Second Highland Battalion Recruiting Efforts

Two concerned mothers in the Scottish Highlands discuss their recent encounter with a civilian recruiting officer regarding their sons enlisting in the British Army, to serve in Major James Clephane's Company of the Second Highland Battalion. Raised in early 1757 for service in North America, this mostly...

Disbanded Soldiers on the Lovat Estates, 1764

Farmland basking in the warm embrace of a picturesque sunset, the landscape is a patchwork of verdant fields and golden wheat that stretch out to meet the horizon, where the soft hues of the setting sun kiss the earth. Scattered across the serene panorama are quaint cottages with thatched roofs and...

Fair Winds Home

An 18th-century British army transport ship valiantly cutting through the high seas, with towering waves crashing against its sturdy wooden hull. The ship, adorned with the crimson and gold of the Royal Navy, is a majestic spectacle of maritime might, with its three towering masts fully rigged with...

Marriages in the 78th Regiment, 1757-1765

A picturesque 18th-century panorama of Glasgow Green, a vast public park nestled in the heart of Scotland's bustling city of Glasgow, as seen from an elevated viewpoint in the year 1757. The lush, emerald landscape stretches out, dotted with clusters of mature trees that cast playful shadows on the...

Colonel Fraser's Request for Levying Assistance, 1757

An ethereal 18th-century Scottish Highlands countryside at the break of dawn. The sun, a fiery orb of gold, is just peeking over the distant, craggy peaks, casting a warm glow that slowly unfurls across the undulating landscape. In the foreground, a solitary stone cottage, with a thatched roof and a...

Major Clephane's Company Expenses, Kilravock to Glasgow, 1757

A detailed account of Major Clephane's company's expenses on their march from Kilravock to Glasgow, Scotland encompassing approximately 180 miles over a 10-day period, with layovers for entertainment, supplies, and fresh horses. The soldiers would stay in Glasgow for an additional 10 days or so, presumably waiting on the arrival of the remaining companies from the regiment. Newspaper accounts depict...