Loudoun Rangers

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Loudoun Rangers
Flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1861)
Active	1862–1865
Country	United States of America
Allegiance	United States Army (Union Army)
Branch	Independent
Type	Cavalry
Size	2 Companies
Nickname(s)	Mean's Rangers
Flag of the United States (1863-1865)
Engagements	American Civil War Fight at Waterford Battle of Mile Hill – Battle of Harpers Ferry Second Battle of Winchester Battle of Charlestown
Commanders
1st	Captain Samuel C. Means
2nd	Captain Daniel M. Keyes

The Loudoun Rangers, also known as Mean's Rangers for their commander, Samuel C. Means, was a partisan cavalry unit raised in Loudoun County, Virginia, that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The Rangers have the distinction of being the only unit raised in present-day Virginia to serve in the Union Army.

The Loudoun Rangers were formed in the spring of 1862, when the Union Army first occupied Loudoun County as part of its campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. Returning with the army was local unionist Samuel Means, who had been run out of the county the previous year by local Confederates.

Phillip Sheridan. As the war in the valley came to an end, the Rangers returned to their partisan role and were eventually effectively broken up in April 1865 when a detachment of Mosby's Rangers raided their camp at Castleman's Ferry

and captured the better part of the command. The Rangers were officially mustered out of service the following month.

References

v t e Loudoun County in the American Civil War
Battles	Battle of Ball's Bluff Battle of Dranesville Battle of Harpers Ferry Battle of Aldie Battle of Middleburg Battle of Upperville
Skirmishes	Fight at Waterford Battle of Mile Hill Affair at Glenmore Farm Battle of Unison Fight at Aldie Skirmish at Miskel Farm Blackleys Grove 2nd Dranesville Action at Mount Zion Church Battle of Loudoun Heights Heaton's Crossroads Harmony Skirmish
Raids	Burning Raid George's Schoolhouse Raid
Units	Confederate 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry 7th Virginia Cavalry 8th Virginia Infantry Union Loudoun Rangers
People	Confederate Robert H. Chilton John Janney John Mobberly Elijah V. White Union Samuel C. Means
Sites	Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Fort Johnston Fort Evans Fort Beauregard

United States Army Rangers

Rangers of British America and the United States Army

British American
Rangers

King Philip's War, King William's War, Queen Anne's War	Church's Rangers
King George's War, Father Le Loutre's War, French and Indian War	Gorham's Rangers
French and Indian War	Rogers' Rangers; Danks' Rangers, Burke's Rangers
American Revolutionary War	Butler's Rangers, Queen's Rangers

United States
Army Rangers

American Revolutionary War	Knowlton's Rangers Whitcomb's Rangers
American Civil War	43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's Rangers) 7th Virginia Cavalry Loudoun Rangers
World War II	1st Ranger Battalion 2nd Ranger Battalion 3rd Ranger Battalion 4th Ranger Battalion 5th Ranger Battalion 6th Ranger Battalion Merrill's Marauders Provisional Ranger Group 6615th Ranger Force 29th Ranger Battalion
Korean War	Korean War Ranger Companies Eighth Army Ranger Company 1st Ranger Infantry Company 2nd Ranger Infantry Company 3rd Ranger Infantry Company 4th Ranger Infantry Company 5th Ranger Infantry Company
Vietnam War	75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne)
Post-Vietnam War	75th Ranger Regiment Military Intelligence Battalion) Special Troops Battalion Regimental Reconnaissance Company 1st Ranger Battalion 2nd Ranger Battalion 3rd Ranger Battalion

See also

References