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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 |