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Culloden and the End of the Jacobite Cause
In April 1746, the Jacobite Rising of 1745 came to a bloody end on Culloden Moor near Inverness. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, grandson of the deposed James VII, had marched his Highland army deep into England before being forced to retreat. At Culloden, his exhausted and outnumbered forces faced the disciplined troops of the Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II. The battle lasted less than an hour, with over 1,500 Jacobites slain. In the brutal aftermath, Cumberland earned the nickname 'Butcher' as government troops hunted survivors, burned homes, and livestock. The Act of…
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