One thing that is certain is that Lord George Murray had a tremendous ability in warfare that pitted the Jacobites to be a tremendous force to be reckoned with. He was a Protestant and his father actually fought for William of Orange alarmingly. The Duke of Atholl is the title given to the head of Clan Murray, and this was George's father John. He single-handedly won the battle of Prestonpans because he found a guide who knew of a secret path to flank the government forces. George would lead the flank of the Jacobite army personally and with resurgence post-Culloden, where an army gathered to fight, an army bigger than the force at Culloden, but they had no general and the organisation was not there to lead the army, something Lord George Murray would be suited to, it is amazing to think how history would differ given if Murray could have led the second force.
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