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Battle of Drumclog
1679
1 June 1679
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Scottish Covenanter Rebellion

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Despite defeat at Rullion Green (1666), non-conformist Covenanters renewed their rebellion against Episcopalianism and, on Drumclog Moor, southwest of Strathaven, met John Graham of Claverhouse. Led by John Balfour of Kinloch, the rebels repulsed the badly outnumbered government force, killing about 40, but they were destroyed three weeks later at Bothwell Bridge.


   
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