Editing Battle of Carillon (section)

===Casualties===
The battle was the bloodiest of the war, with over 3,000 casualties suffered.<ref name="Nester7"/> French casualties are normally considered to be comparatively light: 104 killed and 273 wounded in the main battle. Combined with the effective elimination of Trépezet's force on July 6, there were about 550 casualties, about 13 per cent of the French force, a percentage similar to the losses of the British (who Chartrand calculates as having lost 11.5 to 15 per cent).<ref name="Chartrand88">{{harvnb|Chartrand|2000|p=88}}</ref>

General Abercrombie reported 547 killed, 1,356 wounded, and 77 missing. Lévis in one report claimed that the French recovered 800 British bodies, implying that Abercrombie may have underreported the actual death toll. Chartrand estimates the number of British killed (or died of their wounds) at about 1,000 for the main battle, with about 1,500 wounded. The skirmish on July 6 cost the British about 100 killed and wounded, and the loss of General Howe.<ref name="Chartrand86"/>

[[File:Officer and Serjeant of a Highland Regiment.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Officers of the [[42nd Regiment of Foot|Black Watch]]|alt=A black and white draing of two men wearing Scottish military garb, placed against a backdrop of countryside. Both are wearing kilts and argyled knee-length socks. One carries a musket, while the other has a halberd, and appears to have sword by his side.]]

The 42nd Regiment, known as the [[42nd Regiment of Foot|Black Watch]], paid dearly with the loss of many lives and many severely wounded. More than 300 men (including 8 officers) were killed, and a similar number were wounded, representing a significant fraction of the total casualties suffered by the British.<ref name="Stewart315_6">[[#Stewart|Stewart (1825)]], pp. 315–316</ref> [[George III|King George III]], later in July 1758, designated the 42nd a "Royal" regiment, due to its gallantry in earlier battles, and issued letters of service for adding a second battalion "as a testimony of his Majesty's satisfaction and approbation of the extraordinary courage, loyalty, and exemplary conduct of the Highland regiment."<ref name="Stewart317_8">[[#Stewart|Stewart (1825)]], pp. 317–318</ref> However, the king did not learn of the regiment's loss of almost half its strength in this battle until August.<ref name="Nester46">[[#Nester|Nester (2008)]], p. 46</ref>

A legend has long circulated concerning the death of the Black Watch's Major [[Duncan Campbell (died 1758)|Duncan Campbell]]. In 1742, the ghost of Campbell's dead brother is said to have appeared to him in a dream with a promise to meet him again at "Ticonderoga", a place name that was unknown to him at the time. Campbell died of wounds sustained during the battle.<ref name="Lonergan47_53">[[#Lonergan|Lonergan (1959)]], pp. 47–53</ref>