Harlan Page Tabb was born in Virginia on October 19, 1841, and served as a private in McNeill's Rangers, a partisan organization in the Confederate States Army, during the Civil War. He resided in Cumberland, Maryland, at the time of his enlistment (1 October 1864) and enlisted in Hardy County, West Virginia.
He participated in the Confederate raid on Cumberland, Maryland, on February 21, 1865, conducted by Captain Jesse McNeill, as his father (Captain J. Hanson McNeill) had been shot and wounded by his own men and later died in November 1864. The raid netted two Union generals; General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley. The two generals were removed from their hotel rooms in the early morning hours while outside, there were 10,000 Union troops. Of course the raiders took the back roads through the mountains to avoid capture. Upon arriving at Harrisonburg three days later, General Crook exclaimed, Gentlemen, this is the most brilliant exploit of the war! The raiders transported the captives to Staunton while being doggedly pursued nearly the entire route by the Ringgold cavalry and Sheridans cavalry from Cumberland and Winchester respectively.
After a night in Staunton, they entrained for Richmond. On the way, Col. Mosby became a passenger on the same train. Among Mosbys achievements was the capture of Gen . Edwin H. Stoughton at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. On the train when Mosby learned of the capture of Crook and Kelly, he extended his hand to Lieutenant Welton and said, You boys have beaten me badly. The only way I can equal this is to go into Washington and bring out Lincoln!
Since this event occurred as it did near the close of the war, the mind of the South was centered with deep and absorbing concern on Richmond, and a little later on Appomattox. As such, this event was brushed aside and forgotten. After the war, bread and meat problems became paramount concern, so many years passed before there was a reaction to this incident.
Harlan Page Tabb was paroled on May 10, 1865, in Romney, West Virginia. At that time he was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, and was 6 feet tall. He died on November 19, 1926, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. My father remembered Uncle Harlan when he was a young boy in the 1920s.
This summary was taken from the account entitled Two General Kidnaped, by J. W. Duffey
He participated in the Confederate raid on Cumberland, Maryland, on February 21, 1865, conducted by Captain Jesse McNeill, as his father (Captain J. Hanson McNeill) had been shot and wounded by his own men and later died in November 1864. The raid netted two Union generals; General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley. The two generals were removed from their hotel rooms in the early morning hours while outside, there were 10,000 Union troops. Of course the raiders took the back roads through the mountains to avoid capture. Upon arriving at Harrisonburg three days later, General Crook exclaimed, Gentlemen, this is the most brilliant exploit of the war! The raiders transported the captives to Staunton while being doggedly pursued nearly the entire route by the Ringgold cavalry and Sheridans cavalry from Cumberland and Winchester respectively.
After a night in Staunton, they entrained for Richmond. On the way, Col. Mosby became a passenger on the same train. Among Mosbys achievements was the capture of Gen . Edwin H. Stoughton at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. On the train when Mosby learned of the capture of Crook and Kelly, he extended his hand to Lieutenant Welton and said, You boys have beaten me badly. The only way I can equal this is to go into Washington and bring out Lincoln!
Since this event occurred as it did near the close of the war, the mind of the South was centered with deep and absorbing concern on Richmond, and a little later on Appomattox. As such, this event was brushed aside and forgotten. After the war, bread and meat problems became paramount concern, so many years passed before there was a reaction to this incident.
Harlan Page Tabb was paroled on May 10, 1865, in Romney, West Virginia. At that time he was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, and was 6 feet tall. He died on November 19, 1926, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. My father remembered Uncle Harlan when he was a young boy in the 1920s.
This summary was taken from the account entitled Two General Kidnaped, by J. W. Duffey
Harlan Page Tabb was born in Virginia on October 19, 1841, and served as a private in McNeill's Rangers, a partisan organization in the Confederate States Army, during the Civil War. He resided in Cumberland, Maryland, at the time of his enlistment (1 October 1864) and enlisted in Hardy County, West Virginia.
He participated in the Confederate raid on Cumberland, Maryland, on February 21, 1865, conducted by Captain Jesse McNeill, as his father (Captain J. Hanson McNeill) had been shot and wounded by his own men and later died in November 1864. The raid netted two Union generals; General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley. The two generals were removed from their hotel rooms in the early morning hours while outside, there were 10,000 Union troops. Of course the raiders took the back roads through the mountains to avoid capture. Upon arriving at Harrisonburg three days later, General Crook exclaimed, Gentlemen, this is the most brilliant exploit of the war! The raiders transported the captives to Staunton while being doggedly pursued nearly the entire route by the Ringgold cavalry and Sheridans cavalry from Cumberland and Winchester respectively.
After a night in Staunton, they entrained for Richmond. On the way, Col. Mosby became a passenger on the same train. Among Mosbys achievements was the capture of Gen . Edwin H. Stoughton at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. On the train when Mosby learned of the capture of Crook and Kelly, he extended his hand to Lieutenant Welton and said, You boys have beaten me badly. The only way I can equal this is to go into Washington and bring out Lincoln!
Since this event occurred as it did near the close of the war, the mind of the South was centered with deep and absorbing concern on Richmond, and a little later on Appomattox. As such, this event was brushed aside and forgotten. After the war, bread and meat problems became paramount concern, so many years passed before there was a reaction to this incident.
Harlan Page Tabb was paroled on May 10, 1865, in Romney, West Virginia. At that time he was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, and was 6 feet tall. He died on November 19, 1926, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. My father remembered Uncle Harlan when he was a young boy in the 1920s.
This summary was taken from the account entitled Two General Kidnaped, by J. W. Duffey
He participated in the Confederate raid on Cumberland, Maryland, on February 21, 1865, conducted by Captain Jesse McNeill, as his father (Captain J. Hanson McNeill) had been shot and wounded by his own men and later died in November 1864. The raid netted two Union generals; General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley. The two generals were removed from their hotel rooms in the early morning hours while outside, there were 10,000 Union troops. Of course the raiders took the back roads through the mountains to avoid capture. Upon arriving at Harrisonburg three days later, General Crook exclaimed, Gentlemen, this is the most brilliant exploit of the war! The raiders transported the captives to Staunton while being doggedly pursued nearly the entire route by the Ringgold cavalry and Sheridans cavalry from Cumberland and Winchester respectively.
After a night in Staunton, they entrained for Richmond. On the way, Col. Mosby became a passenger on the same train. Among Mosbys achievements was the capture of Gen . Edwin H. Stoughton at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. On the train when Mosby learned of the capture of Crook and Kelly, he extended his hand to Lieutenant Welton and said, You boys have beaten me badly. The only way I can equal this is to go into Washington and bring out Lincoln!
Since this event occurred as it did near the close of the war, the mind of the South was centered with deep and absorbing concern on Richmond, and a little later on Appomattox. As such, this event was brushed aside and forgotten. After the war, bread and meat problems became paramount concern, so many years passed before there was a reaction to this incident.
Harlan Page Tabb was paroled on May 10, 1865, in Romney, West Virginia. At that time he was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, and was 6 feet tall. He died on November 19, 1926, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. My father remembered Uncle Harlan when he was a young boy in the 1920s.
This summary was taken from the account entitled Two General Kidnaped, by J. W. Duffey
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