
Lemoyne Raiders
Led by Lindsey Wofford
Lemoyne Raiders operates around Fort Brennand in Roanoke Ridge, with 3 named members.
- Leaders
- Lindsey Wofford
- Status
- Active (1907)
- Territory
- Fort Brennand in Roanoke Ridge, State of New Hanover, Shady Belle in Bayou Nwa, State of Lemoyne
- Affiliations
- Braithwaite family, Saint Denis Mob, Confederate States Army
Player notes
The Lemoyne Raiders are a neo-Confederate militia made up of former Confederate soldiers and younger recruits. Led by Lindsey Wofford, they wear grey military-style clothing and yellow neckerchiefs, and operate across Lemoyne and the New Hanover border. Their bases include Shady Belle in Bayou Nwa and Fort Brennand in Roanoke Ridge. They work with the Braithwaite family, trade illicit goods and moonshine, and attack people they consider aligned with the North or the government.
The Van der Linde gang first deals with them near Rhodes, when Sheriff Leigh Gray sends Dutch van der Linde, Arthur Morgan and Bill Williamson with Archibald MacGregor to destroy a Raiders moonshine operation. They seize its stock. Soon after, Raiders try to hold up Arthur and Sadie Adler on the road, but Sadie opens fire and they kill the attackers. Lenny Summers later learns of a Raider weapons cache at a plantation, and he and Arthur steal it after fighting the men guarding it and their pursuing reinforcements.
Arthur next meets Raiders while helping Hosea Matthews distribute moonshine that the gang took from them. Raiders confront the pair in a saloon, forcing Arthur and Hosea to shoot their way out before returning to camp. Arthur or John Marston can also take the bounty on Wofford. At Fort Brennand, they fight through his men and either capture or kill him. If captured, Wofford is jailed in Saint Denis and later hanged.
Arthur and John clear the Raiders from Shady Belle when the Van der Linde gang needs a new camp. They kill the men outside and search the house, where Arthur finds more Raiders in the upper rooms. An elderly Raider in the master bedroom kills himself unless Arthur kills him first. The gang moves into Shady Belle after the fight. The Raiders later reclaim it, and although many flee towards Texas after clashes with the authorities, remnants remain active in Lemoyne in 1907.
Trivia
- โThe Lemoyne Raiders shares similarities with the real-life Quantrill's Raiders, a pro-Confederate militia active during the American Civil War of which Jesse James and his brother, Frank James, had served as members.
- โAdditionally, a letter that can be looted from the corpse of a Lemoyne Raider in a random encounter alludes to the Lawrence Massacre, an infamous raid conducted by Quantrill's Raiders on August 21, 1863, in which the group attacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, targeting Unionists, abolitionists, and freedmen.
- โThey also resemble the real-life white supremacist paramilitary groups, the White League and Red Shirts, in several respects. Both also had veteran soldiers of the Confederacy in its ranks and focused on attacking those who they perceived as against their cause, such as African Americans, Whites who supported the Republican Party in the South, and Northerners. Just like the Lemoyne Raiders, their origins were initially well-received.
- โThe Lemoyne Raiders may also be based off another real-life confederate militia called "Logan Wildcats". Furthermore, the Logan Wildcats were affiliated with the Hatfields in the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud, from which the Braithwaite-Gray feud takes inspiration.
- โThe Raiders can launch a very dangerous ambush under the rail bridge near Hill Haven Ranch. A gang of 8-12 mounted Raiders will storm the player without warning and attempt to kill them. Mortality rates for the protagonist are notoriously high in this ambush.
- โThe player is able to equip and keep two unique hats from select enemies in random Lemoyne Raider camps. They are the Military Officer's Hat and the Military Forage Cap, which when equipped will be stored in the Stolen Hats category of the player's wardrobe. There are additional unique hats that the Lemoyne Raiders wear as well, but they cannot be saved.
- โIn a random encounter in Saint Denis at night near the Quincy Harris Memorial Hall, two possible Lemoyne Raiders in disguise quickly throw Fire Bottles at city hall before running away. Left behind on a wall is some writing which reads 'Lemoyne Is a Free State'.
- โAnother random encounter can occur when passing by Catfish Jacksons. The Raiders launch an ambush on the player with a wagon mounted Gatling Gun, while reinforcements arrive and attack the player. Due to a lack of cover, this can be a difficult fight.
- โThere is a file containing thirty-three masked Lemoyne Raiders which is used in "Advertising, The New American Art". However, only one of these masked raiders spawn during the mission although the appearance is chosen at random, making it likely that they were originally intended for something else.
- โWhen you approach one of the Lemoyne Raiders' random camps (most of which appear around Rhodes), you can go close enough to the camp that they notice you ("Someone's coming!"), then turn around and ride away until the red sector on the mini-map goes away, then turn around again and return to their camp. Now they can't see you. You can walk around and pick up everything in the camp, push them around, kill them if you like, and they won't do anything.
Named members
3The members with pages of their own are linked. The rest are named by the wiki but have no article to point at.
Camille de Millemont ยท William Marcus Anderson ยท William
Last verified September 14, 2026
