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Angus McBride's reconstructions opposite:
(1) John Gordon of Avochie's Strathbogie Battalion
This volunteer is dressed in accordance with the instruct ions issued by Lord Lewis Cordon on 6 necemher 174.1: All men are to be well cloatlted, with short cloathes, plaid, new shoes and three pair ofhose and accoutred with shoulder ball gun, pistolls and sword.' He can probably be taken as representing the archetypal Jocobite infantryman, wearing highland dress as a distinctive uniform. Sitter the battalion was raised on the fringes of the highlands the provision of sufficient quantities of highland clothing appears to have present¬ ed few problems, especially for the volun¬ teers. Eyewitness descriptions suggest that the call for pistols and sword may have a little optimistic, and that most of the Strathbogie men were armed only with muskets and bayonets, in this case the ubiquitous French model 1717.
(2) James Moir of Stonywood's Aberdeen Battalion
Similar instructions were given to Stonwood: ‘You'l advert what men you receive be sufficientlie furnished with plaids, short cloathes, hose, shoes and by all means swords with what other arms can be got.' In point of fact most of the depositions relating to Stonywood's men suggest that while some of the officers and the volunteers equipped themselves with highland dress and weapons, most of the rank and file were distinguished only by llwir white cockades. IVearing his own clothes, this soldier has a French musket, bayonet and accoutrements.
(3) Francis Farquharson of Monaltrie's Mar Battalion Although largely raised in the highlands of Deesidc or 'Mar', not everyone in this battalion wore highland dress. When James Logie saw them march into Aberdeen in February 1746 they 'were dressed in highland clothes mostly' to presumably some of them were in breeches, including their (mounted) commanding officer. Ourf igure is based on descriptions of Colonel Farquharson himself; he was taken prisoner at Culloden, and Logie laid a deposition to the effect that he had seen him in Aberdeen ‘with a while cock¬ ade and a broadsword — not in highland dress'. At his trial another witness, Alan Stewan, testified that although he was wearing a short coat and tartan trews while he was in Inverness, 'Some days before the battle of Culloden I remember to have seen said Colonel Francis Farquharson with a big blue coat on at the head of his regiment.'
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