The regiment embarked for North America in April 1776. 'Their conduct was so laudable and exemplary as to gain the affections of the inhabitants, between whom and the soldiers the greatest cordiality prevailed.' templatequoteciteline-height:1.5em text-align:left padding-left:1.6em margin-top:0 templatequoteoverflow:hidden margin:1em 0 padding:0 40px.mw-parser-output. It was intended for service in the American Revolutionary War and was well received in Glasgow.
The regiment was raised at Inverness, Stirling and Glasgow by Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser of Lovat as the 71st Regiment of Foot in 1775. A pewter button from the uniform of a non-officer member of Fraser's Highlanders, recovered by archaeologists from the 1782 Storm Wreck
