BattlefieldsMauchline Moor 1648
English Civil War

Mauchline Moor 1648

1648
Ayrshire, Scotland
Also known as: Engagement skirmish at Mauchline 1648 · Covenanter rising Mauchline 1648
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Ayrshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Covenanting protesters (Western Whiggamores)
Forces
Covenanting protesters c.2,000-4,000
VS
Victor
Government (Middleton / Engagement forces)
Forces
Government cavalry c.500
Outcome
Government cavalry dispersed a large gathering of Covenanting protesters at Mauchline Moor who opposed the Engagement treaty with Charles I
The Battle

History & Significance

The Mauchline Moor gathering of June 1648 was one of the largest anti-Engagement demonstrations in Scotland. Thousands of western Covenanters — the Whiggamores — assembled in open defiance of the Scottish parliament's treaty with Charles I. Government cavalry under General Middleton dispersed the gathering. The incident was a precursor to the Whiggamore Raid later that year when the western Covenanters marched on Edinburgh and expelled the Engager government. The word Whig derives from this protest.

Casualties & Losses

Several killed in the dispersal

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