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By Tom Fuchs, August 19, 2007
Execution of Mosby's Men Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Warren County, Front Royal — J-9 — Execution of Mosby’s Men —  |
| On 23 Sept. 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 . . . — — Map (db m2447) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Warren County, Front Royal — Execution of Mosby’s Rangers — “The ‘dark day’ of 1864” — Mosby’s Confederacy — Reported permanently removed |
| "Mosby will hang ten of you for every one of us!" were William Thomas Overby’s last words to his executioners before the rope tightened around his neck here on Richardson’s Hill. This was the final scene of a tragedy that began less than two . . . — — Map (db m804) HM | |||