Famed Ranger Captain A Fugitive From Justice

Under the assumed name of George Washington Arrington, an Alabama fugitive enlisted in the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers on Sept. 1, 1875.

John C. Orrick, Jr. grew up fast going off to war at 16 and fighting at both battles of Manassas or Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Gettysburg. He spent the closing months of the conflict as a guerrilla and occasional spy with Mosby