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- Ten years after the Civil War, the governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to recommission a company of Texas Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border.
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Leander McNelly's most infamous exploit was his invasion of Las Cuevas, Mexico in order to get back stolen cattle. McNelly and his Rangers entered Mexico on November 20, 1875.
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In 1874, McNelly was commissioned to head a special force of Texas Rangers called the Washington County Volunteers. Although separate from the Frontier Battalion, the mission of the "Special Force" was the same - to protect the frontier from the depredations of factions both inside and outside of the state.
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.
In July 1874, McNelly was commissioned to head a special force of Texas Rangers called the Washington County Volunteers. Although separate from the Frontier Battalion, the mission of the "Special Force" was the same – to protect the frontier from the depredations of factions both inside and outside the state.
In 1875, Captain Leander McNelly of the Texas Rangers led a bold mission against Mexican bandits during the Las Cuevas War. When cattle rustlers crossed the Rio Grande and stole livestock,...
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I n April of 1875, Governor Richard Coke commissioned Captain McNelly to organize a Special Force of Texas Rangers to deal with the bloodshed and crime that was ongoing throughout the Nueces Strip, the narrow strip of land that ran between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.
It is November 1875 and Captain Leander McNelly and his company of Texas Rangers have rather rashly invaded Mexico to recover stolen cattle. Faced with an army of 800 Mexican soldiers, the 26 Texans have retreated but refused to leave the country altogether.
