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At around 9 p.m. on December 19, 1861, a party of armed Confederate guerillas known as the Moccasin Rangers captured Ripley and broke into the post office, seizing its contents. The Rangers also robbed a store, stole private possessions, and took guns and ammunition that the local militia had stored in the jail. Several of the raiders were later arrested and imprisoned.
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Ripley, West Virginia · United States
