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| + | ======Colonel John Hamilton’s Regiment of Foot====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
| + | |**Active**|1651| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|Third Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|John Hamilton| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Clydesdale| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**| | | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Small regiment of Covenanter foot raised in 1651// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *June: Hamilton commissioned colonel of foot for Clydesdale | ||
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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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| + | Little is known on this unit’s activities | ||
| + | =====Coats and Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====John Hamilton==== | ||
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| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *June 1651: Clydesdale to levy 900 men | ||
| + | *June 1651: 200 foot raised in Glasgow | ||
| + | *July: 160 foot mustered | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
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