Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| — |
covenanter:horse-regiments:sir-james-macdowall-of-garthland [20/07/2016 10:47] (current) tim created |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | ======Sir James MacDowall of Garthland’s Troop of Horse====== | ||
| + | |||
| + | <WRAP right> | ||
| + | |**Active**| 1648| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|Second Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Sir James MacDowall| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Wigtown & Ayr| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**| | | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
| + | |||
| + | //Covenanter troop of horse raised by the Engagers in 1648// | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | *May: MacDowall commissioned Colonel of a troop of horse | ||
| + | *September: Likely disbanded after the Treaty of Stirling | ||
| + | |||
| + | =====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 | ||
| + | |||
| + | Little has come to light of the troop’s activities. | ||
| + | ===== Flags===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Sir James MacDowall of Garthland==== | ||
| + | Laird of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Macdowall#14th.2C_15th_and_16th_centuries|MacDowalls]], he served as a commissioner to the army in Ulster, facilitating the transfer of Munro’s expeditionary force to England. | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *1648: One troop of 80 authorised | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
