For those who would like to see what coverage of John Mosby by contemporary news sources was like, Penn State University has established a site called...
For anyone interested in seeing photos that I took on a recent trip to Mosby country, I posted some on my blog. They include Ebenezer Church, Mosby's grave,...
The contemporary accounts below list the capture of Mosby (name misspelled as usual) at Beaver Dam Station and a small blurb which mentions him in the first...
Brandy Station was the largest cavalry battle of the War of Secession, maybe of any war to that time. John Mosby and his command have been credited with...
... <Snip> ... committee on ... River ... men"}; ... whole ... time I ... any ... miles ... taken ... it ... that ... Brandy ... It seems to me that Hooker's...
Sorry, I don¹t buy it. It wasn¹t Stuart who stole into Fairfax and took Stoughton out of the middle of his army with 29 men, it was Mosby. Taking the planks...
... <vaproto@...> wrote: <snip> ... regular army ... was afraid ... Mosby¹s ... few ... Hooker ... one of ... than a ... Mosby ... Washington ... credence....
Since I¹ve played this game with your folks before  and I know who you are, you know  and nothing is ever gained but my frustration, I suggest that you ...
... you are, ... that you ... I have not a clue what you're talking about. What "folks?" As for knowing who I am, I would assume so since I sign all of my...
For the information and enjoyment of the members, below are recounted newspaper accounts of Mosby at the end of the war and for some time afterward. They...
The following account comes from the book "One Night Stands with American History" by Richard Shenkman. These are little known stories from all periods of...
"[Confederate Captain John Singleton Mosby] got word that the first breech-loading rifles ever made were coming down (a whole shipment of them) to General Pope...
All that there is about the matter in the book is what I have reproduced. I wish there had been more. I cannot vouch for its accuracy or authenticity, but the...
Re: [mosbysrangers] A great Mosby story Valerie Protopapas wrote: I assume that the idea was to present interesting anecdotes rather than deep and scholarly...
The title of the book and the name of the author are posted. Anyone interested in where he got his information is free to contact him and find out. As it is a...
... <Snip> ... be of ... questions to ... My mistake, Val. I thought this was a forum whose goal was to learn something about John S. Mosby, rather than be...
Gee, then the poem about the California 100 and Whitman¹s tripe must have really ruined your day. Also, the contemporary newspaper accounts which were all...
Teej wrote: "There would appear to be more problems with this story than just the type of weapons that might have been taken." The first thing that jumped out...
Ah, purity! I knew that Mr. Woodbury would soon appear here. Well, this is the last I intend to post about this truly silly discourse. You know, there are a...
Don Hakenson has come into a wonderful item which solves forever a question which no one seems to have been able to answer. Hackenson - who along with Greg...
Valeria, i a;ways enjouy yuor information, i certenialy was gald to get the pic yuo poset that had one og my uncles in hit, thanks againe keep up teh good...
Tonight, the Military Channel is listed as showing a program entitled "Unsolved Mysteries" or "History's Unsolved Mysteries" - not sure which - about attempts...
Got to watch it this afternoon. Unfortunately, they did not mention Mosby, but they did mention Harney albeit not much about the man - only the bomb. However,...
Jeffry Wert who also wrote about Mosby and his command will have his new book on General J.E.B. Stuart released soon. Entitled "Cavalryman of the Lost Cause",...
At almost the end of the war, numerous accounts speak of the covert operation ostensibly planned by the Confederate Secret Service to "decapitate" the Union...
Interesting! Do you have any dates as to when this occured? I don't have any inside information, but I would wonder how they would plan to get sufficient...
Apparently, Harney already had his black powder bomb and according to the TV program on the military channel, he could have gained access to the lower level of...
Near the end of the war, I don't think Mosby was attracting a high quality recruit. Many men from the Army of Northern Virginia were either given furlough or...
Certainly as the war ³wound down², Mosby¹s command  and other independents  gained recruits from army units that had surrendered or simply disbanded. He...
