The American Civil War - Chronologically

February 21, 1865 McNeill's Raid  Cumberland, MD * Was it Bold? Daring? OK, make me admit it. Reckless? Desperate? That too. And this being 1865, it smacks of petty revenge.  * Good stuff for me personally: I love Cumberland and hate Harry Gilmor. Gilmor was recruiting in West Virginia adjacent to these guys, right before Sheridan captures him (he is held in Boston until July 1865) - which is maybe part of what leads to this retaliatory raid.  * See Also Battle of Folck's Mill , earlier in  Cumberland (Aug. 1, 1864) * the Rangers surrender and were paroled May 8, 1865 - a  month  after Appomattox  https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=490 Capture of Generals Capture of Generals B.F. Kelly & George Crook — Nights, February 21–22, 1865 — A company of Confederates, young men from Cumberland, Maryland, Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, captured several picket posts, obtained the countersign “Bulls Gap,” rode into the city, captured two commanding...

Feb. 5, 1865 Union Cavalry gets "Stump's Battery" near Romney, WV Lt. Col. Edward W. Whitaker vs. Capt. George W. Stump https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=174941 Captain George W. Stump "Stump's Battery" This is Hickory Grove, the home of Adam and Mary Stump and their son Capt. George W. Stump, who led a company of the 18th Virginia Cavalry during the war. Capt. Stump was always heavily armed with a carbine and numerous revolvers; his men called him “Stump’s Battery.” Besides cooperating with McNeill’s Partisan Rangers, Stump also served under Gen. John D. Imboden. The general had such confidence in Stump that he employed him in October 1863 as a confidential messenger to Gen. Robert E. Lee. In December 1863, Imboden recommended Stump to Gen. Jubal A. Early: “If in pursuit of supplies you have to go to Hampshire County,…permit me to recommend to you, … Capt. George W. Stump, {who}…can give you more valuable information than any man in my command in regard to suppl...