He was roundly condemned by both the conventional confederate military and the partisan rangers commissioned by the Missouri legislature.

Some evidence indicates Ferguson was actually made a captain of partisan rangers by Morgan.

The Confederate government certified special rules to govern the conduct of partisan rangers.

He returned home and raised a company of mounted partisan rangers.

John Mosby's partisan rangers scouted the Union positions and provided much needed intelligence on their movements.

She also spied for John S. Mosby, a noted partisan ranger.

Irregular forces (partisan rangers or guerrillas) were generally mounted forces.

Captain Brevard returned to Florida in the summer of 1862 after being commissioned to form a battalion of partisan rangers.

Were they soldiers, partisan rangers, or (in the Union view) unsoldierly guerrillas hiding among civilians, simply a loose band of roving thieves?

Both of these independent partisan rangers operated in the western counties of Virginia and were known to exercise military discipline when conducting raids.