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| + | ======Colonel Robert Douglas’ Regiment of Foot====== | ||
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| + | |**Active**|1651| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|Third Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Robert Douglas| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Teviotdale| | ||
| + | | |Selkirk| | ||
| + | | |Eskdale| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Charles 1651| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | // A small regiment of Covenanter foot raised in 1651// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *March: Robert Douglas commissioned to raise a regiment of foot in Teviotdale, Selkirk and Eskdale | ||
| + | *May: 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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| + | It is uncertain whether this unit was at Worcester, they are not heard of after July 1651. | ||
| + | =====Coats and Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Robert Douglas==== | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *July 1651: 181 men | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
