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| |**Active**|1640| | |**Active**|1640| | ||
| - | | |1644| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
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| |**Type**|Foot?| | |**Type**|Foot?| | ||
| |**Colonel**|George Baird| | |**Colonel**|George Baird| | ||
| - | | |James Baird| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|Aberdeenshire| | |**Area Raised**|Aberdeenshire| | ||
| | |Banffshire| | | |Banffshire| | ||
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| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Covenanters briefly occupying Aberdeen in the Second Bishops’ War and fighting at Aberdeen in 1644// | + | //Covenanters briefly occupying Aberdeen in the Second Bishops’ War// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| *Disbanded | *Disbanded | ||
| - | ====1644==== | ||
| - | *September: James Baird musters his men at Aberdeen | ||
| - | *September: Battle of Aberdeen | ||
| =====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 | ||
| - | Likely un-regimented levies, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’. In 1644 they seem to have disbanded after defeat at Aberdeen. | + | Likely un-regimented levies, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’. |
| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====George Baird of Auchmedden==== | ====George Baird of Auchmedden==== | ||
| - | Commanded in 1640 | + | |
| - | ====James Baird of Auchmedden==== | + | |
| - | Commanded in 1644 | + | |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
