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| + | ====== Colonel John Campbell of Glenorchy’s Regiment of Foot====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
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| + | | |1644 to 1646| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|John Campbell| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Perthshire| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Argyll 1644| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Covenanters serving in the First Civil War with Argyll, then in Highland garrisons// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1644==== | ||
| + | *April: Campbell raises a regiment of 800 foot in Perthshire | ||
| + | * Probably join Argyll | ||
| + | *September to November: Serving with Argyll | ||
| + | *November to January 1646: In garrison at Isle of Lochtay, Finlarig, Achallader, Barcaldine and Kilchurn Castles | ||
| + | *Garrison of the Isle of Lochdochart surrenders to the MacNabs | ||
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| + | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *In garrisons | ||
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| + | =====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 | ||
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| + | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====John Campbell the younger of Glenorchy==== | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *April: 800 strong | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
