John Hanson McNeill | |
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Born | Near Moorefield, Virginia (now West Virginia) | June 12, 1815
Died | November 10, 1864 Harrisonburg, Virginia | (aged 49)
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service | Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1861–1864 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Company E of the 18th Virginia cavalry |
Commands | McNeill's Rangers |
Battles / wars | American Civil War |
John Hanson "Hanse" McNeill (June 12, 1815 – November 10, 1864) was a Confederate soldier who served as a captain in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He led McNeill's Rangers, an independent irregular Confederate military company commissioned under the Partisan Ranger Act.[1]