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| + | ======Mackay Highlanders====== | ||
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| + | |**Active**|1651| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|Third Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|William Mackay| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Strathnaver| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Charles 1651| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | // Highlanders raised in 1651 and fighting at the Battle of Worcester// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1650==== | ||
| + | *December: Clan Mackay ordered to raise a foot regiment | ||
| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *William Mackay of Borley raises the clansmen | ||
| + | *March to join the army at Stirling | ||
| + | *September: Battle of Worcester | ||
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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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| + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Mackay#Civil_War| Clan Mackay]] | ||
| + | =====Coats and Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====William Mackay of Borley==== | ||
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| + | =====Strength===== | ||
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| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
