The Argyll Fencibles of 1798 was raised by McNeill, who was appointed colonel of the regiment. The name "Argyll", like that of the Perthshire Highlanders, was rather a misnomer, as very few Argyll men entered the regiment. The service of this regiment extending to any part of Europe, it was sent to Gibraltar in 1800, where it remained in garrison until the peace of Amiens (1802), when it was ordered home, and disbanded.
