In the days after Culloden, Jacobite survivors — by a remarkable demonstration of clan discipline — made their way to the pre-agreed rendezvous at Ruthven Barracks in Badenoch. Lord George Murray arrived. Other senior commanders came. Some 1,500 men assembled, still a fighting force capable of guerrilla warfare in the Highlands. They waited for orders. Charles's message arrived: 'Let every man seek his own safety by the best means in his power.' The men wept. The rising was over. Many who had fought with courage and sacrifice for a cause they believed in were now left to face government retribution alone. Lord George Murray wrote a bitter farewell letter to Charles.
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