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governor of Virginia, Francis Pierpont. Here chief Mosby scout Frank Stringfellow was in a nearly deadly encounter at Widow Violet’s house in Lorton. Here, too, is the fascinating story of Harrison the Spy who married Laura Broders and then mysteriously disappeared.
Hakenson's book won the 2001 Nan Netherton Award from the Fairfax County History Commission. The book is 154 pages long, has 139 illustrations and photographic plates, and tells the lively and colorful story of Civil War events in a region long neglected by historians.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase for $37.62, can be autographed by the author, and would make excellent Christmas presents , for Civil War buffs.
Hakenson has lived his whole life in Franconia, Va. He has worked for 30 years in the Department of the Army where he currently serves as Director of the U.S. Armed Services Center for Unit Records Research.
He has been a Civil War enthusiast since the age of eight when his third grade teacher. Mrs. Swain, shared her admira
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