Transcriber’s Note This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The single instance of blackletter font is denoted using ~blackletter~. The positions of the illustrative plates have been adjusted slightly to fall on paragraph breaks. The very occasional footnotes have been also moved to fall after the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration] HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH REGIMENTS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. BY ARCH. K. MURRAY, ESQ., MAJOR OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH LANARKSHIRE VOLUNTEER GUARDS. ~Published by Request of his Brother Officers.~ GLASGOW: THOMAS MURRAY AND SON. 1862. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE, 3 INTRODUCTION, 5 SECOND ROYAL NORTH BRITISH DRAGOONS, OR “SCOTS GREYS,” 13 “THE GUARDS.” GRENADIERS—COLDSTREAMS—SCOTS FUSILIERS, 41 THE FIRST “ROYAL SCOTS,” 78 THE TWENTY-FIRST FOOT, OR “ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS,” 121 THE TWENTY-FIFTH FOOT. “KING’S OWN BORDERERS,” OR EDINBURGH 145 REGIMENT, THE TWENTY-SIXTH FOOT, OR “CAMERONIANS,” 169 LIFE GUARDS. SEVENTH HUSSARS—SEVENTEENTH LIGHT 187 DRAGOONS—SEVENTIETH FOOT, THE SEVENTY-THIRD FOOT—“PERTHSHIRE,” 191 THE SEVENTY-FIFTH FOOT—“STIRLINGSHIRE,” 199 THE NINETIETH FOOT, OR “PERTHSHIRE VOLUNTEERS,” 205 THE NINETY-FIRST FOOT—“ARGYLESHIRE,” 212 THE SCOTS BRIGADE, OR THE OLD NINETY-FOURTH FOOT, 224 THE NINETY-NINTH FOOT, OR “LANARKSHIRE,” 236 THE OLD HIGHLAND BRIGADE, 241 THE FORTY-SECOND, OR “ROYAL HIGHLANDERS”—“BLACK WATCH,” 250 THE SEVENTY-FIRST, OR “GLASGOW HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY,” 288 THE SEVENTY-SECOND, OR “DUKE OF ALBANY’S HIGHLANDERS,” 313 THE SEVENTY-FOURTH HIGHLANDERS, 330 THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH HIGHLANDERS, OR “ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS,” 352 THE SEVENTY-NINTH, OR “CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,” 380