McNeill's Rangers John Paul Strain The shot missed the man

The shot missed the man but scared the sentries so bad

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

The home was located next to the Valley Pike at Narrow Passage Creek which flowed into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River

” Even US General Crook exclaimed

Gettysburg Moon by John Paul Strain

McNeill's Rangers John Paul Strain The shot missed the manMcNeills 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,