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| | |1640| | | |1640| | ||
| | |1643 to 1647| | | |1643 to 1647| | ||
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| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
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| | |Second Bishops' War| | | |Second Bishops' War| | ||
| | |First Civil War| | | |First Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Third Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Earl of Cassilis| | |**Colonel**|Earl of Cassilis| | ||
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| | |Baillie 1645| | | |Baillie 1645| | ||
| | |Middleton 1646| | | |Middleton 1646| | ||
| + | | |Leslie 1650?| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for the Bishops' Wars, raised anew for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army then returning to Scotland to oppose Montrose in 1645// | + | //Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for the Bishops' Wars, raised anew for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army then returning to Scotland to oppose Montrose in 1645, raised again in 1650// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| ====1647==== | ====1647==== | ||
| *February: Disbanded, apart from 50 men sent to the [[covenanter:foot-regiments:general-of-artillery|The General of Artillery’s Regiment of Foot]] of the Scots New Model Army. | *February: Disbanded, apart from 50 men sent to the [[covenanter:foot-regiments:general-of-artillery|The General of Artillery’s Regiment of Foot]] of the Scots New Model Army. | ||
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| + | ====1650==== | ||
| + | *July: Cassillis commissioned colonel of a regiment to be raised in Ayr, Renfrew and Dumbarton | ||
| + | *September: Battle of Dunbar?? | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
| A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
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| + | Furgol hypothesises that the regiment was destroyed at Dunbar as there is no mention of it thereafter | ||
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| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets. | The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets. | ||
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| *March 1645: 800 men | *March 1645: 800 men | ||
| *Only around 100 men survived Alford to fight at Kilsyth | *Only around 100 men survived Alford to fight at Kilsyth | ||
| + | *July 1650: 870 men planned to be levied | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
