Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
A bit o' trivia about the Cameron of Erracht tartan. It is actually a military tartan that has been adopted by the Camerons, but it was orginally designed by Alan Cameron's mother, who was a MacDonell of Keppoch, and is a combination of the Cameron and the MacDonald tartans. Alan Cameron of Erracht raised the regiment in 1793 under warrant. The Camerons were also the last regiment to wear the kilt in battle in 1939-1940 in Europe.

Cheers,

Todd
Cameron of Erracht was actually the ONLY tartan to be worn as a US military kilt. during the Civil War the 78th and 79th New York Volunteer Militia regiments wore kilts in the Cameron tartan.