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- Mungo was the natural son of John of Barcaldine,and died in the American colonies. The Barcaldine estate & castle, to which he could not have inherited anyway, was sold by his father John to a younger brother, and the present family descends from him.
Mary Struart King (MStuartKing@fsd1.org) has researched this line. All information presented was provided by her. The reference for this is in two books by John G Gibson, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping and Old and New World Bagpiping.
Mary writes: "I have been researching my ancestor, Mungo Campbell, for many years. He had at least two other children, a daughter, Margaret, and my ancestor, David. After The Appin Murder, Mungo took over as factor for the estates. He then joined the British Army and was posted to New York and fought in the French and Indian War at Ticonderoga, and was the commander of Fort Brewerton in New York State. He served in the Revolutionary War under General Sir Henry Clinton and was killed at the Battle of Fort Montgomery in upstate New York. (See George Washington papers and memoirs of Sir Henry Clinton).
My father had an author, who wrote many articles for The Scots Magazine, David Angus, who is now dead, do some research in Scotland for us, and Mr. Angus found John Campbell of Barcaldine's will. He actually died only a few months before Mungo.
Mungo served in the 77th Foot.
http://www.catskill.net/purple/fortmont.htm
THE BATTLE OF FORT MONTGOMERY A SHORT HISTORY by Jan Sheldon Conley
From "October 6, 1777" in the Chronology::
"Lieutenant Colonel Mungo Campbell and several British regulars approach the fort with a flag of truce indicating that they wish to avoid `further effusion of blood.' Clinton sends Lieutenant Colonel William S. Livingston to meet the enemy. The British officer requests that the patriots surrender. They are promised that no harm would come to them. Livingston, in turn, invites Campbell to surrender and promises him and his men good treatment. Fuming at this audacity, the British resume the fight. British ships working against an ebb tide attack the forts and American vessels. A steady volley ensues with each side receiving a share of the bombardment. British officers Campbell and Vaughan close in on all sides of the twin forts. Leading his men into battle, Campbell is killed in a violent attack on the North Redoubt of Fort Montgomery. Vaughan's horse is shot from under him as he rides into battle at Fort Clinton.
see also:
http://www.revwar75.com/battles/primarydocs/Britishreports.htm
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Terry Jackson (tjackson62@nyc.rr.com) writes: I was doing some research of my own relating to a distant family member who fought in the battle at Fort Montgomery. His name is Benjamin Lattimore, he was a private in the 5th NY Regiment. His account of Lt. Col. Mungo Campbell's's death is very different than the accepted story. The truth may be found in Benjamin Lattimore's documents for a claim for military service pension in 1834.
Basically, the story goes that Lt. Col. Mungo Campbell asked for the Americans defending Fort Montgomery to surrender and they would not be harmed, and although they were outnumbered 3 to 1 by the British, they refused and told them that if they surrendered they would be treated fairly. Determined to make the Americans regret their decision, Lt. Col Mungo Campbell mounts a charge on the Fort and is the 1st to be shot and killed in their assault on the fort. However, Benjamin Lattimore's account of the story during his petition for a pension, is that Col. Campbell was actually stabbed to death by a Captain of the 5th NY Regiment, Captain Rosecrans of Fishkill, NY when he entered the fort.
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1727 - 1777 (50 years)
