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| + | ====== Lord Fleming’s Regiment of Horse====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
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| + | |**Active**|1639 | | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Lord Fleming| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Lanarkshire| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Leslie 1639| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Covenanter horse from Lanarkshire, part of Leslie’s army during the First Bishops’ War// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1639==== | ||
| + | *April: Commissioned to raise a regiment of horse | ||
| + | *March: Raised in Lanarkshire and the Upper Clyde area | ||
| + | *March: Depart Edinburgh for the Border | ||
| + | * Join Leslie’s army at Duns Law | ||
| + | *June: Standoff at Duns Law | ||
| + | *June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks | ||
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| + | =====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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| + | =====Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
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| + | ==== John, 8th Lord Fleming==== | ||
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| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *March 1639: 2-300 troopers | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
