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Executions of Mosby's Men J9 |
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 Picture courtesy of Marty Larson
On 23 Sep, 1864, in a fight south of town, some of Lt. Col. John s. Mosby’s Rangers mortally wounded Lt. Charles McMaster, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, after he allegedly surrendered. Union Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert’s Cavalrymen retaliated by executing six captured Rangers nearby. They shot David L. Jones and Lucien Love behind the Methodist church, Thomas E. Anderson beneath an elm tree, and Front Royal resident Henry Rhodes in a field in front of Rose Hill; they hanged William Thomas Overby and a Ranger named Carter at the W.E. Carson house. Mosby, believing Gen. George A. Custer responsible, on 6 Nov ordered and equal number of his men executed near Berryville.
Virginia Conservation Commission 1950
Southbound 340/55 Warren County Virginia.
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