Richard Cameron — the Lion of the Covenant — had declared open war on Charles II at the Sanquhar Declaration in June 1680, renouncing his allegiance. Six weeks later he and his band were caught at Airsmoss by government dragoons. He died fighting. His head and hands were displayed in Edinburgh. His followers became the Cameronians — the most extreme wing of the Covenanting movement. The Cameronian Regiment of the British Army was raised from his followers in 1689 and survived until 1968.
Cameron killed; several Covenanters killed; some captured
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