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Leander Harvey McNelly (March 12, 1844 – September 4, 1877) was a Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain. McNelly is best remembered for leading the "Special Force", a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in south Texas in 1875–76.
Learn about the life and career of Leander H. McNelly, a captain of the State Police and the Washington County Volunteers. He fought against outlaws, bandits and Mexican raiders in the Nueces Strip and died of tuberculosis in 1877.
28 Οκτ 2023 · Leander Harvey McNelly, Confederate Army officer and Texas Ranger captain, was born probably in Brooke County, Virginia (later West Virginia), on March 12, 1844. The 1850 census listed his parents as John and Catherine McNelly, who had immigrated from Ireland by 1835.
4 Απρ 2023 · In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, apprehending cattle thieves,...
Leander Harvey McNelly (March 12, 1844 – September 4, 1877) was a Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain. McNelly is best remembered for leading the "Special Force", a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in south Texas in 1875–76.
Leander Harvey McNelly (March 12, 1844–September 4, 1877) was a Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain. McNelly is best remembered for leading the “Special Force”, a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in south Texas in 1875-76.
In November 1875, Captain Leander McNelly makes his most famous and controversial move: he leads his militia company into Mexico and attacks two villages to recover stolen cattle. His actions ...
