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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 Mosbys Men —  |
| On 23 Sept. 1864 in a fight south of town, some of Lt. Col. John S. Mosbys Rangers mortally wounded Lt. Charles McMaster, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, after he allegedly surrendered. Union Gen. Alfred T. A. Torberts cavalrymen retaliated by executing six . . . — — Map (db m2447) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Warren County, Front Royal — Execution of Mosbys Rangers The dark day of 1864 Mosbys Confederacy Reported permanently removed |
| "Mosby will hang ten of you for every one of us!" were William Thomas Overbys last words to his executioners before the rope tightened around his neck here on Richardsons Hill. This was the final scene of a tragedy that began less than two . . . — — Map (db m804) HM | |||