Cultural Significance
Mackay was the inventor of the socket bayonet which soon came into general use, the idea of this being suggested to him by the failure of the plug bayonet to stop the rush of the Highlanders at the Battle of Killiecrankie.
He may be know to some people nowadays from a mention in the song Braes o' Killiecrankie: "O fie Macvkay what gart ye flie".
Read more about this topic: Hugh Mackay
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