The Battle of Culloden

About
''The Battle of Culloden was the finial military conflict between Britain and Scotland during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The battle lasted an hour with the Jacobite Army a catastrophic defeat. Around 1,500 - 2,000 troops were killed and wounded along with 154 captured. The hope of a victory was simply impossible for the Jacobites. They had only 7,000 troops and 12 guns, while the British had 8,000 troops, 10 guns, and 6 mortars. ''



Background
''The Jacobite Rising was a military conflict between the British government and the Highland Scots that lasted from August of 1745 - April 1746. This feud was caused by Charles Edward Stuart's attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart and bring the political movement of Jacobitism back to the United Kingdom. The Highland Scots previously suffered a defeat from the British back in 1715 when Stuart's father James Francis Stuart attempted to do the same thing. ''

Battle
''Early on a rainy April 16th, at around 5 in the morning, the well-rested British government army arrived at the Jacobite camp. Cumberland brought forward the 13th and 62nd to extend his first and second lines.  Lieutenant-General Henry Hawley and Royal Army Lieutenant, Thomas McWard began making their way through the Culwhiniac Parks intending to outflank the Jacobite's right wing. Once they had led the dragoons through the Parks, McWard deployed them in two lines beneath the Jacobite guarded re-entrant. Over the next twenty minutes, Cumberland's superior artillery battered the Jacobite lines, while Charles, moved for safety out of sight of his own forces, waited for the government forces to move out. Inexplicably, he left his forces arrayed under government fire for 30 minutes. Within one hour, the British government crushed the Scots resulting in the end of the Jacobite Rebellion''

Aftermath
''As a result, The Jacobites were once again defeated by the British. The Jacobites did not permanently disappear after 1746, but their exposure of conflicting objectives toward the British Crown ended their ideology as a serious threat to their people. After 1746, many Scots felt finished with Charles' leadership, but Stuart continued attempts to revive the Jacobite cause. He eventually died in 1788 of a stroke and an unhappy man. ''