Brampton in Cumberland, close to the Scottish Border, was the assembly point for the Jacobite army before the investment of Carlisle in November 1745. Prince Charles Edward Stuart held a council of war at Brampton while the army besieged Carlisle. Government forces from Carlisle Castle made a sortie toward Brampton to disrupt the Jacobite headquarters. Jacobite outpost guards repulsed this sortie. The town was used as the main Jacobite administrative base for the Carlisle operation, with clan regiments billeted throughout the town and surrounding area. The proximity to the Border gave it additional significance — it was the last Scottish soil the army would hold before committing fully to the English campaign.
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