Thanks for the correction. You’re a much better British historian. I must have forgotten to much of what my pipe instructor tried to explain. So there were no Lowlanders engaged at New Orleans?
The British Order of Battle at New Orleans included:
Infantry Regiments
4th Foot (King’s Own)
7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers)
21st Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers)
43rd Light Infantry (Monmouth)
44th Foot (East Essex)
85th Foot (Buck’s Volunteers)
93rd Foot (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
95th Rifle Corps
1st West Indian Infantry (Colored)
2nd West Indian Infantry (Colored)
Cavalry Regiments
14th Dragoons (dismounted)
Detachments of:
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Royal Rocket Corps
Royal Corps of Sappers and Miners
Sailors from the Royal Navy
Royal Marines
Of the regiments that fought at New Orleans, the 4th (King’s Own) and the 95th (Rifle Corps) went on to fight in June at Waterloo. The 93rd Foot (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) went on to form “The Thin Red Line” at Balaclava during the Crimean War. The 4th suffered three times as many casualties at New Orleans than they did at Waterloo, with over 400 killed or wounded. Overall British casualties numbered between 2,000 and 3,000, which included the commander, General Sir Edward Pakenham.