Does anyone know anything about this individual? According to some information I have come across, Mosby may have been wanted after the war for his murder but...
I am a new member. My great great granddad served w/ the 2nd Division General Hospital Corp out of Culpeper, then Lynchburg. Does anyone know anything about ...
Hi, Sunshine! I¹m sure that you¹ll find information on this site if it¹s available anywhere. V.P. ... Re: [mosbysrangers] Hello Everyone Hi, Sunshine! Im...
Latest issue of Smithsonian mag has an article on another Southern military man who turned coat, a general named Thomas whom both the South and the North ...
Got the attached email and am forwarding it to the list as I know many will be interest. -- Kathryn (follow the feather!) Forwarded Message: Subj: New Book...
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=120927&ran=211390 See attached for link to article listing 14 sites newly added as Virginia Landmarks - which...
... military ... the North ... disowned him and ... After the war, Thomas' sisters refused food and supplies sent to them by a Union officer because he knew of...
... I would tend to think that there was just a bit more in the views of him held by even the Union. How natural for any reasoning, human folk to despise a man...
His Great Grandson in AZ, told me this yesterday: "He came ashore in New Orleans at the start of the civil war and joined the fight on the side of the South....
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HI all, I am wondering if anyone in this group would be interested in reading a Civil War novel manuscript, set for publication in Jan. 2008, to provide...
Traci, Send it along to me. I¹m also writing a novel, in this case an Œalternate history¹ with Mosby as the main character. I¹d love to read your work. ...
In the late 19th Century, a British military man in commenting upon a book by one of Mosby's Rangers on that command stated that had Sherman in his infamous...
Hi Val, It seems like one of those "what ifs" that people have been chewing on since Appomattox. I thought that the confederate forces where attacking...
David, Thanks for your thoughtful and cogent reply. However, the British officer who made the point wasn't speaking (at least I THINK he wasn't speaking) about...
... In coming years, as Bush/Clinton flood America with Illegals, the few remaining White areas will have to resort to just such Guerilla actions. This final ...
Val, What is really incredible is that the Confederacy lasted as long as it did. By all rights they should have lost the first battle of Manassas and that...
Dave, Yes. In fact, it wasn¹t until almost 3 years after the war started that the Confederates had Œregulation¹ uniforms. Indeed, as Mosby notes in his ...
Val, To illustrate how important cloth was to the war effort: I was in QAtlanta visiting my sister-in-law with the family last Thanksgiving. I was reading the...
... like the war against the British, the Confederates knew that they were being invaded, their freedom forever lost. Look at America today, the inheritance of...
Today, May 30th, is the 91st anniversary of the death of John S. Mosby. It also happens to be the original date of what was called Decoration Day and then...
I agree with you his stone is horrible condition and his wife's is even worse! I was very sad to see it two years ago. I'm spending my vac next week, doing...
Quantrill stayed true and died with his boots on, a hero of the Confederacy. Mosby sold out, was hated and reviled, retired to San FranFreako, held fake ...
Mosby¹s stone seems solid enough if unremarkable. At least, unlike Pauline¹s, it isn¹t disintegrating into dust. It could be better cared for along with the...
Quantrill was chased out of his command by one of his subordinates and had to take to his heels to save his life. Although he continued to Œresist¹, once he...
