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| |**Active**|1639 | | |**Active**|1639 | | ||
| + | | |1640 to 1641| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | ||
| + | | |Second Bishops' War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Lord Erskine| | |**Colonel**|Lord Erskine| | ||
| |**Area Raised**|Perthshire| | |**Area Raised**|Perthshire| | ||
| + | | |Stirlingshire| | ||
| |**Coat Colour**| | | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
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| |**Field Armies**|Montrose 1639| | |**Field Armies**|Montrose 1639| | ||
| | |Leslie 1639| | | |Leslie 1639| | ||
| + | | |Leslie 1640-41| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Covenanters serving with Montrose and Leslie in the First Bishops’ War// | + | //Covenanters serving with Montrose and Leslie in the First Bishops’ War and with Leslie in the Second// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| *June: Standoff at Dun’s Law | *June: Standoff at Dun’s Law | ||
| *June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks | *June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks | ||
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| + | ====1640==== | ||
| + | *Raised anew in Stirlingshire | ||
| + | *Join Leslie's army at Duns | ||
| + | *August: Invade England, but not quartered at Newcastle | ||
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| + | ====1641==== | ||
| + | *August: Return to Scotland and disbanded after the Treaty of London | ||
| =====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 | ||
| - | Contained Highlanders in the regiment. | + | Contained Highlanders in the 1639 regiment. |
| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| ====John, Lord Erskine==== | ====John, Lord Erskine==== | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *1640: Estimated as 600 or 1000 foot in 10 companies | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
