Phantoms of the South Fork : Captain McNeill and his Rangers /

Phantoms of the South Fork : Captain McNeill and his Rangers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: French, Steve (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2017]
Series:Civil War soldiers and strategies.
Subjects:
McNeill, John Hanson, > 1815-1864.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > McNeill Partisan Rangers.
Guerrillas > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Soldiers > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
Potomac River, South Branch (Va.-W. Va.) > History, Military > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Moorefield (W. Va.) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Partisan Rangers
  • The Missouri State Guard
  • 1st Virginia Partisan Rangers
  • Early exploits
  • Capture of a hay train
  • The Jones-Imboden Raid
  • The Gettysburg Campaign
  • Fight in a graveyard
  • The Charlestown Raid and a wagon train fight
  • Trouble with Rosser
  • Bloomington and Piedmont
  • The Timber Ridge Fight
  • Johnson's Run and Springfield
  • To the gates of Washington
  • Helping McCausland
  • Meems Bottom
  • Kelley's Tigers
  • Old Maid's Lane
  • Punishing the Swamp Dragons
  • Capture of a cavalier
  • The kidnapping of the generals
  • The getaway
  • The Baker Place Fight and a train robbery
  • End of the line
  • Epilogue: after the war.