Colonel Walter Scott’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1659 to 1651 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Third Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott | |
Area Raised | Roxburgh & Selkirk |
Flag Colour | Blue? |
Flag Design | White saltire? |
Field Armies | Leslie 1650 |
Browne 1651 |
Later Sir Walter Scott of Whitestede's Regiment of Horse
Covenanter horse of the Third Civil War fighting at Dunbar and Inverkeithing
Service History
1649
- Raised in Roxburgh and Selkirk
1650
- 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 5 troops
- September: Regiment taken over by Sir Walter Scott of Whitslaid who is commissioned to raise horse in Teviotdale, Selkirk and Peebles
- October: Join the Western Association army
- November: Quartered in Fife
- November: Ordered to Stirling
1651
- April: Quartered in Dunfermline
- May: Assigned to Browne's 3rd Cavalry Brigade
- June: Ordered from Fife to join the army at Stirling
- July: Sent with Brown and Holborn to Inverkeithing
- July: Battle of Inverkeithing left wing
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 and Equipment
A cornet said to have been from the regiment is preserved at the National Museum of Scotland. It is larger than a usual cornet and is blue with a white saltire.1)
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott of Whitslaid
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988