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24 Apr

Jesse McNeill and 30 men of the McNeill's Rangers surrendered to Union troops at New Creek (Keyser)

McNeill's Rangers, a Confederate guerrilla force consisting of Company E of the 18th Virginia Cavalry and the First Virginia Partisan Rangers, began operations in September 1862 under the leadership of Capt. John H. "Hanse" McNeill. Operating out ...

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