Chapter 13

HIGHLAND REGIMENTS IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Eulogy of Pitt--Organizing in America--Secret Instructions to Governor Tryon--Principal Agents--Royal Highland Emigrants--How Received--Colonel Maclean Saves Quebec--Siege of Quebec--First Battalion in Canada--Burgoyne's Doubts--Second Battalion--Sufferings of--Treatment of--Battle of Eutaw Springs--Royal Highland Emigrants Discharged--List of Officers--Grants of Land--John Bethune--42nd or Royal Highlanders--Embarks for America--Capture of Highlanders--Capture of Oxford Transport--Prisoners from the Crawford--British Fleet Arrives at Staten Island--Battle of Long Island--Ardor of Highlanders--Americans Evacuate New York--Patriotism of Mrs. Murray--Peril of Putnam--Gallant Conduct of Major Murray--Battle of Harlem--Capture of Fort Washington--Royal Highlanders in New Jersey--Attacked at Pisquatiqua--Sergeant McGregor--Battle of Brandywine--Wayne's Army Surprised--Expeditions During Winter of 1779--Skirmishing and Suffering--Infusion of Poor Soldiers--Capture of Charleston--Desertions Regiment Reduced--Sails for Halifax--Table of Casualties--Fraser's Highlanders--Sails for America--Capture of Transports--Reports of Captain Seth Harding and Colonel Archibald Campbell--Confinement of Colonel Campbell--Interest in by Washington--Battle of Brooklin--Diversified Employment--Expedition Against Little Egg Harbor--Capture of Savannah--Retrograde Movement of General Prevost--Battle of Brier Creek--Invasion of South Carolina--Battle of Stono Ferry--Retreat to Savannah--Siege of--Capture of Stony Point--Surrender of Charleston--Battle of Camden--Defeat of General Sumter--Battle of King's Mountain--Battle of Blackstocks--Battle of the Cowpens--Battle of Guilford Court-House--March of British Army to Yorktown--Losses of Fraser's Highlanders--Surrender of Yorktown--Highlanders Prisoners--Regiment Discharged at Perth--Argyle Highlanders--How Constituted--Sails for Halifax--Two Companies at Charleston--At Penobscot--Besieged by Americans--Regiment Returns to England--Macdonald's Highlanders--Sails for New York--Embarks for Virginia--Bravery of the Soldiers--Highlanders on Horseback--Surrender of Yorktown--Cantoned at Winchester--Removed to Lancaster--Disbanded at Stirling Castle--Summary--Estimate of Washington--His Opinion of Highlanders--Not Guilty of Wanton Cruelty 308