The connection between Midlands Civil War operations and the northern garrisons is illustrated by the movement of troops between theatres. Royalist cavalry from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire operated along the spine of England from their Midland bases to the Scottish border garrisons. Parliamentary forces similarly moved between the Midlands and Yorkshire. The war was not fought in isolation in individual counties but as interconnected campaigns.
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