Editing Clan Campbell (section)

====Jacobite rising of 1745====

Just before 1745, the strength of the Clan Campbell had been put at a total of 5,000 men.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Campbell"/> During the [[Jacobite rising of 1745]], the Clan Campbell continued their support for the British Government. They fought against the rebel Jacobites at the [[Battle of Falkirk (1746)]] where Government forces were defeated. However, shortly afterwards the Campbells held out during the [[Siege of Fort William]] where the Jacobites were defeated.<ref>[http://www.clan-cameron.org/battles/1746_c.html Siege of Fort William] clan-cameron.org. Retrieved 18 December 2013.</ref> The Campbells were also involved in the [[Skirmish of Keith]] around the same time.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite book |last1=Forbes |first1=Robert, Bishop of Ross |author-link1=Robert Forbes (bishop) |last2=Blaikie |first2=Waltar Biggar |author-link2=Walter Biggar Blaikie |year=1895 |title=The Lyon In Mourning : or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart |url=https://archive.org/details/lyoninmourningor02forbuoft/page/n5/mode/2up |volume=2 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=Printed at the University Press by [[Thomas Constable (printer and publisher)|T. and A. Constable]] for the [[Scottish History Society]] |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lyoninmourningor02forbuoft/page/212/mode/2up 213]-217}}</ref> At the [[Battle of Culloden]] in 1746 where the Jacobites were finally defeated, involved in the fighting on the Government side were four companies from the [[Campbell of Argyll Militia]], three companies from [[Loudon's Highlanders]] who were under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Campbell and one company from the 43rd Highlanders who were under the command of Captain Dugald Campbell of Auchrossan.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pollard |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Pollard (archaeologist) |year=2009 |title=Culloden: The History and Archaeology of the last Clan Battle |location=[[South Yorkshire]] |publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]] |pages=71–72 |isbn=978-1-84884-020-1}}</ref>