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| - | |**Active**|1642 to 1646| | + | |**Active**|1642 to 1649| |
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | | |Parliamentarian| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|Irish Confederate War| | |**Conflicts**|Irish Confederate War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
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| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| ====1642==== | ====1642==== | ||
| - | *Raised and sent to Ulster | + | *March: Glencairn commissioned to raise the regiment for service in Ulster |
| + | *May: Reach Ulster | ||
| + | *May: 2 companies serve on Monro's River Bann campaign | ||
| + | *Garrison of Carrickfergus | ||
| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| - | *Serving in Ulster | + | *August to September: Siege of Charlemont |
| + | *September: Return to Carrickfergus | ||
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| - | *Serving in Ulster | + | *June: Join Monro for his Leinster campaign |
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| - | *Serving in Ulster | + | *200 men detached to [[covenanter:foot-regiments:sir-john-cochrane-of-that-ilk|Home of Heugh's Regiment]] for service in Scotland |
| ====1646==== | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *June: Skirmish at Ballaghkillgevill | ||
| *June: Battle of Benburb | *June: Battle of Benburb | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | *Despite Glencairn's enthusiasm, the regiment refuses to detach men to aid the Engagers in England | ||
| + | *September: Admit Monck's forces to Carrickfergus | ||
| + | ====1649==== | ||
| + | *Remnants persist as Parliamentarian garrison of Carrickfergus under Cochrane | ||
| + | *July: Besieged at Carrickfergus by the Royalists | ||
| + | *August: Regiment likely finally disbanded, Cochrane returns to Scotland | ||
| =====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 | ||
| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| + | Home's composite battalion of detachments wore red coats, suggesting that the Covenanters in Ulster may have been generally red-coated by 1645. | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651// Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 | ||
| ====Earl of Glencairn==== | ====Earl of Glencairn==== | ||
| + | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cunningham,_9th_Earl_of_Glencairn|William Cunningham, 9th Earl of Glencairn]] was by sympathy a Royalist, leading a Royalist Highland insurrection in 1653, Glencairn's Rising. He spent little time with the regiment, remaining in Scotland. | ||
| + | ====William Cunningham==== | ||
| + | Lieutenant Colonel, leading the regiment in Ulster. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *May to June 1642: 1018 (909 men and 109 officers) in 10 companies | ||
| + | *September 1642: 988 men and officers, 75 sick | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
