediers is appointed Major to the Battalion of Grenediers for -the Campaign. - -Lake George, 22d June, 1759. The Royal Highlanders to receive one -day’s fresh beef tomorrow. - -Lake George 24th June. Field Officer for tomorrow, Major Graham. - -Lake George, 26th June, 1759. The Royal Highlanders to receive 7 -days’ provisions tomorrow. - -Lake George, 27th June. Generals Guard tomorrow, Royal Highlanders. -2 Companies of Grenediers with 2 Companies of Light Infantry -ordered this morning with as many Rangers and Indians as Maj. -Rogers can furnish, the whole commanded by Maj. Campbell, to march -tomorrow two hours before daybreak by the same route Col. Haviland -took; which post Capt. Johnson will show, and to remain there -whilst the boats are fishing. They are to take one day’s provisions -and to go as light as possible as they are not only a covering -party to the boats, but to attack any body of the enemy they may -find. - -Lake George, 5th July, 1759. A General Court Martial to set -tomorrow morning at the President’s Tent at 8 o’clock for the trial -of a man suspected of robbery * * * Major Graham and two captains -of the Royal Highlanders to attend. - -Lake George 8th July, 1759. The Royal Highlanders will take the -Gen’s Guard tomorrow half an hour after 4. - -Lake George, 11th July, 1759. Capt. John Campbell of the Royal -Highlanders is appointed Major in the late Forbes, and is to be -obeyed as such. Royal Highlanders to receive 35 batteaux. Oars and -whatever else belongs to the batteaux will be delivered at the same -time. Each batteaux will carry 12 barrels of flour or 9 of pork -when ordered to load, and it is supposed will have about 20 men or -a few more in each battoe. - -Lake George, 12th July. A General Court Martial of the Regulars to -be held tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock. Col. Grant President, Major -John Campbell to attend. - -Lake George, 13th July. Colonel of the Day tomorrow, Col. Grant. -Field Officer tomorrow night, Major Graham. Generals Guard -tomorrow, Royal Highlanders. The General Court Martial of which -Col. Grant was President, is dissolved. Royal Highlanders to -receive a proportion of flour for five days which they are to get -baked tomorrow and keep. - -Lake George, 19th July, 1759. The Royal Highlanders one of the -Regiments appointed to sit in general Court Martial tomorrow at -6 o’clock. The Regiments to load their batteaux tomorrow morning -beginning at 5 o’clock in the following manner, Montgomery’s Pork, -Royal Highlanders, Flour, * * * two regiments to load at a time, -one flour and one pork, and to be allowed an hour for loading, and -when loaded to return to their stations. - -Lake George, 20th July, 1759. For the day this day, Regulars, Col. -Grant. On landing the Col. Grant to take the command of the late -Forbes’ Brigade. - -Camp near Ticonderoga, 22d July. For the Picquit tomorrow night, -Major Graham. - -Camp before Ticonderoga, 23d July, 1759. Collo. of the day -tomorrow, Collo. Grant. Field Officer of the Picquits this night, -Major Graham. - -Camp at Ticonderoga, 24th July, 1759. Serjt. Murray of the Royal -Highland Regiment is appointed to oversee people making Fasciens, -and to keep an account of the number made. - -Camp at Ticonderoga, 25th July, 1759. The following carpenters -* * * James Frazer, George McDougall, James Frazer, John McColme, -John Robinson, James Cumming, and James McDonald of the Royal -Highlanders to be at the sawmills tomorrow at 5 o’clock and -if Capt. Loreing should not be there they will receive their -directions from Brigadier Ruggles. - -The Royal Highland Regiment to draw tomorrow early two days bisquit -and two days pork, bisquit in lieu of flour, which completes them -to the 28th inclusive. - -Ticonderoga, 26th July, 1759. Adjutant for the day tomorrow Royal -Highlands. - -Ticonderoga, 28th July, 1759. A General Court Martial of the line -to be held at the President’s tent at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning. -Col. Grant, President, two Majors and ten Captains, two of whom -were from the Royal Highlanders. - -Ticonderoga, 29th July, 1759. The ovens to be given for the use of -troops in the following manner:-- * * * No. 2 to the Inniskilling -and Royal Highlanders. No bakers but such as those Corps imploy to -make in any of those ovens. The Royal Highland Regiments to strick -their tents and march immediately to the Landing Place, and they -will send their tents and baggage in batteaux. - -Ticonderoga, 1st August, 1759. As a number of shoes are come up, -intended for the use of the Army, and will be delivered to them -at the prime cost in England, which three shillings and six pence -per pair. The Regiments may receive in the following manner and -proportion, or as many of that proportion as they like to take by -applying to Mr. Tucker, agent to Mr. Kilby at the Landing Place. -Royal Highlanders 366. - -Capt. Reid is appointed Major to the Royal Highland Regiment. - -Crown Point, 5th August, 1759. Collo. of the day tomorrow Regulars -Collo. Grant; Field officer for the Picquits tomorrow night Maj. -Reid. - -Crown Point, 6th August, 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow Royal -Highlanders. As twenty-four barrels of Spruce beer is come to -the fort the corps may send for it immediately in the following -proportions * * * Royal Highlanders, three barrels. - -Crown Point, 7th August, 1759. Corporal Sinclair of the Highlanders -and Parceloo of the Inniskilling Regiment with 16 leabours used to -digging to attend Lieut. Gray Tomorrow at 5 o’clock; the evening -gun is the signal for the working party to leave of work. - -Crown Point, 8th August, 1759. The Regulars to receive 4 days -provisions tomorrow of pork, beginning at Revallie Beating by -Forbes followed by Royal Highlanders, etc. It is concluded that -they have their bread from Ticonderoga as was ordered. - -Crown Point, 10th August, 1759. Ens. Gregor of the Royal -Highlanders * * * are appointed overseers of the works that are -carrying on at the fort. They will attend Lieut. Col. Eyre tomorrow -morning at 5 o’clock and follow such directions as they shall -receive from him. - -Crown Point, 11th August, 1759. Collo. of the day tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. For the building of the fort the following quarriers * * * -five of the Royal Highlanders * * * to attend Lieut. Col. Eyre -tomorrow morning at the hour of work, and are to continue daily to -work as quarriers. - -Crown Point, 12th August, 1759. Adjutant of the Day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 14th August, 1759. Field officer for the work -tomorrow, Major Reid. - -Crown Point, 15th August, 1759. The following Surgeons Mates are to -join the Regiments and serve as Mates in room of Officers serving -as such; Mr. Goldthwat an additional Mate in the Royal Highlanders -to be put on the establishment of Forbe’s, Mr. Carter to the Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 16th August, 1759. The following sawiers are to attend -Lieut. Col. Eyre tomorrow at 5 o’clock: * * * Royal Highlanders, -Robert Kennedy, John McFarling and Robert Bain. The following -masons are likewise to attend Lieut. Col. Eyre tomorrow morning -at 5 o’clock: * * * Royal Highlanders, Dougal McKeafter and John -Stewart. The above artificers are to work daily and to follow such -directions as they shall receive from Lieut. Col. Eyre. - -Crown Point, 17th August, 1759. Collo. of the day tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. The following masons to attend Lieut. Col. Eyre tomorrow -morning at five o’clock; * * * Royal Highlanders Angus McDonald and -William Milligan. - -Crown Point, 18th August, 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 24th Aug., 1759. Adjutant of the day, tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 27th August, 1759. The following soldiers to attend -Lieut. Eyre tomorrow morning at 5 o’clock and to take their -directions from him; Royal Highlanders, John Fraser, John McElvore, -James Bruce, Allex’r Sutherland. - -Crown Point, 28th Aug. Field Officer of the work tomorrow, Major -Reid. - -Crown Point, 30 August, 1759. Adjutant of the day, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 1st Sept. Collo. of the day, tomorrow, Collo. Grant. - -Crown Point, 3d September, 1759. John McNeal, Grenadier in Royal -Highland Regiment, * * * to attend Lieut. Col. Eyre this day at 12 -o’clock and to follow such directions as he shall give. - -Crown Point, 4th Sept., 1759. Collo. of the day, tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. Field Officer for the work, Major Reid. The men of the Royal -Highland Regiment who have been employed in making baskets will -be paid for the same by the Quartermaster’s applying to Mr. Gray -this afternoon after the work is over. The Regiments to receive -tomorrow morning two pounds of fresh meat and one pound of rice for -the number of men set opposite the names of each corps, and the -Regiments are to apply said fresh beef and rice entirely for the -use of the sick. Royal Highlanders 22. - -Crown Point, 5th Sept., 1759. Field Officer for the works tomorrow, -Major Reid. Adjutant of the day, tomorrow, Royal Highlanders. -Allex’r Forbes of the Royal Highlanders, mason, to accompany Lieut. -Col. Eyre tomorrow and follow such directions as he shall give. - -Crown Point, 6th Sept. Serjt. Clark of the Royal Highlanders to be -one of the four sergeants to attend the works daily and to receive -directions from Lieut. Col. Eyre. - -Crown Point, 7th Sept. For the day, tomorrow, Collo. Grant. - -Crown Point, 11th Sept. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. A general court martial of the Regulars to sit -tomorrow at the President’s Tent at 8 o’clock; Collo. Foster, -President, Major John Campbell, Major Reid, * * * one captain of -the Royal Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 12th Sept. A detachment of 100 Grenadiers, 30 of -the Light Infantry of Regiments, non-commissioned officers in -proportion to be commanded by a captain of the Grenadiers and 2 -Subalterns of each Corps to parade tomorrow at Revallie beating on -the left of the front of the light infantry and to take 30 batteaux -to Ticonderoga where he is to apply to the Commissary and load 15 -with 30 barrels of flour in each batteaux, the other 15 with 16 -barrels of pork each. The Royal Highland Regiment to furnish the -batteaux and the captain commanding the party will see them this -night that they may be ready to set off at Revallie beating and to -return as soon as they are loaded. - -Crown Point, 15th Sept., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. -Field Officer for the Picquits this night, Regulars Major Reid. -Field Officer for the works tomorrow, Major John Campbell. - -Crown Point, 16th Sept., 1759. Field Officer for the works -tomorrow, Major Reid. - -Crown Point, 17th Sept. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 18th Sept., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. - -Crown Point, 21st Sept., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. -For the Picquits this night, Major Reid. Field Officer for the -works tomorrow, Major John Campbell. - -Crown Point, 23d Sept., 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 25th Sept. Lieut. Tolmey of the Royal Highlanders is -appointed Overseer for the work on the fort and to receive his -directions from Lieut. Col. Eyre. - -Crown Point, 26th Sept., 1759. Field officer for the Picquits this -night, Major John Campbell; tomorrow night, Major Reid. - -[Illustration: AT TICONDEROGA - -LORD HOWE MONUMENT, (TROUT BROOK.) TICONDEROGA, N. Y. - -Boulder in Academy Park to the Heroes of the Four Nations--Indian, -French, British and American who fought at Ticonderoga. - -Monument marking the spot at the mouth of Trout Brook, where Lord -Howe was supposed to have fallen. - -(Both Boulder and Monument were erected by the late Rev. Joseph -Cook)] - -Crown Point, 27th Sept., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. -Field Officer for the Picquits this night, Major Reid. - -Crown Point, 29th Sept. Adjutant for the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 30th Sept., 1759. Collo. for the day tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. - -Crown Point, 2d Oct., 1759. Field Officer for the Picquits this -night, Major John Campbell; tomorrow night, Major Reid. - -Crown Point, 3d October. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. Field -Officer for the Picquits this night, Major Reid. Field Officer for -the works tomorrow, John Campbell. A General Court martial of the -Regulars to sit at the President’s tent tomorrow at 9 o’clock * * * -two captains of the Royal Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 5th Oct., 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 6th Oct., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. -The regular regiments to give in their cartridges that are damaged -this day to the artillery and to receive as much powder, paper, -ball and twine as will compleat their ammunition. The Royal -Highlanders 475. - -Crown Point, 7th October. The Regiments to prepare their batteaux -to the following numbers and to have their sails fixed according to -patern Col. Haviland approved of; * * * Royal Highlanders 24, * * * - -Crown Point, 8th October. Royal Highlanders are to take two -batteaux more than what were ordered yesterday. - -Crown Point, 9th October. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. Field -Officer for Picquits this night, Major Reid. The undermentioned -Corps are to send a batteaux each at Retreat beating to Ticonderoga -to receive tomorrow morning the following number of loaves weighing -six pounds and a half each; they are to pay to the person Gen. -Lyman appoints to receive the money the following sums being one -penny sterling for baking seven pounds of flour: Royal Highlanders -460 loaves, 1; 7; 8 Sterling. * * * - -The Royal Highlanders are to leave Subaltern Officer each, -exclusive of officers employed as overseers at the King’s Works, -with three Sergeants, three Corp’ls each with the men that are left -behind; when the Regiments march, the officers and men of each -corps will encamp on the Center of the encampment of the Corps * -* * and a sentry to be kept in the encampment that nothing may -be spoiled or taken away during the absence of the Regiment. The -Regiments are to give the following numbers for the Brig and Sloop -and will send seamen if they have them: For the Brig, * * * Royal -Highlanders 14 men. - -Crown Point, 11th Oct., 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Lake Shamplaine, 15th Oct., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. - -Ligonier Bay, 14th Oct., 1759. Field Officer for the Picquit this -night, Major John Campbell; tomorrow night, Major Reid. - -Lake Shamplaine, 15th Oct., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. Field Officer for the Picquits this night, Major Reid. - -Camp at Schuylers Island, 18th Oct., 1759. For the day tomorrow, -Collo. Grant. - -Crown Point, 22nd Oct., 1759. Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 25th October. 22 men of the Royal Highlanders are to -be sent to the Hospital at Fort Edward. * * * The surgeon of the -Royal Highlanders is to attend them to Fort Edward, a Corporal -and 6 men of the Royal Highlanders with one batteaux * * * are to -convey the sick to the Sawmills, where the officer will leave the -batteau with Lieut. Col. Miller and march the sick to the Landing -Place. - -Crown Point, 27th Oct., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. -Field Officer for the Picquits this night, Major Reid. - -Crown Point, 28th Oct., 1759. Adjutant for the day tomorrow, Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 30th October. Officer for the day, tomorrow, Collo. -Grant. A General Court martial to be held at the President’s Tent -tomorrow at 9 o’clock to try all such prisoners as shall be brought -before them; Col. Grant, President, * * * One Captain of the Royal -Highlanders. - -Crown Point, 31st Oct., 1759. Field Officer for the Picquits this -night, Major Reid. The General Court martial of which Collo. Grant -was President is dissolved; the Prisoners of the Royal Highland -Regiment is acquitted. - -Crown Point, 1st Nov., 1759. For the day tomorrow, Collo. Grant. - -Crown Point, 3d Nov., 1759. For the Picquits tomorrow night, -Major John Campbell; for the works tomorrow, Major John Campbell; -Adjutant of the day tomorrow, Royal Highlanders. - - -N - -COLONEL ROGER TOWNSHEND. - -Roger Townshend, fifth son of Charles Viscount Townshend, and -younger brother of Gen’l George Townshend (afterwards 4th Viscount -and 1st Marquis) to whom Quebec surrendered when Wolfe was killed, -was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Feb., 1758, and served as -Adjutant-General in the Expedition against Louisbourg, and Deputy -Adjutant-General in this Campaign with Rank of Colonel. He was -killed in the Trenches before Ticonderoga by a cannon ball on the -25th July, 1759, and his remains were transmitted to Albany for -interment. His spirit and military knowledge justly entitled him to -the esteem of every soldier; and accordingly the loss of him was -universally lamented. - - Knox I, 360, 289, 401, 403. - - Wilson’s Orderly Book, page 77. - - -_Supplement to the New York Mercury, Tuesday, July 31, 1759._ - -Extract from a letter dated Albany, July 29, 1759. - - “The same evening (July 27), an Express arrived from Ticonderoga, - with an account of Colonel Townshend being killed, in - reconnoitering the Fort, by a cannon ball. - - * * * * * - - Yesterday about 12 o’clock, Colonel Townshend’s corpse arrived - here, and was decently interred.” - -In the “Church Book” St. Peter’s, Albany, appears the following -entry: - - 1759 July 30 To cash received for braking ground in the - church to lay the body of Coll. Townson £5/0/0 - To cash ret for Paull 9 - -_The following is a copy of the inscription on the monument to Col. -Townshend in Westminster Abbey_ - - “This Monument was erected - By a disconsolate Parent - The Lady Viscountess Townshend - To the Memory of her Fifth Son - The Hon’ble Lieut. Colonel Roger Townshend - who was killed by a Cannon Ball - on the 25th of July, 1759, in the 28th year of his age - as he was reconnoitering ye French lines at Ticonderoga - In North America - From the Parent the Brother and the Friend - His sociable and amiable manners - His enterprizing Bravery - And the Integrity of His Heart - May claim the tribute of affliction - Yet Stranger weep not - For tho’ premature His Death - His life was glorious - Enrolling Him with the names - of those Immortal Statesmen and Commanders - Whose wisdom and Intrepidity - In the course of this Comprehensive and Successful War - Have Extended the Commerce - And upheld the Majesty of these Kingdoms - Beyond the idea of any former age.” - - -[Illustration: Monument to Lieut. Colonel Roger Townshend in -Westminster Abbey (The Bayonet on Monument found on battlefield of -Ticonderoga and placed on memorial by Dean Stanley)] - -_The following is an extract from a letter from the head verger of -Westminster Abbey_ - - “I should like to draw your attention to the broken bayonet in - the upper part of the Townshend monument. It is a relic of the - struggle between the French and English in North America and it - comes from Ticonderoga and may have been used in that particular - ‘march to Ticonderoga, where Col. Townshend was killed.’ It was - given to Dean Stanley when in America and he fixed it on the - monument as he did the wreath of leaves on the monument of Major - Andre. - - Lord Eversley, who when H. M. first Commissioner of Works was - the Rt. Hon. J. G. Shaw Lefevre--is much struck by the Townshend - inscription, especially the latter part, which, he has told me, - is worthy of Edmund Burke and which I know he would like to - attribute to that great orator and statesman.” - - -O - -BIBLIOGRAPHY. - -A Military History of Perthshire, 1660-1902. Edited by the -Marchioness of Tullibardine. Perth R. A. & J. Hay, 1908. - -Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families. Collected and -arranged by John, Seventh Duke of Atholl, K. T., in Five Volumes. -Ballantyne Press, 1908. - -Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the -Highlanders of Scotland, with details of the Military Service -of the Highland Regiments, by Colonel David Stewart (of Garth), -Edinburgh. Archibald, Constable & Co., 1822. - -The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Regiments, by John S. -Keltie, F. S. A. S. Edinburgh, A. Fullerton & Co. - -The Regimental Records of the British Army, by John S. 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W. Fortescue. - -Memoirs of Sergeant Donald Macleod. Late 42nd. - -Reminiscences of a Veteran. Alexander Robb, Late 42nd. - - -P - -_The British Army._ - -Milne in “Standards and Colors of the Army,” says that the British -Army as a permanent force dates from 26 January 1660-61. Charles II -established three troops of Life Guards--one of Horse (subsequently -Royal Horse Guards Blue), the King’s Royal Regiment of Guards (now -Grenadier Guards), and the Duke of Albemarle’s Regiment of Foot -(now Coldstream Guards.) - - -The Present Establishment: - -I. The Cavalry. - -The First Life Guards, The Second Life Guards, The Royal Horse -Guards (The Blues), The First (The King’s) Dragoon Guards, The -Second Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), The Third (The Prince of -Wales’s) Dragoon Guards. The Fourth (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, -The Fifth (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, The Sixth -Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), The Seventh (The Princess Royal’s) -Dragoon Guards, The First (Royal) Dragoons, The Second Dragoons -(Royal Scots Greys), The Third (The King’s Own) Hussars, The -Fourth (The Queen’s Own) Hussars, The Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers, -The Sixth (Inniskilling) Dragoons, The Seventh (The Queen’s Own) -Hussars, The Eighth (The King’s Royal Irish) Hussars, The Ninth -(The Queen’s Royal) Lancers, The Tenth (The Prince of Wales’ Own -Royal) Hussars, The Eleventh (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, The -Twelfth (The Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers, The Thirteenth -Hussars, The Fourteenth (The King’s) Hussars, The Fifteenth -(The King’s) Hussars, The Sixteenth (The Queen’s) Lancers, The -Seventeenth (The Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers, The Eighteenth -Hussars, The Nineteenth (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars, The -Twentieth Hussars, The Twenty-first (Empress of India’s) Lancers. - - -II. The Royal Artillery. - -The Royal Regiment of Artillery. - -[Illustration: The Memorial Tablet to the Black Watch of 1758 and -its Major, Duncan Campbell of Inverawe, erected on the Battle -Ground of July 8, 1758 - -(Frederick B. Richards at side of Monument reading inscription on -the QUAICH presented to him by the Campbells of Inverawe).] - - -III. The Royal Engineers. - -The Corps of Royal Engineers. - - -IV. The Foot Guards. - -The Grenadier Guards, The Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The -Irish Guards. - - -V. Territorial Regiments (Regiments of Foot). - -The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), formerly The 1st. - -The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), formerly The 2nd. - -The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), formerly The 3rd. - -The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), formerly The 4th. - -The Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly The 5th. - -The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, formerly The 6th. - -The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), formerly The 7th. - -The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), formerly The 8th. - -The Norfolk Regiment, formerly The 9th. - -The Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly The 10th. - -The Devonshire Regiment, formerly The 11th. - -The Suffolk Regiment, formerly The 12th. - -The Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry), formerly The -13th. - -The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), formerly The -14th. - -The East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly The 15th. - -The Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly The 16th. - -The Leicestershire Regiment, formerly The 17th. - -The Royal Irish Regiment, formerly The 18th. - -The Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), formerly The -19th. - -The Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly The 20th (East Devonshire). - -The Royal Scots Fusiliers, formerly The 21st. - -The Cheshire Regiment, formerly The 22nd. - -The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly The 23rd. - -The South Wales Borderers, formerly The 24th. (2nd Warwickshire). - -The King’s Own Scottish Borderers, formerly The 25th. - -The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 1st Batt., formerly The 26th. -2nd Batt., formerly The 90th. (Perthshire Volunteers--Light -Infantry). - -The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Batt., formerly The 27th. 2nd -Batt., formerly The 108th (Madras Infantry). - -The Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st. Batt., formerly The 28th -(North Gloucestershire). 2nd Batt., formerly The 61st (South -Gloucestershire). - -The Worcestershire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 29th. 2nd -Batt., Formerly The 36th (Herefordshire). - -The East Lancashire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The -30th (Cambridgeshire). 2nd Batt., formerly The 59th (2nd -Nottinghamshire). - -The East Surrey Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 31st -(Huntingdonshire). 2nd Batt., formerly The 70th (Surrey). - -Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Batt., formerly The 32nd. -2nd Batt., formerly The 46th (South Devonshire). - -The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 1st Batt., formerly -The 33rd. 2nd Batt., formerly The 76th. - -The Border Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 34th (Cumberland). 2nd -Batt., formerly The 55th (Westmoreland). - -The Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 35th. 2nd Batt., -formerly The 10th (Bengal Infantry). - -The Hampshire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 37th. 2nd Batt., -formerly The 67th (South Hampshire). - -The South Staffordshire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 38th -(1st Staffordshire). 2nd Batt., formerly The 80th (Staffordshire -Volunteers). - -The Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 39th. 2nd Batt., -formerly The 54th (West Norfolk). - -The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), 1st -Batt., formerly The 40th (2nd Somersetshire); 2nd Batt., formerly -The 82nd. - -The Welsh Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 41st; 2nd Batt., -formerly The 69th (South Lincolnshire). - -The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Batt., formerly The 42nd; -2nd Batt., formerly The 73rd (Perthshire). - -The Oxfordshire Light Infantry, 1st Batt., formerly The 43rd -(Monmouthshire Light Infantry); 2nd Batt., formerly The 52nd. - -The Essex Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 44th; 2nd Batt., The -56th (West Essex). - -The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), 1st Batt., formerly -the 45th (Nottinghamshire); 2nd Batt., The 95th (Derbyshire). - -The Royal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The -47th (Lancashire); 2nd Batt., formerly The 81st (Loyal Lincoln -Volunteers). - -The Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 48th; 2nd -Batt., formerly The 58th (Rutlandshire). - -Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), 1st -Batt., formerly The 49th (Hertfordshire); 2nd Batt., formerly The -66th (Berkshire). - -The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The -50th; 2nd Batt., formerly The 97th (The Earl of Ulster’s). - -The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st Batt., formerly The -51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding); 2nd Batt., The 105th (Madras -Light Infantry). - -The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) 1st Batt., formerly The -53rd; 2nd Batt., formerly The 85th (Bucks Volunteers). - -The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1st Batt., -formerly The 57th (West Middlesex); 2nd Batt., formerly The 77th -(East Middlesex). - -The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, formerly The 60th. - -The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 1st Batt., formerly -The 62nd; 2nd Batt., formerly The 99th. - -The Manchester Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly the 63rd (West -Suffolk); 2nd Batt., formerly The 96th. - -The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), 1st Batt., -formerly The 64th (2nd Staffordshire); 2nd Batt., formerly The 98th. - -The York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly The 65th (2nd -Yorkshire, North Riding); 2nd Batt., formerly The 84th (York and -Lancaster). - -The Durham Light Infantry, 1st Batt., formerly The 68th; 2nd Batt., -formerly 106th (Bombay Light Infantry). - -The Highland Light Infantry, 1st Batt., formerly The 71st; 2nd -Batt., formerly The 74th. - -The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s -Own Regiment of Foot), 1st Batt., formerly The 72nd; 2nd Batt., The -78th. - -The Gordon Highlanders, 1st Batt., formerly The 75th -(Stirlingshire); 2nd Batt., formerly The 92nd. - -The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 1st Batt., formerly The 79th. - -The Royal Irish Rifles, 1st Batt., formerly The 83rd (County -Dublin); 2nd Batt., formerly The 86th (Royal County Down). - -Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 1st Batt., formerly The -87th; 2nd Batt., formerly The 89th. - -The Connaught Rangers, 1st Batt., formerly The 88th; 2nd Batt., -formerly The 94th. - -The Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), 1st Batt., -formerly The 91st; 2nd Batt., formerly The 93rd. - -The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), 1st -Batt., formerly The 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian); 2nd -Batt., formerly The 109th (Bombay Infantry). - -The Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1st Batt., formerly The 101st (Royal -Bengal Fusiliers); 2nd Batt., formerly The 104th (Bengal Fusiliers). - -The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Batt., formerly The 102nd (Royal -Madras Fusiliers); 2nd Batt., The 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers). - -The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own). - -The West India Regiment, 1st Batt., formerly Malcolm’s Black -Rangers; 2nd Batt., formerly The St. Vincent’s Black Rangers. - -The Royal Marines, Royal Marine Artillery, Royal Marine Light -Infantry. - - -Q - -_TICONDEROGA_ - -Ticonderoga, familiar as the name of the historic fortress at Lake -George, was written by Sir William Johnson, in 1756, Tionderogue -and Ticonderoro, and in grant of lands in 1760, “near the fort at -Ticonderoga.” Gov. Colden wrote Ticontarogen, and an Iroquoian -sachem is credited with Decariaderoga. Interpretations are -almost as numerous as orthographies. The most generally quoted -is from Spofford’s Gazetter: “Ticonderoga, from Tsindrosie, or -Cheonderoga, signifying ‘brawling water,’ and the French name, -Carillon, signifying ‘a chime of bells,’ were both suggested by -the rapids upon the outlet of Lake George.” The French name may -have been so suggested, but neither Tsindrosie or Cheonderoga -means “brawling water.” The latter is probably an orthography of -Teonderoga. Ticonderoga as now written, is from Te or Ti, “dual,” -two; Kaniatare, “lake,” and -ogen, “intervallum, divisionem” -(Bruyas), the combination meaning, literally “Between two lakes.” -Horatio Hale wrote me of one of the forms “Dekariaderage, in modern -orthography, Tekaniataroken, from which Ticonderoga, means, simple -‘Between two lakes.’ It is derived from Tioken, ‘between,’ and -Kaniatara, ‘lake.’ Its composition illustrates a peculiar idiom -of the Iroquoian language. Tioken when combined with a noun, -is split in two, so to speak, and the noun inserted. Thus in -combining Tioken with Oneonte, ‘mountain,’ we have Ti-ononte-oken, -‘Between two mountains,’ which was the name of one of the Mohawk -castles--sometimes written Theonondioga. In like manner, Kaniatare, -‘lake,’ thus compounded, yields Te-kaniatare-oken, ‘Between two -lakes.’ In the Huron dialect Kiniatare is contracted to Yontare -or Ontare, from which, with io or iyo, ‘great,’ we get Ontario -(pronounced Ontareeyo), ‘Great lake,’ which combined with Tioken, -becomes Tionteroken, which would seem to be the original of -Colden’s Ticonderoga.” - -(“Indian Geographical Names,” by E. M. Ruttenber, page 71 Vol. VI, -New York State Historical Association). - - -R - -TESTIMONIALS TO THE BLACK WATCH. - -The Virginia Gazette, July 30, 1767, published an article from -which the following extracts have been taken: - - “Last Sunday evening, the Royal Highland Regiment embarked from - Philadelphia for Ireland, which regiment, since its arrival in - America, had been distinguished for having undergone most amazing - fatigues, made long and frequent marches through an unhospitable - country, bearing excessive heat and severe cold with alacrity - and cheerfulness, frequently encamping in deep snow, such as - those who inhabit the interior parts of this province do not - see, and which only those who inhabit the most northern parts - of Europe can have any idea of, continually exposed in camp and - on their marches to the alarms of a savage enemy, who, in all - their attempts, were forced to fly. * * * And, in a particular - manner, the free-men of this and the neighboring provinces have - most sincerely to thank them for that resolution and bravery - with which they, under Colonel Boquet, and a small number of - Royal Americans, defeated the enemy, and ensured to us peace and - security from a savage foe; and, along with our blessings for - these benefits, they have our thanks for that decorum in behavior - which they maintained during their stay in this city, giving an - example that the most amiable behavior in civil life is no way - inconsistent with the character of the good soldier; and for - their loyalty, fidelity, and orderly behavior, they have every - wish of the people for health, honor, and a pleasant voyage.” - - * * * * * - -Extract from speech by the elder Pitt in vindication of the -employment of Highland Regiments of which the Black Watch was the -first raised of the eighty-six during the four wars between 1739 -and 1815. - - “I sought for merit wherever it was to be found; it is my boast - that I was the first Minister who looked for it and found it in - the mountains of the North. I called it forth and drew into your - service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your - jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had - gone nigh to have overturned the State in the war before the - last. These men in the last war were brought to combat on your - side, they served with fidelity as they fought with valour, and - conquered for you in every part of the world.” - - -S - -COPY OF ALL REFERENCES TO THE BLACK WATCH OF THE TICONDEROGA PERIOD -TO BE FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA AT OTTAWA. - -_I am indebted for this Memorandum to Arthur Doughty Litt.D., -Archivist of the Dominion of Canada._ - - -[Sidenote: 1758. March 29, New York.] - -Abercrombie to Haldimand (?) Plan of operations settled at Home. -Southern Operations. - -Corps, Blakeney’s, Lord John Murray’s &c. - - B.6 p. 35 - - -[Sidenote: 1756. New York.] - -M.204-2 p. 397 Shirley to Fox - -Just arrived from Albany Major Abercrombie and General Webb arrived -one on the 25th of June and the other the next morning with great -part of Otway’s Regiment and with all the Highland Regiments, &c. - -In a letter from Abercrombie to London dated Albany, 3d August, -1756. - -Col. Schuyler’s New Jersey Regiment and four North Carolina -Companies are barely sufficient to Garrison Oswego and keep the -communication open to Schenectady and there remains the 48th -Regiment together with Otway’s and the Highlanders to Garrison Fort -William Henry, &c., &c. - - M.205-1 p. - - -[Sidenote: 1756. June 21. New York.] - -James Abercrombie to ----. On the 15th of April sailed from -Plymouth and arrived here on the 16th June with General Otway’s and -Lord John Murray’s Regiments, &c. - - B.205-1 p. 8 - -[Illustration: LORD HOWE STONE - -Unearthed at Ticonderoga, Oct. 1889. Now Preserved at Headquarters -House] - - -[Sidenote: 1756. Aug. 29, Albany.] - -Loudon to Fox. - -Though I was informed that the whole Transports with the Highland -Recruits were arrived, I heard this morning that there were still -five missing, and that those that are come were very short of -Provisions, they were victualled only for two months, &c., &c. - - M.205-1 p. 240 - - -[Sidenote: 1756. Sept. 4. Boston.] - -Shirley to Loudon. - -Upon this I beg leave to observe to your Lordship, that it -appearing from Col. Webb’s letter to me dated from New York the -9th June, that Otway’s and the Highland Regiments might be daily -expected there (Oswego). - -What confirms me in the matter is, that your Lordship told me, -when I had the honour to wait on you, when the day you set from -New York, being the 26th July that the Garrison at Oswego was so -weak, that the 44th Regiment was to be sent to strengthen it and at -the same time your Lordship mentioned, that you thought 900 men, -by which I suppose your Lordship meant Otway’s and the Highland -Regiments were but a few to cover the country. - - M.205-2 p. 306 - - -[Sidenote: 1756. Nov. 22, Albany.] - -Loudon to Fox. - -The 42nd Regiment, I quarter at Schenectady, from whence they take -the posts, on the Mohawk river, &c. - - M.207-1 p. 2 - - -[Sidenote: 1757. April 25. New York.] - -Loudon to Pitt. - -As the Garrison (Fort Henry) had been troubled with the scurvy I -had ordered Lieutenant General Otway’s Regiment to relieve them, -and Colonel Monro met the account of the attack being made on the -Fort on his march; he immediately left his baggage, and made all -possible dispatch to Fort Edward, where he received the account of -their being retired. Colonel Gage and Burton followed him directly -with the remains of the 44th and 46th Regiments and the Highlanders -were set in motion from Schenectady. They all marched without -Tents, and lay in the woods, &c. - -We have on that river (Mohawk), at Schenectady, and up to the -German Flats, the Highland Regiment, upwards of a thousand men. &c. - - M.207-1 p. 174 - - -[Sidenote: 1758. Feb’y 14. New York.] - -Loudon to Pitt. - -... ... ... storming of Fort Herkemer and I threw in part of the -42nd Regiment of Highlanders into Schenectady, that there might be -no want of numbers for this service. - - M.208. p. 2 - - Divisions of Manuscripts, - February 22, 1911. - - -T - -THE BLACK WATCH MEMORIAL AT TICONDEROGA. - -The genesis of this memorial was an address made by the late Joseph -Cook at the services held in front of the boulder erected to the -heroes of Ticonderoga, Academy Park, Ticonderoga, N. Y. July 31, -1899, in which he made this remark: “There ought to be a memorial -to the Black Watch composed largely of Scotch Highlanders who, -with the Colonials charged Montcalm’s entrenchments for eight -consecutive hours.” - -[Illustration: Major D. L. Wilson Farquharson, D. S. O., at -“Allargue” - -Representation of the Black Watch at Unveiling of Memorial Tablet, -Ticonderoga, July 4, 1906] - -The writer, who was secretary of the Ticonderoga Historical Society -at that time, had the honor of being the medium through which this -chance remark became an enduring memorial of brick and stone. He -was unsuccessful, however, until Mr. David Williams, the publisher -of “The Iron Age,” a summer resident of Ticonderoga at Rogers -Rock, came to his assistance. Mr. Andrew Carnegie was the generous -donor of the funds to build this memorial. The grants were in -two amounts, the first gift for a public library with the usual -provisions, and the second gift, with no limitations, with which to -build an historical addition to the library, thus making it both a -public library and historical building. - -The laying of the corner stone, Oct. 4. 1905, was made the occasion -for one of the greatest celebrations Ticonderoga has ever seen. -The pipe band of the 5th Royal Scots of Canada, Highlanders, -now the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada, from Montreal, and the -Regimental band and a Battalion of the 5th Infantry, U. S. A., from -Plattsburgh, were the principal features of the parade. It was -particularly appropriate that the Royal Scots should be present, as -they are allied to the Black Watch and wear the same uniform. It -was also an education to the thousands of spectators, few, if any -of whom had ever seen Highlanders in full regimentals marching to -the music of bagpipes. After the exercises of the day, the Royal -Scots visited the ruins of old Fort Ticonderoga, about two miles -from the village and the picture of a body of Highlanders with -their scarlet coats and tartan kilts marching up the green slopes -of the old ramparts, with the setting sun behind them, was one -never to be forgotten and which probably had not occurred since the -Revolution. - -The officers of the present Black Watch Regiment, then stationed -at Fort George Scotland, being advised of the Memorial sent the -following letter to the secretary of the Ticonderoga Historical -Society: - - “Dear Sir: Your letter 9th Sept., 1905, on the subject of a Black - Watch Memorial, has been perused by the Commanding Officer and - the Officers of the 1st battalion of The Black Watch, formerly - called the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, and it was also - submitted and discussed at the Annual Gathering of Black Watch - Officers--past and present--recently held in Edinburgh. I am - authorized to inform you that all Ranks of the Regiment are proud - to know that the Ticonderoga Historical Society had decided to - appropriate an alcove in the Ticonderoga Free Public Library as - a memorial to the 42nd Regiment, to commemorate their services - in the engagement before Fort Ticonderoga on July 8, 1758. The - suggestion contained in your letter, to the effect that Officers - of the Regiment might be disposed to erect a tablet on a wall of - the Alcove to the memory of the officers and men of the 42nd who - were killed or wounded in the action has met with the unanimous - approval of those to whose notice it has been brought, and I am - to inform you that such a Tablet will gladly be provided and that - the work of executing the Tablet will be entrusted to a London - firm as soon as a suitable design has been decided upon. In order - to assist us in choosing a suitable form of tablet I shall be - much obliged if you can favor me with a rough plan of the alcove, - the dimensions of the actual wall on which the Tablet will rest, - and an idea of the general style of the building. - - I shall be glad to hear from you as soon as you can conveniently - supply the information for which I have asked. - - I am, Sir, yours truly, - - D. L. Wilson Farquharson. - Major The Black Watch.” - -The exercises for the unveiling of the memorial tablet July 4, -1906, was made the occasion for another grand celebration at which -the full bag pipe band of the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada and -a company of 50 men from the same regiment, making a total of 75 -Highlanders, were a feature of the parade. Major D. L. Wilson -Farquharson of the Black Watch, came over from Scotland to unveil -the tablet in behalf of the Regiment. It was accepted by Frank B. -Wickes of Ticonderoga for the Ticonderoga Historical Society. The -address of the day was delivered by Senator Edgar T. Brackett of -Saratoga Springs. - -[Illustration: --Photo by L. Def. Cone, Ticonderoga - -THE BLACK WATCH MEMORIAL AT TICONDEROGA - -Two views of the 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada who attended -ceremonies of laying corner stone and of unveiling Memorial -Tablet] - - -_List of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Partial List of -Men Composing Ticonderoga Detachment, 5th Royal Highlanders of -Canada, July 4th, 1906._ - - Capt. A. F. Gault. - Capt. V. C. Buchanan. - Capt. C. M. Monsarrat. - Capt. J. Muir, Quartermaster. - Sergt. Major D. A. Bethune. - Q. M. Sergt. B. Howard. - Col. Sergt. J. H. A. Mackay. - Staff Sergt. T. A. Gardiner. - Staff Sergt. J. Phillips. - Sergt. C. Denman. - Sergt. P. Forde. - Sergt. T. Mitchell. - Bugle Sergt. P. Broadhurst. - Drum Sergt. F. W. Flood. - Drum Major, G. Foley. - Pipe Major, D. Manson. - Sergt. J. MacLean. - Corp. P. W. MacFarlane. - Corp. H. Massey. - Corp. N. Manson. - Corp. P. Sutton. - - -_Privates._ - - J. Bayley. - F. H. Benson. - Walsh. - A. E. Smith. - S. Tapster. - Scobie. - P. Roache. - J. Cockburn. - A. Bishop. - J. A. McLean. - Jeffries. - W. Marsh. - J. Ferguson. - J. Corbett. - J. Palmer. - C. Myers. - C. Black. - J. Stuart. - J. Roney. - Dean. - A. Reid. - A. Williams. - A. Betts. - D. Reid. - L. Pickering. - - -_Pipers._ - - R. Morrison. - M. McLeod. - J. Ferrier. - D. McArthur. - D. Brash. - J. Husband. - B. Milligan. - - -_Drummers._ - - J. Ryan. - Gore. - Kemp. - Jones. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] A Military History of Perthshire, Page 28. - -[2] The most complete account of the independent companies may be -found in “A Military History of Perthshire.” - -[3] See Appendix for list of officers. - -[4] See Appendix for the regimental names of the Black Watch at -different periods. - -[5] Stewart of Garth, Page 246, Vol. I. - -[6] Capt. I. H Mackay Scobie claims that this tartan was probably -evolved from a Campbell Sett and was a Government pattern for -Government service, worn by the independent companies of the Black -Watch before embodied in 1739 and also by other Scottish regiments -“The Government or Black Watch Tartan” Army Historical Research, -Vol. I, Page 154. - -[7] Stewart of Garth, Page 247, Vol. I. - -[8] 3 additional Companies Black Watch and 3 for Montgomery’s and 3 -for Fraser’s, stationed at Halifax. - -[9] The only reference to the Black Watch that I could find in the -unpublished Colonial Manuscripts in the N. Y. State Library was the -report of the receipt at New York, 8th July, 1757, from the ship -Free Mason, of 22 Bales, 10 Casks and 1 Box for Lord John Murray’s -Regiment. Colonial Mss., 1757, Vol. 84, Page 126. - -[10] Col. John Glen, born July 2, 1735, died Sept. 23, 1828, -was quartermaster during the French and Indian and also the -Revolutionary wars and was a man of great prominence in this -locality. His brother, Col. Henry Glen, born July 13, 1739, died -January 6, 1814, was deputy quartermaster under his brother and -was member of Congress from Albany District from 1794 to 1802. -Schenectady at that time was in Albany District. It was Col. John -Glen who gave the name to Glens Falls, changing it from Wing’s -Falls, it is said as the result of a wine supper. - -[11] After this article had gone to press I received through the -kindness of Arthur Doughty Litt, D. Archivist of the Dominion of -Canada, a copy of the references to the Black Watch in the archives -at Ottawa and one reference proves that the 42nd was stationed at -Schenectady the winter of 1756-7, as follows: Nov. 22, 1756, Loudon -to Fox, the 42nd Regiment I quartered at Schenectady from whence -they take the posts, on the Mohawk River, etc. See Appendix. - -[12] Atholl Records, page 428, Vol. III. - -[13] Atholl Records, p 433, Vol. III. - -[14] Public Record Office W. O. 1.-1. - -[15] Public record office W:O:1.-1. - -[16] His last letter had been written from New York, April 28th. If -this were an earlier date it might indicate the winter quarters, -but at this time the army was assembling at Albany for the seasons -campaign. It will be noted as illustration that the Highlanders -quartered at Stamford left there March 30. - -[17] For further information in regard to Halfway Brook, which is -just north of the city of Glens Falls, see the “Halfway Brook in -History”, by James A. Holden in Vol. VI. of N. Y. State Hist. Assn. -proceedings. - -[18] Atholl Records page, 444 Vo. III. - -[19] Abercromby’s full report to Pitt, under date of July 12, 1758, -will be found in Mr. Holden’s article on Lord Howe. - -[20] This General James Abercrombie must not be confused with Sir -Ralph Abercrombie who led the Black Watch to victory in Egypt in -1801. - -[21] Translation by Bell, Page 539, Vol. I. - -[22] Lossing’s Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution. Page 119, -Vol. 1. - -[23] Some of the names in the two preceding letters from Capt. -Campbell are interesting because they illustrate the Scottish -custom of using name of estate rather than the family or given -name. This was often necessary to distinguish between several of -same name. - -Captain Stratchur is Captain John Campbell of Stratchur, there are -also John Campbells of Duneavis, and of Glendaruel. Archie Sherreff -is Lieut. Archibald Campbell, son of the Sheriff of Argyle. Duchra -is Capt. Thomas Graeme of Duchray. George and “the Major” are sons -of John Campbell of Barcaldine--George Campbell was appointed -Ensign in the 42d in 1756, promoted Lieut, in Gage’s Regiment 1757, -and killed at Havana 1762. “The Major” was Alexander Campbell, -Major in the 77th (Montgomery Highlanders). Unkle Corries is John -Campbell of Corries and his son Colin was evidently at the massacre -at Fort William Henry in August 1757. Fort du Quesne was the French -fort at what is now Pittsburgh. - -[24] Atholl Records. Page 438, Vol. 3. - -[25] This name is given in various places as MILL, MILLS, MILLER -and MILNE. The Duke of Atholl is authority for the statement that -MILNE is correct. - -[26] Atholl Records, p. 444, Vol. III. - -[27] Atholl Records, p. 443, Vol. III. - -[28] Montcalm and Wolfe, p. 435, Vol. II. - -[29] Public Record Office, C.O. 5. 50. - -[30] Translation by Bell, page 539, Vol. I. - -[31] N. Y. Col. manuscript O’Callaghan’s, p. 827, Vol. 10. - -[32] Public Record Office C.O. 5. 50. - -[33] See Appendix for extracts from Commissary Wilsons Orderly Book -for record of daily service of Black Watch in Ticonderoga and Crown -Point campaign. - -[34] Atholl Record, p. 452, Vol. III. - -[35] The oath of the Campbells of Inverawe was by Ben Cruachan. - -[36] Bibliography of the Legend of Duncan Campbell of Inverawe. - -A. P. Stanley, “Inverawe and Ticonderoga,” Fraser’s Magazine, Oct. -1880. - -Robert Louis Stevenson, poem on “Ticonderoga,” Scribner’s Magazine, -December, 1887. - -Francis Parkman, Appendix G. “Montcalm and Wolfe,” and “Historical -Handbook of the Northern Tour,” Boston, 1885. - -Robert O. Bascom, New York State Historical Proceedings, Vol. II., -“Fort Edward Book,” pages 80-88. - -C. F. Gordon Cumming in the Atlantic Monthly, September, 1884. - -W. Max Reid, “Lake George and Lake Champlain.” - -Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, “Tales of the Highlands.” - -Winsor’s Critical and Narrative History of the United States. - -Lord Archibald Campbell, “Records of Argyle,” William Blackwood & -Sons, 1885. - -“The Magazine of History,” July, 1906. - -“Book of Dreams and Ghosts,” Longman’s, 1897 - -[37] More probably Fort Carrillon. - -[38] Inver means “the mouth of,” therefore the mouth of the River -Awe. - -[39] Major Sir Duncan Campbell of Bacaldine says should be “of -Glendaruel” and that younger of Glenlyon went to the Marines in -1755. - -[40] Lieut. Sir James Cockburn transferred to 48th Foot. Ensign -Patrick Balneavis made Lieut., commission dated 1st April, 1758, -and Mr. Elbert Hering succeeded to the Ensigncy, commission dated -April 3d, 1758. (See extract from letter Jas. Abercrombie to Lord -Viscount Barrington. Albany, May 27, 1758.) - -[41] See Foot Note at bottom of preceding page. - -[42] Miss Ethel Lomas, copyist at Public Record Office, London, is -authority for the statement that this should be Peter (not Patrick) -Stewart. - -[43] This name is given as David Mills in the Army List, but the -Duke of Atholl is authority for the statement that Milne is correct. - -[44] Stewart of Garth calls him Dougal Campbell, but he appears as -James in his commission. - -[45] It is not stated to which companies Lieutenant Malcolm Fraser -and Francis Grant belonged. No other lieutenants are mentioned -for Balliemore and Newmore; they have therefore been assigned -respectively to them. - -[46] i. e. Drynie. A younger son of the Laird. - -[47] See note to Lieutenant Malcolm Fraser. - -[48] Garth gives the adjutant as being Gilbert Stewart (presumably -the ensign to the Colonel’s Company.) He probably acted in this -capacity until John Lindsay was gazetted to the regiment. - - - - -PRESS OF THE GLENS FALLS PUBLISHING COMPANY - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - Missing anchor for Footnote [23] was inserted after ‘Allan Campbell.’ - on page 22. Missing anchor for Footnote [29] was inserted after - ‘soon thereafter.’ on page 26. - - Nine paragraph breaks were introduced to better indicate a quotation - block, for example after ‘Lossing writes,’ on page 20. - - The original blank cells in the table in Appendix F have been given - a dash (-) in this etext for clarity. - - In Appendix P information about the ‘2nd Batt.’ of a regiment was - sometimes on a separate line. For consistency all regimental info is - in one paragraph in this etext. - - The original text used three asterisks (* * *) to indicate missing - or skipped words, but sometimes used two or four or five. For - consistency the etext always uses three. On page 80 an ellipsis is - used (twice) instead of asterisks in both the original and the etext. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. - - Pg 8: ‘wha had a passage’ replaced by ‘who had a passage’. - Pg 14: ‘your memoralist humbly’ replaced by ‘your memorialist humbly’. - Pg 16: ‘on Ticonderogt’ replaced by ‘on Ticonderoga’. - Pg 28: ‘aid de camp’ replaced by ‘aide de camp’. - Pg 29: ‘the Old Bluffs’ replaced by ‘the Old Buffs’. - Pg 32: ‘orders from Vandreuil’ replaced by ‘orders from Vaudreuil’. - Pg 35: ‘of the Westtern’ replaced by ‘of the Western’. - Pg 35: ‘no knowlodge’ replaced by ‘no knowledge’. - Pg 39: ‘* * *’ indicates missing words or letters; it was blank - space in the original book (due to an edge of the original - source letter being torn off). - Pg 57: ‘1893-95 Flanders’ replaced by ‘1793-95 Flanders’. - Pg 58: ‘The Spinx’ replaced by ‘The Sphinx’. - Pg 62: ‘Parkmen mentions’ replaced by ‘Parkman mentions’. - Pg 63: ‘aid de camp’ replaced by ‘aide de camp’. - Pg 66: ‘Island of Mall’ replaced by ‘Island of Mull’. - Pg 66: ‘Jannary 1784’ replaced by ‘January 1784’. - Pg 67: ‘the dismal goal’ replaced by ‘the dismal gaol’. - Pg 80: ‘ever sence’ replaced by ‘ever since’. - Pg 88: italics removed from part of Appendix M heading. - Pg 92: ‘five days wihch’ replaced by ‘five days which’. - Pg 96: ‘from Leiut. 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