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by Russian James » Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:13 pm
A brief description of the setting for my models, the Order of Battle, and eventually, photos of the finished units.
I have tried to include uniform info where known, but am the first to admit I'm new to this period and learning rapidly from the forum members. If anyone can share on the missing information, I'd be most grateful...
The ‘alternative history’ which is the basis for my Scots Jacobite army of 1690 relies on three very simple twists of fate…
i) Viscount Dundee survived the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689
ii) Dundee continued with the Royal army to Dunkeld and defeated the Cameronians.
iii) James overruled his advisors and reinforced Scotland in 1690 as he intended.
The story so far:
In late 1689 / early 1690 an Assembly of the highland Jacobite chiefs, lowland sympathisers and those leaders from Buchan, Angus and Gordon who had fought with John Graham, Viscount Dundee along with His Grace agreed that James should base himself in Scotland in the hope that having such a strong, loyal, foundation in the north would encourage the large numbers of sympathisers in the south and east to declare their loyalty and provide a core to attract those Scottish regiments which had defected to William back to the true King prior to invading England to regain the other throne
A condition of this was that James had to use the Lion Rampant as the Royal Standard, although he could use both the Lion Rampant and the combined arms* as his personal standards. All regiments would be reissued with new colonel’s colours consisting of a Saltire with ‘J VII R’ beneath a crown. Regimental colours would retain the old design, but on a Saltire instead of the red cross of St. George on white.
*the combined arms used would the Scottish version with the Lion Rampant in the 1st & 4th quarters.
French regiments on loan / hire to the King would retain their own colours.
Irish regiments fighting in Scotland under James would use the red St. Patrick’s cross on white with their original device as a reward for their loyalty.
English regiments retain the red St. George's cross, but with ‘J II R’.
The Highland clans fight under their own standards, even (especially?) when grouped with other clans to bring them up to approx. battalion strength. Some clans still carry tattered old Saltires from earlier conflicts.
Army List
C-in-C His Grace, James VII & II
Scots
Divisional Commander ?
Brigade Commander ?
Kings Scots Footguards
Colonel Hon. James Douglas
Red coats, white facings, tin buttons, white breeches and stockings, fur caps for grenadiers
No historical evidence they attempted to remain loyal to James, but can’t have my sovereign without his Guards, can I?
Royal Scots
Red coats, white facings, grey breeches and stockings, tin buttons, fur caps for grenadiers
Mutinied and disarmed in 1689 for remaining loyal to James. Lt. Col Sir Robert Douglas suspended in December 1688 for refusing to acknowledge Schomberg as Colonel.
Assumed Douglas led the Regt. to Scotland.
Brigade Commander ?
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Col [edit] Thomas Buchan
Red coats, red facings, grey breeches and stockings, brass buttons, fur caps
No evidence these ever wavered in their loyalty to William, but assumed that as other Regts. have returned to James, they have followed...
Wauchopes
Col John Wauchope
Red coats, yellow facings,
Raised by James from ex-members of the Scots Brigade who left Dutch service. Approx. one third of officers remained loyal to James - assumed they ‘converted’ the rest of the Regt.
Brigade Commander ?
Scots Militia
Red coats, white facings, probably tin buttons, blue bonnets
Divisional Commander John Graham, Bonnie Dundee
Brigade Commander Locheil
Clan Cameron
Clan Fraser & Chisholm
Brigade Commander MacLean of Duart
Clan MacLean
Clan MacDonald of Sleat
Divisional Commander ?
Brigade Commander ?
King’s Lifeguards
Red coats, white facings (officers red), blue breeches, brass buttons, blue housings
Prior to the Union did not attend the sovereign outside Scotland. Assumed that with James’ arrival in Scotland they would remain loyal...
Royal (Scots) Regiment of Horse (Claverhouse’s)
Red coats, yellow facings, buff breeches, brass buttons, red housings. ‘trumpeters and kettledrummers to wear James’ own livery’ - assume reversed colours.
Marched into England in 1688 to oppose William, disbanded early 1689. Assumed made it’s way back to Scotland in ’88.
Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons (the Grey Dragoons; Scots Greys)
Col Sir Thomas Livingstone
Grey coats, white facings, tin buttons, blue bonnets
Regiment known to have made several attempts to join James during 1688/89, assumed succeeded at some point!
Brigade Commander Gordon of Glenbuchet
Gordon Horse
? coats, ? facings
Maule's Horse
? coats, ? facings
Was at Killiecrankie
Dunbar’s Horse
? coats, ? facings
Was at Killiecrankie
Artillery
Red coats, red facings, red breeches and stockings, tin buttons (brass for officers), fur caps
Irish
Divisional Commander ?
Brigade Commander Brig Gen Ramsey
Brig Gen Ramsey's
? coats, ? facings
Cormac O'Neill's,
Red coats, red facings, red breeches, white stockings, brass buttons
Brigade Commander Brig Gen Alexander Cannon
(former colonel of the The Queen Consort's Regiment of Dragoons 1687-1688)
Col James Purcell's Regiment of Foot (400 raw recruits)
? coats, ? facings
Earl of Antrim's,
? coats, ? facings
Brigade Commander James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick
Colonel Nicholas Purcell's Regiment of Dragoons
? coats, ? facings
James Purcell's Regiment of Dragoons.
? coats, ? facings
English
Brigade Commander ?
Kirke's
Red coats, sea-green facings and breeches, white stockings
Duke of York & Albany's Maritime Regiment (aka the Lord High Admiral's Regiment... James himself)
[/i]Yellow coats, red facings, breeches and stockings[/i]
English Militia
Assorted coats, officer red coat.
French
Brigade Commander ?
Zurlauben
Grey / Blue coats, red facings, red breeches, white stockings, tin buttons
Famechon
? coats, ? facings
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Russian James on Fri May 09, 2014 8:36 pm, edited 8 times in total.