Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Green
I found this:
http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/glencoe.htm
I would have felt sorry for the troops who had to act out such orders. At the same time I would have been disgusted at their actions, and not trying to do something about it. Then again, it isn't like those guys had much choice. Brtutal, and not a position I would envy.
If you continue your research, you will find that many actually DID do something about it. If this was actually the cold-blooded Campbell massacre that so many believe that it was, how did so many escape? Let's face it, the Campbells had demonstrated their ability to massacre mass numbers, 46 years previous to Glencoe during the massacre of the Lamonts. Read the various accounts of that massacre and you will see that the events of Glencoe were not so brutal.

Trying to understand events ocurring between different Scottish families by looking at the events of '45 will not serve you well. 1745 is more like modern history, when one examines the issues that involved many of these families.