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Excerpt from An Account of the Scottish Regiments: With the Statistics of Each, From 1808 to March 1861, Compiled From the Old Regimental Record Books, and Monthly Returns of Each Regiment, Now Rendered to the War Department
The Old Record Books, which are clear, explicit, and well made out, have been very carefully inspected, for, without the num bers being given with care, we feel certain that any mere state ment would not be credited, so deeply is the error rooted. In each case the county and parish in which the soldier was born are stated; and also other particulars are given, as where en listed, date, by whom, and previous trade or occupation. There fore the whole acted as a check on any man not a Scotsman, being passed as such. In cases where the particulars of the place of birth, &c., could not be learned, it is left blank. The High landers are not given separately, but included with the Low landers as Scots. However, the number of each could have been ascertained, if our time had admitted of it. As it is only from the Peninsular war of 1808 that the nation ality of the Highland Regiments has been questioned, we will divide the present statement into three periods as regards them. I. From 1808 to 1815, which embraces the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns, the American war, and active service in India. From 1854 to 1857, which will give the. Scottish Regi ments, as they were before embarkation for the Crimea, when there, and after their return to this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
