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| - | |**Active**|1644 to 5| | + | |**Active**|1644 to 1645| |
| + | | |1648| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Earl of Glencairn| | |**Colonel**|Earl of Glencairn| | ||
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| *August: Battle of Kilsyth | *August: Battle of Kilsyth | ||
| *August: Cunningham succeeds Glencairn as Colonel | *August: Cunningham succeeds Glencairn as Colonel | ||
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| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | *May: Glencairn commissioned colonel of Ayr and Renfrew foot | ||
| + | *September: Disbanded at Stirling | ||
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| =====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 | ||
| - | Furgol considers the regiment to have been destroyed at Kilsyth whereas Reid contends it was taken over by Cunningham/ | + | Furgol considers the regiment to have been destroyed at Kilsyth whereas Reid contends it was taken over by Cunningham. Little is known of any activities of the 1648 regiment. |
| =====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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| ====Robert Cunningham==== | ====Robert Cunningham==== | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *May 1648: 666 men authorised | ||
| + | *May 1648: Authorised to increase to 1000 men | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
