Colonel Mungo Murray’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1647 to 1648 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Second Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Mungo Murray |
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Field Armies |
Covenanter troop of horse of the Scots New Model Army
Service History
1647
- February: Formed from the Earl of Dalhousie’s Regiment of Horse as an independent troop of the Scots New Model Army under Lt Col Sir Mungo Murray
1648
- May: Murray supports the Engagement and is made Colonel of Dumfriesshire Horse
- September: Battle of Stirling
- September: 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
Flags
Notable Officers
Sir Mungo Murray
Previously Lieutenant Colonel of Harie Barclay’s Regiment of horse, then Lt Col of Dalhousie's.
Strength
- 1647: 1 troop of 80, reduced to 75
- 1648: Murray to raise 80 more troopers