McNeill's frequent raids on Piedmont, a town in Hampshire (now Mineral) County, West Virginia — and on Cumberland, Maryland—were aimed at disrupting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (a.k.a.

However, many Union generals considered them to be "bushwhackers," not entitled to protection when captured, as was the case with other prisoners of war.

The unit was assigned to John D. Imboden's and William L. Jackson's Brigade and after the participating in the Gettysburg Campaign, skirmished the Federals in western Virginia.

Later it served in the Shenandoah Valley, participating in the Battle of New Market in 1864, and disbanded during April, 1865.

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