I need info on the original 78th Highlanders

[Genevieve]

I am currently writing a novel featuring a Highlander who is joining the Highland regiments in 1757 and heading to the colonies for the F&I war. I have a few questions and wondered if I might count on you for a little assistance on some of the technical matters.

For example, I needed to know the difference between the 77th and the 78th, and did they serve in different places?

I know Simon Lovat was responsible for raising Fraser's Highlanders, but who was Montgomerie?

Where in Inverness did they train? Do you have any idea what the training might have entailed? What did they eat? Where did they sleep, and what did they wear when they retired for the night?

Do you know the names of any of the ships that transported the Highlanders to the colonies?

Any bits of trivia would be greatly appreciated.

This is my second story featuring a Highlander. The first, "Under the Same Sky" is being published by Penguin books in early 2012. This is a companion novel to it.

Thank you so much for any help you can provide.