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Front Royal, Va. Markers discussing the Incident.
By Tom Fuchs, August 19, 2007
Execution of Mosby's Men Marker
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| On Winchester Avenue (U.S. 340/522) at Guard Hill Road (County Route 637) on Winchester Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On North Royal Avenue north of West 14th Street (U.S. 340), on the left when traveling north. 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 |
May. 19, 2024