Culloden Moor, Scotland
Culloden Moor, Scotland
CULLODEN MOOR, SCOTLAND. 16 April 1746. In a bloody defeat at the hands of William, duke of Cumberland, the forces of the Young Pretender (Charles Edward) were destroyed. This ended The 1745, or the Second Jacobite Rebellion. Hundreds of Highlanders sought refuge in North Carolina, and many established themselves around Cross Creek (later Fayetteville). There is reason to believe that the oath to the crown taken after Culloden is what kept so many of these refugees loyal during the American Revolution. Culloden was repeated on a minor scale at Moores Creek Bridge in North Carolina on 27 February 1776 and at Kettle Creek, Georgia, on 14 February 1779.
SEE ALSO Kettle Creek, Georgia; Moores Creek Bridge.
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