McNeill's Rangers John Paul Strain Now in command of the

Now in command of the Rangers and with the help of John B

” Even US General Crook exclaimed

Captain John McNeill had devised a plan to kidnap US Generals Kelly and Cook for the discourtesy shown to his wife in 1862

Jackson retreated up the Valley Pike to Woodstock with the Federals following behind

An hour before daybreak the Rangers were in the city and went to work

McNeill's Rangers John Paul Strain Now in command of theMcNeills Rangers were a partisan unit of Confederate cavalry raiders whose exploits would become legendary in West Virginia. Formally designated as Company E of the 18th Virginia Cavalry, they were led by Captain John Hanson McNeill. The Rangers operated behind enemy lines attacking Federal wagon trains, outposts, railroad yards, and generally raising hell anywhere they had the chance. Sadly on October 3rd 1864 in a predawn attack near Mt. Jackson,