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| - | ======George Baird of Auchmedan’s Troop of Horse====== | + | ======James Baird of Auchmedan’s Troop of Horse====== |
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| |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| - | |**Captain**|George Baird | | + | |**Captain**|James Baird | |
| |**Area Raised**| | | |**Area Raised**| | | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
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| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| + | *September: Baird musters his kinsmen, friends, servants and tenants | ||
| *September: Battle of Aberdeen | *September: Battle of Aberdeen | ||
| =====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 | ||
| + | Likely an informal troop, Furgol labels them a retinue. Baird's men dispersed after Aberdeen. | ||
| ===== Flags===== | ===== Flags===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | ==== George Baird of Auchmedan==== | + | ====James Baird of Auchmedan==== |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| A single troop | A single troop | ||
