What was Mosby's most famous military action?
Extra points if you can name the Union officer involved and the exact location where it happened.
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by MICHAELEVANS » Fri May 12, 2006 12:19 pm
By the way, coffee, did you mimic the conferate raiders while in St. Albans and rob some banks? :wink:
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by Coffeeholic » Fri May 12, 2006 12:53 pm
Surely you must've heard about it on the news Geezer... "Northern Vermont town suffers through two weeks of raping and pillaging"?
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by MICHAELEVANS » Fri May 12, 2006 1:07 pm
Oh yes, now that you mention it, I did see it on CNN :lol: :lol:
No takers on the Mosby question? An easier one, then:
What was Mosby's nickname?
Another Mosby question - What happened between Custer and Mosby?
No takers on the Mosby question? An easier one, then:
What was Mosby's nickname?
Another Mosby question - What happened between Custer and Mosby?
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by cummings2 » Fri May 12, 2006 2:40 pm
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by MICHAELEVANS » Fri May 12, 2006 3:04 pm
Ok, I'll give all the Mosby answers:
[quote:6b7dca98d3]What was Mosby's most famous military action?
Extra points if you can name the Union officer involved and the exact location where it happened.[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
In March 1863, he and a group of about 30 calvary rode deep into the Union lines and at Fairfax Court House (now Fairfax City, Virginia) he captured Union Brig. Gen. Edwin Stoughton in the middle of the night. Mosby allegedly found him in bed, rousing him with a slap to his rear. Upon being so rudely interrupted, the general shouted, "Do you know who I am?" Mosby quickly replied, "Do you know Mosby, general?" "Yes! Have you got the rascal?" "No but he has got you!" Mosby captured several other officers and escaped back through Union lines before morning. Gen. Stoughton was sleeping at the pastor's house at Truro Episcopal Church, just a couple of blocks from the Court House.
[quote:6b7dca98d3]What was Mosby's nickname?[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
The Gray Ghost
[quote:6b7dca98d3]Another Mosby question - What happened between Custer and Mosby?[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
Custer and other Union officers became so frustrated with Mosby's disruption of supply lines and communication and general overall nuisance in northern Virginia and the Shenandoah, that they ordered the summary execution of any of Mosby's partisans. Custer executed six of Mosby's men in 1864, and Mosby retaliated by executing seven of Custer's men that he had captured. On one of the bodies, Mosby pinned a note saying that all future union soldiers captured would be treated as prisoners of war unless Custer committed some other attrocity. Custer stopped executing Mosby's men after that.
[quote:6b7dca98d3]What was Mosby's most famous military action?
Extra points if you can name the Union officer involved and the exact location where it happened.[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
In March 1863, he and a group of about 30 calvary rode deep into the Union lines and at Fairfax Court House (now Fairfax City, Virginia) he captured Union Brig. Gen. Edwin Stoughton in the middle of the night. Mosby allegedly found him in bed, rousing him with a slap to his rear. Upon being so rudely interrupted, the general shouted, "Do you know who I am?" Mosby quickly replied, "Do you know Mosby, general?" "Yes! Have you got the rascal?" "No but he has got you!" Mosby captured several other officers and escaped back through Union lines before morning. Gen. Stoughton was sleeping at the pastor's house at Truro Episcopal Church, just a couple of blocks from the Court House.
[quote:6b7dca98d3]What was Mosby's nickname?[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
The Gray Ghost
[quote:6b7dca98d3]Another Mosby question - What happened between Custer and Mosby?[/quote:6b7dca98d3]
Custer and other Union officers became so frustrated with Mosby's disruption of supply lines and communication and general overall nuisance in northern Virginia and the Shenandoah, that they ordered the summary execution of any of Mosby's partisans. Custer executed six of Mosby's men in 1864, and Mosby retaliated by executing seven of Custer's men that he had captured. On one of the bodies, Mosby pinned a note saying that all future union soldiers captured would be treated as prisoners of war unless Custer committed some other attrocity. Custer stopped executing Mosby's men after that.
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school time
by markjd4469 » Sat May 13, 2006 9:44 am
What was the name of the school R.E Lee became president of after the war?
Where is that school located?
What other general taught at a "neighboring" school before the war?
Where is that school located?
What other general taught at a "neighboring" school before the war?
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by Coffeeholic » Sat May 13, 2006 11:27 am
The East is full... Central can begin filling!
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Re: school time
by LMBombers » Sat May 13, 2006 11:45 am
[quote:03126f56f9="markjd4469"]What was the name of the school R.E Lee became president of after the war?
Where is that school located?
What other general taught at a "neighboring" school before the war?[/quote:03126f56f9]
Washington & Lee Univ?
Somewhere in VA
Thomas Jackson at VMI
Where is that school located?
What other general taught at a "neighboring" school before the war?[/quote:03126f56f9]
Washington & Lee Univ?
Somewhere in VA
Thomas Jackson at VMI
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