The Battle of Culloden; 1746. The Battle of Culloden was final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising in Scotland. 18th century engraving by an unknown artist. (Term 'Jacobite' comes from the name ?Jacobe?; Latin for James - a popular Christian name among Stuart kings. Charles III; the son of James II; arrived in Scotland in July 1745 in an attempt to oust King George II and his Hanoverian line from the throne.) 'Battlefields in Britain' by C.W. Wedgewood (London: Collins;1946) p.between 46-47