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| ====1648==== | ====1648==== | ||
| - | *Raised in Stirling area | + | *May: Drummond commissioned to raise a regiment in Perthshire |
| *July: Preston campaign | *July: Preston campaign | ||
| *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | *August: Battle of Winwick Pass | ||
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| =====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 | ||
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| =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| The regiment appears to have carried flags of an unusual pattern, having the saltire in a canton, similar to the placement of the St George cross on English flags. The flags were blue with a white saltire in a canton. The inscription was //COVENANT FOR RELIGIOUN KING AND KINGDOMES//.((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | The regiment appears to have carried flags of an unusual pattern, having the saltire in a canton, similar to the placement of the St George cross on English flags. The flags were blue with a white saltire in a canton. The inscription was //COVENANT FOR RELIGIOUN KING AND KINGDOMES//.((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | ||
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| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | ||
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| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *May 1648: Established at 800 men | ||
| + | *August 1648: 110 officers and men surrender at Warrington | ||
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| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
