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By Rob Sherwood
Special to the Rappahannock News
The exploits of the Confederate guerrilla leader John Singleton Mosby are without parallel in the Civil War.
With J. E. B. Stuart's blessing in early 1863, Mosby organized an irregular force of fastmoving and lightning- striking volunteers who charged out of misty treelines pistols blazing and swords flashing to rout, disrupt and harass Union columns and encampments throughout a vast area of Northern Virginia.
Drawing on many of the lively anecdotes and excellent photographs in his book. This Forgotten Land: A Tbur of Civil War Sites and Other Historical Landmarks South of Alexandria, Virginia,” Don Hakenson will present a talk about Mosby’s operations outside Alexandria at the next meeting of the Blue Ridge Civil War Round Table.
It will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Rappahannock County Library. It is free and the public is welcome to attend.
Perhaps Mosby’s biggest single night’s work came March 8, 1863 when, with about 30 men, he penetrated the federal lines
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