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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.
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In September 1861, McNelly was mustered in as a private in Campbell's Company, 2nd Regiment of the Sibley Brigade, 5th Texas Cavalry. He saw action in campaigns in New Mexico, Galveston and Louisiana. By the end of the war he was a captain of a company charged with hunting down deserters.
Oct 28, 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.
Leander H. McNelly aka Leander Harvey McNelly (March 12, 1844 - September 4, 1877) was a Confederate officer and Texas Ranger captain, best known for leading the "Special Force" – a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in South Texas during 1875-76.
McNelly retired to his farm at Burton, where he died of tuberculosis on September 4, 1877. Leander McNelly and his Special Force of Texas Rangers were spectacularly successful by most measures in dealing with the lawlessness of the Nueces Strip.
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.
Apr 4, 2023 · In turbulent 1870s Texas, the revered and fearless Ranger Leander McNelly led his men in one dramatic campaign after another, apprehending cattle thieves, desperadoes, border ruffians, and other dangerous criminals and throwing them in jail or, if that's how they wanted it, six feet under.