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| - | |**Active**|1643 to 1645| | + | |**Active**|1643 to 1647| |
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| - | | |Second Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Viscount Dudhope| | |**Colonel**|Viscount Dudhope| | ||
| | |William Baillie| | | |William Baillie| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|Forfarshire| | + | |**Area Raised**|Angus| |
| |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | |**Coat Colour**|Grey| | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
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| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| - | *Raised | + | *August: Dudhope commissioned Colonel of the regiment raised from Angus |
| + | *December: Dundee recruits ordered | ||
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| + | *January: Enter England under Leven | ||
| *April to July: Siege of York | *April to July: Siege of York | ||
| - | *2ndJuly: Battle of Marston Moor; Dudhope killed | + | *2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor; Dudhope mortally wounded, dying 23rd July |
| - | *July: Baillie succeeds Dudhope | + | *July: Baillie succeeds Dudhope as Colonel |
| *July: Siege of York | *July: Siege of York | ||
| - | *July to October: Siege of Newcastle | + | *August to October: Siege of Newcastle (withdrawn to Scotland for some time in September) |
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| *July to September: Siege of Hereford | *July to September: Siege of Hereford | ||
| + | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *Return to Scotland | ||
| + | *March to April: Probably quartered around Glasgow | ||
| + | *Campaign in North-East?? | ||
| + | *December: Quartered in Glasgow | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | *January: Quarters altered due to plague | ||
| + | *February: Disbanded, apart from 1 company sent to reinforce [[covenanter:foot-regiments:general-of-artillery|The General of Artillery’s Regiment of Foot]] | ||
| =====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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| Remained with the army in England while Baillie himself returned to Scotland in 1645. | Remained with the army in England while Baillie himself returned to Scotland in 1645. | ||
| =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| ====Viscount Dudhope==== | ====Viscount Dudhope==== | ||
| - | James Scrymgour, 2nd Viscount Dudhope, was killed at Marston Moor | + | James Scrymgour, 2nd Viscount Dudhope, was mortally wounded at Marston Moor |
| ====William Baillie==== | ====William Baillie==== | ||
| [[ http://bcw-project.org/biography/william-baillie|William Baillie]] succeeded Dudhope as Colonel after Marston Moor. | [[ http://bcw-project.org/biography/william-baillie|William Baillie]] succeeded Dudhope as Colonel after Marston Moor. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *1644: 10 companies | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
