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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825579303321

Autore

French Steve

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-63101-267-3

1-63101-266-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Collana

Civil War Soldiers and Strategies

Disciplina

973.7/42

Soggetti

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.