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| - | //Covenanter horse of the third Civil war, fighting at Dunbar// | + | //Covenanter horse of the Third Civil war, fighting at Dunbar// |
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| + | **Also known as the Ministers' Regiment of Horse** | ||
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| ====1650==== | ====1650==== | ||
| - | * June: Formed from Strachan's troop of [[covenanter:horse-regiments:gilbert-carr|Colonel Gilbert "Gibby" Carr’s Regiment of Horse]] | + | * June: Formed from Strachan's troop of [[covenanter:horse-regiments:gilbert-kerr|Colonel Gilbert Kerr’s Regiment of Horse]] |
| + | * July: The Ministers of Scotland contribute to raising the regiment | ||
| + | * July: Skirmish at Musselburgh | ||
| * August: Skirmish at Gogar | * August: Skirmish at Gogar | ||
| - | * 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar | + | * 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar (right flank) |
| - | * Serving in Western Scotland alongside Carr | + | * September: Retire to Stirling |
| + | * October: Serving in Western Association army alongside Kerr | ||
| + | * December: Battle of Hamilton; Lt Col Ralston leads detachment of about 100 horse | ||
| + | * December: Rally at Kyle, but Strachan persuades them to disband | ||
| + | * December: Strachan takes 30 men to join the English | ||
| =====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 | ||
| =====Flags and Equipment===== | =====Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| + | Probably carried lances at Dunbar. | ||
| + | Wore buff coats under the Western Association in October 1650. | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====Archibald Strachan==== | ====Archibald Strachan==== | ||
| - | Previously Lt Col of Carr's horse | + | [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/archibald-strachan|Archibald Strachan]] |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *June 1650: A single troop | ||
| + | *July 1650: The Scots Ministers finance the raising of the regiment, hoped to reach 550 horse | ||
| + | *October 1650: 400 men | ||
| + | *December 1650: 200 to 250 after Hamilton | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
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| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
