On April 1st, 1863, John Singleton Mosby and about 63 of his "conglomerates" almost came to a nasty end. Mosby had taken out the largest group yet of his...
Hi Val, They probably could have crossed Broad Run. I had a look at that stream while I was looking for the Miskel Farm site. The problem was that so few of...
Dave, Actually, that¹s not quite what happened. First, of course, Mosby and his men were trapped by the fences around the farm itself, but no matter. Any ...
David, What is your source for the fact that Flint's men were carrying Remington revolvers that were wet? Valerie, What is the first reference you have seen...
Mr. Keen, The story I have for the ³Gray Ghost² comment comes from several sources (not, however, that I can find in any of the usual biographies) and...
thank you Val. We are all fastinated by the man and his life. Frank ... From: Valerie Protopapas To: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 07,...
Mr. Keen, A follow-up on your query. I haven¹t had time to look through more than one further book (the event was not mentioned) but I found the following on...
Valerie, Thanks for your thoughts on the subject of the origination of the "Gray Ghost" label. I have on several occasions wondered where it came from. Have...
Seems to me that we should be consulting a Lincoln expert like Ed Steers. He just wrote a book on Lincoln myths and other interesting facts. I would approach...
Just some thoughts on your comment below. First, Mosby himself pretty much ³lay dead² for 90 years, so I¹m not surprised that the name did as well. It ...
Hello Hugh, It's nice to make your acquaintance again. My father sent me some electronic transcripts of old family letters. One of them was a letter sent by...
David, That is certainly an interesting letter and some new information on the Miskels affair. Ironically, the Remington Army revolver was a superior weapon...
This noted American poet was born within blocks of my home. Whitman was a number of things (some of which are not fit to print in this forum), but he was...
What do you mean Whitman "was a number of things (some of which are not fit to print in this forum)"? What could the great American poet What Whitman be that...
Whitman, besides being ah, ³inventive² (mendacious?) in his reports on ³guerrilla depredations² was a homosexual pedophile who had problems as a teacher of...
... problem with Whitman in this instance is his "reporting" something that simply was not so and casting aspersions of a noble command and its leader.<< You...
First, Whitman did not present this travesty of ³reporting² as some sort of allegorical view of the horrors of war much as Melville did in his ³Scout to ...
... situated the Walt Whitman (very upscale) Shopping Center, who went to Walt Whitman High School and lives, as noted, mere blocks from the State museum of...
I disagree that the proximity of a person¹s ³roots² carries no weight regarding knowledge. As they say, no man is a hero to his servant meaning that those...
... weight regarding knowledge.<< I never said anything of the kind. I made the point that your proximity to his birthplace, and to a shopping mall, and the...
I provided the piece for the entertainment of the members. I haven¹t the time or patience to continue such a ridiculous ³debate². Read, don¹t read it Â...
My sentiments exactly Val. We don't need flames. Frank ... From: Valerie Protopapas To: mosbysrangers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:32 AM ...
In for a penny, in for a pound, I always say. Below are some threats directed at Mosby from various publications around and just after the end of the war. I...
Valerie wrote:>>I provided the piece for the entertainment of the members. I haven't the time or patience to continue such a ridiculous "debate". Read, don¹t...
David, David, David...... I don¹t know what your problem is. You related to Whitman are you? He an ancestor? My ³claim² about Whitman was that he was a liar...
I post the following not because I wish to do so - it has no place on the forum - but because, supposedly, I have failed to answer a challenge. It has no...
... Didn't stop you from offering up that bit of pure hearsay as if it were a fact. ... But not any folks who could credibly substantiate it. "Lots of folks"...
Hopefully, this is my absolutely LAST comment on this asinine matter. As I knew would be the case when I posted, my ³source² was not enough. Nor, in fact,...
... Whether you continue to comment is entirely up to you. I called your bluff on the slander of Whitman, and you failed to deliver the goods. Instead, you...
I don¹t know why I¹m doing this. Obviously for you cannot be reasoned with. I can¹t even get you to stay Œon point¹! But, just in case you have a sane ...
