Memoirs of Colonel Mosby - Index



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INDEX
Abingdon, Virginia, 11, 14, 15, 27. 
Adams, Charles Francis, 13. 
Aldie, Virginia, 159, 160. 
Aldridge, West (Mosby's company), 317. 
Alexander, General, in battle of Manassas, 63, 81, 82, 83; quoted, 65, 72, 
75, 76-77, 78, 82. 
Alexandria, Virginia, 55, 306, 379. 
Alexandria pike, 50. 
Alexandria State Journal, quoted, 363. 
Amelia County, Virginia, 29. 
Ames, Sergeant, adventure in Mosby's company, 170-171, 172-174; deserted 
from Fifth New York Cavalry, 168. 
Amy Warwick, The, seized, 96. 
Anderson, Major Robert, at Fort Sumter, 18. 
Appomattox, 252, 388; Lee's surrender at, 28, 84, 356, 381. 
Aquia Creek (on Potomac), 130. 
Archer's brigade in Gettysburg campaign, 249, 250. 
Arlington, Lee's home, 55. 
Army of Potomac, at Frederick City, 224; commanded by Meade, 86, 223; 
finest regiment in, 286. 
Ashby's Gap (Blue Ridge), Virginia, 212. 
Ashby's regiment in battle of Manassas, 57, 85. 
Ashland, Virginia, 28, 112. 
Augur, General C. C., 307, 310; at Washington, 286, 290; dispatch to 
Lazelle, 295; dispatch to Sheridan, 287, 288, 294, 350; dispatch to Waite, 
288, 289. 
Averell, General W. W., 25.
Ball's Ford, 47. 
Baltimore, Maryland, 85, 209,224, 227, 233, 325, 326, 390. 
Baltimore Sun, quoted, 6-8, 364. 
Banks, General N. P., 59. 
Barker, Captain, capture of, 174, 179. 
Bartow's brigade at Manassas, 71, 78. 
Bealeton Station, Virginia, 106. 
Beattie, Ab., Major, 27. 
Beattie, Fount (Mosby's company), 30, 48, 99,320. 
Beauregard, General P. G. T., 39, 43, 46; address by, 97; dispatch to D. 
R. Jones, 70, 73; dispatch to War Department, 62; in battle of Manassas, 
56-58, 60-68, 72-79, 81-85; quoted, 75; report on battle, 68; strength of 
army, 84. 
Beaver Dam Station (Chesapeake and Ohio R. R.), 126, 136. 
Beckham, Mr. (citizen), 182. 
Beckham's battery in battle of Manassas, 79. 
Bee, General B. E., at Manassas, 71, 78. 
Bell and Everett Meeting, 16. 
Bernhardi, General, quoted, 208, 229-230. 
Berryville, Virginia, 290. 
Beverly's Ford, 204, 205, 207. 
Blackburn's Ford (Bull Run), 70, 74. 
Blackford, Captain William, 11, 99. 
Blackstone's "Commentaries", 8. 
Blackwell, Joe, visited by Mosby, 335. 

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Blazer, Captain, attempts to capture Mosby, 319-320. 
Blountville, Tennessee, 22. 
Blue Ridge Mountains, 33, 47, 56, 61, 156, 171, 202, 208, 212, 214,215, 
218, 230, 240, 245, 283,290, 298, 299, 305, 320, 324, 328. 
Bolling, Bartlett, 4. 
Bonham, General, in battle of Manassas, 63, 70, 71. 
Boutwell, George S. (Secretary of Treasury), 388. 
Braddock road, 161. 
Brandy, Virginia, 182, 203,205; cavalry combat at, 208, 220. 
Breckenridge, General, quoted, 380. 
Bristol, Virginia, 11, 16,22. 
Broadwater, Guy (Mosby's company), 298. 
Brooklyn 14th, Mosby's encounter with, 94. 
Brougham, Lord, 13. 
Brown, John, 33. 
Buchanan, ex-President, 12. 
Buckner, General S. B., surrender of, 103,104. 
Buford's division in Gettysburg campaign, 203,205, 207,208, 249. 
Bull Run, 25,26, 43,48, 49, 57,62, 63, 64,66, 68, 70,72, 82, 84,85, 100, 
220,250; battle of see MANASSAS, BATTLE OF. 
Bull Run Mountain, 159. 
Bunker Hill, West Virginia; 30-31. 
Burnside's troops at Hampton Roads, 129,130, 131,132; in battle of 
Manassas, 79; reenforcement of Pope, 374; repulsed at Fredericksburg, 148; 
sent to Washington, 44. 
Butler, General M. C., quoted, 385.
Calhoun, John C., 13, 14.
Campaign of 1860, 12-17. 
Campbell, Doctor Edward, 65, 81. 
Carlisle, West Virginia, 37, 227,228, 231,235, 240,241, 242,243. 
Cashtown, Pennsylvania, 231, 235,236, 238,242, 243,244, 247,249, 250. 
Cashtown Pass, 245, 251. 
Cedar Mountain, 133. 
Cedar Run, 105. 
Central Railroad, 289. 
Centreville, West Virginia, 61, 63,66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 81, 94, 
99, 105, 173, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181. 
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 24, 25,37, 234; Hooker at, 245; Lee at, 219, 
221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 231, 238; Patterson at, 40, 240, 241, 242, 243, 
244. 
Chancellor, Colonel, 172. 
Chancellorsville, Virginia, 201, 251. 
Chantilly, 172, 178. 
Chapman, General George H., 299; report quoted, 299-300. 
Chapman, Sam (Mosby's company), 291, 356. 
Chapman, Captain William (Mosby's company), 271, 290, 291, 298, 325, 334, 
336, 356, 360. 
Charleston, South Carolina, 92. 
Charles Town, West Virginia, 41, 42, 47, 62, 220. 
Charlottesville, Albemarle County, 1, 5, 6, 305. 
Cheney, Lieutenant P. C. J., letter to Mosby, 189. 
Chesapeake, the, 129. 
Chickahominy River, 110, 116,117, 125. 
Cincinnati, Ohio, 38. 
Civil Rights Bill, 392-393. 
Clarke's Mountain, 138, 142. 
Clendenin, Colonel, 343. 
Cleveland, ex-President, 398. 
Cooke, Colonel, in battle of Manassas, 67, 69, 71, 75. 
Cold Harbor, Virginia, 60. 
Coleman, Mr. (citizen), 217. 
Coles, Lieutenant-Colonel, 319. 

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Colt's revolver, use of, 285. 
Confederacy, depression in, 96, 97. 
Confederate Conscription Act, 98. 
Confederate newspaper, quoted regarding hanging of Mosby's men, 300-301; 
quoted regarding attack on railroad, 331, 332; quoted regarding Mosby's 
company, 354-355. 
Congress, act of, regarding commerce with South, 95-96. 
Cooke, John Esten, quoted, 216-217. 
Cooke, Mr. (Jackson's biographer), 57. 
Cooke, General St. George, 116. 
Couch, General, in Gettysburg campaign, 228, 229. 
Critcher, Judge John, 379. 
Cub Run, 82, 84,180. 
Culpeper, Virginia, 138, 166, 183, 202, 209. 
Culpeper Court House, 175, 182,205. 
Cumberland River, 103. 
Cumberland Valley, 223, 225, 235.
Dabney, Mr. (Jackson's biographer), 57, 142; quoted, 143. 
Davis, "Grimes", death of, 205. 
Davis, Jefferson, 19, 39, 60, 81, 83, 104, 213, 224; dispatch to General 
Johnston, 60; message to Congress, 97-98. 
Dear, Charlie (Mosby's company), 317. 
Deas, Major, quoted, 35-36. 
Dispatches, Augur to Lazelle, 295; to Sheridan, 287,288, 294,350; to 
Waite, 288,289; to A. A. G. Taylor, 328: Beauregard to War Department, 62; 
to D. R. Jones, 70, 73: Davis to Johnston, 60; Edwards to Neil, 297; 
Gamble to Augur, 349; Gansevoort to Augur, 295-296; Halleck to Meade, 225; 
to Sheridan, 306: Harrison to Kelly, 294; Hooker to Halleck, 207; 
Lawrence, A. A. G., to Halleck, 325; Lazelle to Augur, 293-294, 294-295, 
296; to De Russy, 294: Lee to Ewell, 241, 242; to Seddon, 321: Lincoln to 
McClellan, 59-60; Neil to Stanton, 298; Pleasanton to Hooker, 207; Seward 
to Stevenson, 322; Sheridan to Augur, 287, 288, 289, 296, 369; to Emory, 
350; to Grant, 309; to Halleck, 311: Slough to Taylor, 327; Smith, 
Prescott, to President Garrett (B. & O. Ry.), 326; Stanton to Stevenson, 
322; Stevenson to Averell, 293; to Edwards, 307; to French, 325; to 
Halleck, 324; to Sheridan, 292, 324, 350, 369; to Stanton, 296-297, 323: 
Stuart to Randolph, 121; Taylor, A. A. G., to Augur, 288; to De Russy, 
327; to Slough, 327: Winship to A. A. G. Taylor, 328. 
Douglas, S. A., 12. 
Dover, Loudoun County, Virginia, 172, 228. 
Drake, Doctor, anecdote of, 169-170. 
Dranesville, fight at, 188, 270. 
Dumfries, raid to, 148. 
Dunn, Doctor Will (Mosby's company), 334.
Early, General, 21, 24, 46, 283, 303, 307, 332; in battle of Manassas, 69, 
70, 71, 79; in Gettysburg campaign, 227, 228, 231, 232, 241, 242, 250. 
Edmonson, Sergeant Tom, 22. 
Edwards, General, dispatch to Neil, 297. 
Eighteenth Virginia Regiment at Manassas, 79. 
Eighth Illinois Cavalry, 286, 287, 328, 343. 

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Eighth Virginia Regiment at Manassas, 79. 
Eley's brigade in battle of Manassas, 50. 
Ellsworth, Colonel, 55. 
Elzey's brigade in battle of Manassas, 79. 
Emory and Henry College, 23. 
England's attitude toward Confederacy, 92, 93, 94, 95. 
Evans, General, in battle of Manassas, 63, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 78. 
Ewell, General, 40, 66, 69, 70, 72, 74,107; capture of, 391; in Gettysburg 
campaign, 202, 204, 208, 210-216, 218, 219, 221, 223, 224, 226-228, 230-
232, 234, 235, 238-244, 249, 250, 252; quoted, 243; release of, 392; 
report on Gettysburg campaign, 241, 243. 
Eylau, Prussia, 285.
Fairfax, Virginia, 94, 148, 177, 286, 298, 328, 345, 349; Mosby's attacks 
on, 150-156, 162-164, 170-171, 172-174; skirmish at, 29. 
Fairfax Court House, 40, 50, 83, 99, 172, 173. 
Fauquier County, Virginia, 335. 
Fifth New York Cavalry 168, 169. 
First Vermont Cavalry, 160, 161,162. 
First Virginia Cavalry, 47, 182; organized by Stuart, 30, 31. 
Fisher's Hill, battle at, 303. 
Fitzhugh, Major, 136, 139; capture of, 140. 
Five Forks, 381. 
Floyd, Governor (General), 14, 18, 39; at Fort Donelson, 18-19, 24, 103-
104; fate of, 18-19. 
Foote, Commodore, 103. 
Forbes, Major, capture of, 278; report of capture, 279-282. 
Fort Donelson, 18, 24; fall of, 103-104. 
Fort Mason, Texas, 378. 
Fort McHenry, 389. 
Fort Sumter, surrender of, 18. 
Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 13, 92, 391. 
Fortress Monroe, Mosby at, 129, 131. 
Frankland, Walter (Mosby's company), 169, 170. 
Frazar, Major, 343; report of wounding of Mosby, 346-349. 
Frederick City, Maryland, 223, 224, 226, 227, 233, 237, 244,246, 248. 
Fredericksburg, Virginia, 59, 127, 148, 183, 202, 211. 
Freemantle, Colonel, quoted, 247. 
Fremont, Colonel defeated, 60. 
Front Royal, 305, 306, 310. 
Fry's Woods, Virginia, 2, 3. 
Fulkerson, Colonel (Judge), 26. 
Furse, Colonel, quoted, 253.
Gamble, Colonel, dispatch to Augur, 349. 
Gansevoort's dispatch to Augur, 295-296. 
Gaps of South Mountain, Maryland, 221, 224, 235, 240, 245. 
Garnett, General, 39. 
Gettysburg, 85, 162, 165, 374. 
Gettysburg campaign, discussion of, 201-257; Ewell's report on, 241, 243; 
Heth's report on, 237, 250, 251; Hill's report on, 236, 237; Lee's report 
on, 218, 219, 232, 235, 236, 237, 238-240, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248; 
Stuart's report on, 200, 235-236. 
Gibraltar, Virginia, 1. 
Gibson, Mr. (Mosby's company), 136, 137. 
Gibson, Captain, in Gettysburg campaign, 205. 

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Gibson Major, 349, 350. 
Gilmer Major, search for Mosby's company, 157-162. 
Glade Spring Church, 28. 
Glasscock (Mosby's company), 277, 291, 395. 
Glen Welby farm, Mosby visits, 335-343. 
Gordon, General George, quoted, 142. 
Gordon, General John B., 353. 
Gordon's brigade in Gettysburg campaign, 232. 
Gordonsville, Virginia, 133, 138, 305, 308, 346. 
Grafton, Virginia, 40. 
Grant, Colonel Fred, 398. 
Grant, Mrs., 397, 398. 
Grant, General Ulysses S., 19, 68, 306, 307, 310; attack on Ft. Donelson, 
103; at theatre, 383; attitude towards South, 392, 393; bars Lee's retreat 
at Appomattox, 252; capture of Ft. Donelson, 104; conduct at Appomattox, 
383; description of, 399; first two battles, 396; generosity of, 389, 392; 
gives Mosby parole, 388, 390, 391; intent to cut Lee's communications, 
283; intuition of, 123; misunderstood, 384; policy of, 353; quoted, 303, 
304, 389, 394-395, 396, 397, 398; secures Mosby position, 399; signs 
Electoral Commission Bill, 396; telegram to Early, 303; telegram to 
Sheridan, 305; tour of world, 396; visit to Hong Kong, 396-398. 
Grant, Ulysses S., Jr., 395. 
Gregg, in Gettysburg campaign, 207,208. 
Greeley, Horace, nominated for President, 383, 384. 
"Greenback Raid", 327. 
Green Village, 242. 
Greenwood, Virginia, 237. 
Grimsley, Captain, in Gettysburg campaign, 205. 
Grogan, Charlie (Mosby's company), 317, 320. 
Groveton, Pennsylvania, 181.
Hagerstown, Maryland, 46, 210, 211, 239. 
Hall, Charlie (Mosby's company), 320. 
Halleck, General, 138, 139, 207, 226, 227, 310; dispatch to Meade, 225; 
dispatch to Sheridan, 306; quoted, 306. 
Hamilton, Alexander, 376. 
Hampton, General Wade, 131, 216, 395; in battle of Manassas, 78, 79; in 
Gettysburg campaign, 207. 
Hampton Roads, 129. 
Hancock, General Winfield S., excludes Mosby from parole, 358; notice of 
Lee's surrender, 358. 
Hanover, Virginia, 135, 140. 
Hanover County, 124. 
Harper's Ferry, 56, 57, 59, 225, 283, 286, 307, 310, 321-322,325; 
abandonment of, 29, 33-46; base in Gettysburg campaign, 46; situation of, 
33; value of, 33-34, 41, 43, 45. 
Harris Cavalry (New York), capture of Mosby, 127; history of, quoted, 128. 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 212, 227, 228, 229, 232, 233, 235, 237, 238, 
242, 243, 244. 
Harrison, Captain, dispatch to Kelly, 294. 
Harrisonburg, 304. 
Hatton, Ben, episode of, 153-156, 162. 
Hayes, ex-President, appoints Mosby consul at Hong Kong, 394, 396. 
Heidlersburg, Pennsylvania, 242. 
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battle of Manassas, 73; quoted, 80. 
Henderson, Colonel, 57; quoted, 58. 
Heth (officer), in Gettysburg campaign, 231, 237, 246, 247,249, 250, 251; 
report on Gettysburg campaign, 237, 250. 
Hill, General A. P., in Gettysburg campaign, 202, 209, 210,213, 220-222, 
231, 234-237, 239, 243, 245-247, 249-251; report on Gettysburg campaign, 
236, 237. 
"History of Civil War in America", quoted, 134-135. 
Holmes's brigade in battle of Manassas, 69, 70. 
Hong Kong, Grant visits 396, 397; Mosby consul at, 394, 396, 399. 
Hooker, General Joseph, 150; dispatch to Halleck, 207; in Gettysburg 
campaign, 202-204, 207, 208-211, 213, 215, 218, 219, 220-225, 231-233, 
235, 239-241, 243-245, 248-249, 251, 252; quoted, 203. 
Horsepen Run, 170. 
Howard's brigade in battle of Manassas, 74-75. 
Hunter, General David, account of, 24-25; in battle of Manassas, 73. 
Hunter, Sergeant, in raid on Fairfax, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183. 
Hunton, Colonel Eppa, at Leesburg, 40; in battle of Manassas, 79. 
Hutchinson, Curg, anecdote about, 314, 315.
Imboden (officer), in Gettysburg campaign, 213, 237, 238, 245.
Jackson, Mr. (civilian), shoots Colonel Ellsworth, 55. 
Jackson, Andrew, 12. 
Jackson, T. J. (Stonewall), 33, 66, 123, 126, 127, 202; at Harper's Ferry, 
34, 36; in battle of Manassas, 56-61, 71, 72, 78, 79, 81, 84; in campaign 
against Pope, 133, 138, 140,143; incident regarding, 144-145; quoted, 34. 
James River, Virginia, 110, 117, 123, 129, 130. 
Janney, Mr., incident regarding, 165. 
Jefferson, Thomas, 2, 3, 14. 
Johnson, President, 389, 390; visited by Mrs. Ewell, 391; visited by Mrs. 
Mosby, 390, 393. 
Johnson, General J. E., 47, 50, 74, 84, 94; army of, 30, 38; at Harper's 
Ferry, 33, 38-45; headquarters at Centreville, 99; in battle of Manassas, 
56-58, 60-66, 68, 75-76, 78, 79, 85; Lee's comment on, 375; praised by Mr. 
Davis, 104; quoted, 37, 61, 162; report on battle of Manassas, 78, 84; 
retired from Centreville, 105; strength of army, 56, 58, 84, 85; urges 
reënlistment, 96-97. 
Johnson's (Edward) division in Gettysburg campaign, 242, 243. 
Johnston, Colonel (Fifth New York Cavalry), 162-180; incident regarding, 
177, 187. 
Johnston, General A. S., blunder of, 103. 
Jones, Brigadier-General, headquarters of, 99; in battle of Manassas, 66, 
69, 72, 74, 94; in Gettysburg campaign, 205, 206, 207, 214; made colonel, 
99. 
Jones, Captain William E., 11, 22, 27, 30, 32, 48-49, 106; quoted, 49. 
Jones, Colonel, 102. 
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Kanawha Valley, 39. 
Kelly's Ford, 204, 207. 
Kemper, Dell, battery of, 45, 49; in battle of Manassas, 82, 84. 
Kenly's brigade, 292. 
Kentucky lost to Confederacy, 103. 
Kernstown, battle at, 28. 
Kershaw (officer) in battle of Manassas, 82. 
King, General, 127. 
King, Sergeant Jim, account of, 27-28.
Lake, Ludwell, incident at house of, 336-345. 
Latané, Captain, combat with Captain Royall, 112. 
Lavender, Jake (Mosby's company), 335. 
Lawrence, A. A. G., dispatch to Halleck, 325. 
Lazelle, Colonel, 298; dispatch to Augur, 293-294, 294-295, 296; to De 
Russy, 294. 
Lee, Colonel Fitzhugh, 94, 109, 118, 166, 175, 182, 183, 184, 185, 216; in 
expedition against Pope, 135, 136, 139, 140. 
Lee, General Robert E., 36, 118, 124, 127, 131, 283, 304, 307; army, 
condition of, 353; notice of surrender of, 358; organization of, 202; 
surrender of, 356, 388; authorizes attack on McClellan, 112; becomes 
colonel First Cavalry, 377; comments on Johnston's movements, 375; 
commissioned by Lincoln, 377; conference with Mosby, 334; crosses Potomac, 
202; dispatch to Ewell, 241, 242; dispatch to Seddon, 321; expedition 
against Pope, 135, 137, 140, 141; headquarters of, 105, 111; home of, 55; 
in Gettysburg campaign, 201-204, 208-216, 218-234, 237-249, 251-253; 
instructions to Mosby, 289; interview with Mosby, 132; letter to Davis, 
185; last order to Mosby, 376; made commander-in-chief Virginia forces, 
379; mentions Mosby in report, 125; Mosby's report to, 321; offered 
command of U. S. army, 377; opinion about Harper's Ferry, 33, 34, 39; 
opinion on secession and slavery, 378; president of Washington and Lee 
College, 5; quoted, 39, 210, 211, 214, 219, 237-238, 239, 308, 375, 378, 
379, 380, 382; report on Gettysburg campaign, 218, 219, 232, 235, 236, 
237, 238-240, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248; resigns commission, 378; selects 
Manassas Junction as concentration point, 56; stationed in Texas, 377. 
Lee, "Lighthorse Harry", 374, 376. 
Lee, W. F. H., in Gettysburg campaign, 207. 
Leesburg, Virginia, 40. 
Letcher, Governor, 15, 27; commissions Mosby captain, 183. 
Letters, Cheney, Lieutenant P. C. J., to Mosby,189; Lee to Stuart, 141; 
Morgan to Mosby, 359; Mosby (Colonel) to his sister, 89; to General 
Sheridan, 302-303; to Hancock, 359-360; to Mrs. Mosby, 49-50, 51-53, 53-
54, 86-92, 102, 104-105, 108-109, 119-120, 122, 128-129, 143, 146, 147, 
152, 263-264, 308-309, 312, 330-331, 361-362, 363-364; to Russell, 365-
373; to Seddon, 355-356; to Mrs. Stuart, 254-257; Peck, T. S., to Mosby, 
189-190; Sheridan to Grant, 304; Stanton to ex-President Buchanan, 83; 
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Lewis, Senator (of Virginia), 392. 
"Life of Alexander Stephens", 380. 
"Life of Jackson", 58. 
"Life of Marion", 4. 
Lincoln, Abraham, 92; anecdote of, 181; assassination of, 25; call for 
troops, 18; Congress called by, 95; inaugural quoted, 20; proclamation of, 
19, 376; dispatch to McClellan, 59-60; dispatch to Hooker, 209. 
Long (Lee's biographer), 211, 218, 219, 220. 
Longstreet, General James, 66, 136, 138, 141; in battle of Manassas, 70, 
71; in Gettysburg campaign, 202, 204, 209, 212, 213, 220, 221, 239, 240, 
245, 246, 247; Mosby meets, 375; quoted, 212, 213. 
Loudoun County, 150, 156, 245, 320. 
Louisa Court House, 140. 
Love, Tom (Mosby's company), 298, 335, 336, 339, 345; capture of, 343. 
Lowell, Colonel Charles R., Jr., 278; report of Major Forbes's capture, 
279-282. 
Lynchburg, Virginia, 298, 305, 346; paper quoted regarding Mosby's parole, 
362-363.
Maddux, Cab, incident regarding, 316. 
Manassas, discussion of battle of, 47-85, 95, 141. 
Manassas Gap Railroad, 305, 306, 307, 310, 328; attacks on, 307,309, 313-
317. 
Manassas Junction, Virginia, 40, 41, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 83, 305. 
Marion, Virginia, 23. 
Marr, Captain, death of, 29. 
Marshall, Colonel Charles, 218, 219, 220, 225, 234, 236, 238, 248; quoted, 
233-234. 
Martha Washington College, Abingdon, 22. 
Martinsburg, West Virginia, 31, 32, 220, 321, 323. 
Maryland, 34, 221, 222, 223, 232,245, 248, 286, 325; invaded, 46; line 
crossed, 4, 210, 239. 
Maryland Heights, 34, 220. 
Mason, Senator James M., 13; capture of, 13, 92-94. 
McCausland, General, 24, 25. 
McClellan, General George B., 59; at Chickahominy, 110-113,116, 117; at 
Cold Harbor, 60; driven from Virginia, 148; estimate of ability, 117; 
headquarters of, 38; movements of army, 105, 123, 130, 135; Stuart's ride 
around, 125, 132, 230. 
McDowell, General Irvin, 44; dispatch from Fairfax Court House, 83; in 
battle of Manassas, 50, 55-57, 59, 60-64, 66-69,74-76, 79, 81, 83, 84; 
location of army, 35, 38, 46; quoted, 67, 80; strength of army, 55,84, 85. 
McGowan, General, 70. 
McLaurine, James, 1; Robert, 1. 
McLean's Ford (farm), 69, 71, 74. 
Meade, General George G., 68; in Gettysburg campaign, 225-228, 241, 243, 
244, 246-250; quoted, 226; takes command Army of Potomac, 223. 
Middleburg, Virginia, 156, 158,170, 343. 
Middletown Valley, Maryland, 240. 
Miles's brigade in battle of Manassas, 74. 
"Military Memoirs", 65. 
Millwood, West Virginia, 220. 
Milroy (officer) in Gettysburg campaign, 202, 208, 209. 
Mitchell's Ford, Bull Run, 71. 
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Montcalm, General, tomb at Quebec, 382. 
Monteiro, Doctor, 334, 346, 360. 
Montgomery, Alabama, 36. 
Monticello (home of Jefferson), 2. 
Moore, Major, 321. 
Moorefield, 25. 
Moran, Dick (Mosby's company), 182. 
Morgan, General C. H., letter to Mosby, 359. 
Mosby, Alfred D., 1. 
Mosby, Colonel John S., activities, 1863-1864, 258-259; adventure with 
John Underwood, 163-164; anecdote of son Beverly, 393-394; anecdote 
regarding name, 166-167; appointed attorney of Southern Pacific Railroad, 
399; appointed consul at Hong Kong, 394, 396; attacks on Fairfax outposts, 
150-156, 170-184; attacks on railroad, 308, 309,313-317, 325; begins 
partisan warfare, 148-149; called "bushwhacker", 285; captured and wounded 
at Lake's house, 336-343; captured by Harris's New York Cavalry, 127; 
capture of Major Forbes, 278, 279-282; capture of Sheridan's paymasters, 
317, 320, 321; capture of Sheridan's supplies, 292; capture of General 
Stoughton, 175-181; captures two cavalrymen, 217; carries information to 
Lee, 131-133; commissioned colonel, 356; commissioned captain by Governor 
Letcher, 183; conversation with a German lieutenant, 318; conversation 
with Grant, 395-396; conversation with General Pickett, 381; death 
reported, 346, 349, 350; description of, 149 note; destroys supply train, 
308, 313-318, 320; dinner with Lee, 105,375; discards use of sabre, 152, 
284; discovers destination of McClellan's army, 129-130; discussion of 
battle of Manassas, 47-85, 98; discussion of Gettysburg campaign, 201-257; 
discussion with Grant, 392-393; efforts to start campaign against Pope, 
123-126; encounter with Major Gilmer's company, 157-162; escape from 
Lake's house, 344-346; exchanged, 131; farewell address to his command, 
360-361; feeling towards Grant, 383-385, 388; first meeting with Grant, 
383, 392; first meeting with Lee, 374; goes to Richmond, 355; hanging of 
Mosby's men, 300-302; last meeting with Grant, 396-398; last meeting with 
Lee as commander, 376; last order from Lee, 376; letters from Lieutenant 
Cheney, 189; Morgan, C. H., 359; T. S. Peck, 189-190; W. W. Taylor, 192: 
letters to his sister, 89; to General Hancock, 359-360; to Mrs. Mosby, 49-
50, 51-54, 86-92, 102, 104-105, 108-109, 109-110, 119-120, 122, 128-129, 
143, 146, 147, 152, 263-264,308-309, 312, 330-331, 361-362, 363-364; to 
John S. Russell, 365-373; to Seddon, 355-356; to General Sheridan, 302-
303; Lynchburg paper quoted regarding his parole, 362; made adjutant, 102; 
meeting with Lee after war, 380-381; meeting with Stuart, 100-101; 
newspaper comment on, 114-115; omitted from parole, 358; parole given by 
Grant, 338, 390, 391; put in command of Northern Virginia, 356; quoted re 
Barbara Frietchie incident, 114; re Stonewall Jackson 

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incident, 144-145: recommended by Stuart, 121; recollections of General 
Grant, 383-399; recollections of General Lee, 374-382; rejoins army, 135; 
removed as consul, 398; report of a raid, 187-188; to Secretary Seddon, 
308; to General Stuart, 192-195, 197-199, 259-263, 264-270; to Lieutenant-
Colonel Taylor, 271-278: reports of capture and wounding, quoted, 346-348, 
350, 351-352; scouting for Stuart, 106-108, 109, 110-112, 113-114, 118-
119; sent to Old Capital Prison, 127; Sheridan harassed by, 283, 284, 289, 
290-292, 312, 313, 319, 320, 323, 324, 332-333; use of Colt's revolvers, 
152, 285-286; wounded at Fairfax, 298; wounded at Lake's house 338-346, 
353. 

Mosby, Mrs. Alfred D. (Colonel Mosby's mother), extracts from diary, 354, 
357-358. 
Mosby, Mrs. John S. (Colonel Mosby's wife), secures Mosby's parole, 390-
391. 
Mosby, Victoria, 2. 
Mosby, William H., 360. 
Mountjoy (Mosby's company), 320, 327. 
Mount McGregor, 399. 
Mount Zion, battle at, 278. 
Muddy Branch, 286. 
Murrell's Shop (post office), 2.
Napoleon at Austerlitz, 74; at Marengo, 215; at Rivoli, 208. 
Nashville, Tennessee, 391. 
Nassau, Bahama, 92. 
Neil's dispatch to Stanton, 298. 
Nelson, Aleck, 5. 
Nelson, Joe (Mosby's company), 174, 178. 
Nelson County, Virginia, 1, 2. 
New York City, 50. 
New York Herald, quoted, 351-352. 
New York Zouaves (Ellsworth's), 55, 80, 84. 
Ninth Virginia Cavalry, 112. 
Norfolk Navy Yard seized, 21.
Occoquan River, Virginia, 62. 
O'Connor, Lieutenant, 185, 187; dispatches quoted, 186. 
Ogg, Tom, anecdote of, 328-330. 
Ohio River, 38. 
Old Capital Prison (Washington), 127. 
Old Church, Hanover, 112. 
Omens of war, 11-12. 
Orange and Alexandria Railroad, 137, 305; attacks on Manassas Gap section, 
307, 309, 313-317. 
Orange County, Virginia, 138, 374.
Pamunkey River, 110, 111, 113, 114, 117, 123. 
Paris, Comte de, quoted, 119, 134-135. 
Patrick, Captain, in battle of Manassas, 47. 
Patterson, General Robert, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47; crosses Maryland line, 42; 
in battle of Manassas, 56-57, 59, 61, 62; location of army, 31, 32, 38, 
40, 44, 46, 47, 62; quoted, 44; retired from Harper's Ferry, 44; strength 
of army, 39, 55, 56, 58. 
Patton, John S., quoted, 7-8. 
Pawnee, The, 55. 
Peck, T. S., letter to Mosby, 189-190. 
Pelham, Major John, 183. 
Pender's division in Gettysburg campaign, 249, 250. 
Pennsylvania, 201, 210, 211, 221, 225, 232, 239. 
"Peter Parley" schoolbooks, 4. 
Peters, Professor William E., 23; captured, 25; refusal to burn 
Chambersburg, 24-25. 

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Petersburg, Virginia, 105, 307,332, 334, 374. 
Peterville, 1. 
Pettigrew's brigade in Gettysburg campaign, 249. 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 235. 
Pickett, General George E., meeting with Lee, 381; quoted, 381. 
Piedmont region, Virginia, 283. 
Pierpont, Governor, 38. 
Pillow, General G. J., escape from Fort Donelson, 103-104. 
Pipe Creek, 227, 250. 
Pleasanton, General Alfred, at Gettysburg, 204-206, 208, 209, 222; 
dispatch to Hooker, 207. 
Point Lookout, 337. 
Point of Rocks, Maryland, 36. 
Pope, General John, 123, 138, 139, 143; attacked by Jackson, 133; campaign 
against, 125-126; driven from Virginia, 148; location of forces, 137-138; 
organization of army, 123; proclamation of, 124; reënforced by Burnside, 
129, 132; saved from Stuart by "comedy of errors", 140-142. 
Porter (officer at Bull Run), quoted, 81. 
Potomac River, 23, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 
85, 86, 95, 105, 129, 150, 201, 202, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 220, 
221, 222, 224, 225, 231, 232, 239, 240, 248, 284, 286, 324, 325, 388, 389. 
Powhatan County, Virginia, 1. 
Prentiss, Lieutenant, capture of, 174; escape, 177. 
Pryor, Roger A., reply to Yancey, 14. 
Putnam, Israel, 4.
Raccoon Ford, 140. 
Rapidan River, 105, 126, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 203, 207, 375. 
Rappahannock River, 105, 106, 138, 142, 148, 149, 182, 201, 202, 203, 204, 
209, 305. 
Rectortown, Virginia, 309, 335, 343. 
Reid, Captain, death of, 271. 
Reports: Lowell, Colonel Charles R., Jr., 279-282; Mosby to Stuart, 259-
263, 264-270; Mosby to Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, 271-278. 
Revolutionary War, 374. 
Reynolds, General John F., in Gettysburg campaign, 227, 228, 250. 
Richards, Captain Adolphus E., 286, 291, 320, 327, 334, 336, 349. 
Richards, Major, 373. 
Richardson, General, in battle of Manassas, 74, 75. 
Richmond, Virginia, 15, 27, 33, 38, 42, 43, 59, 60, 96, 103, 105, 112, 
116, 118, 123, 124, 125, 129, 133, 135, 138, 170, 283, 284,328, 335, 349, 
355, 375, 379, 380, 391. 
Richmond Enquirer, quoted, 385-388. 
Richmond Examiner, quoted, 93, 301-302. 
Rio, 96. 
Rives, Tim, 14, 15. 
Robertson (brigade commander) in Gettysburg campaign, 207, 214. 
Robertson, Judge William J., 8. 
Rodes's division in Gettysburg campaign, 241, 242, 243. 
Romney, West Virginia, 41. 
Royall, Captain, 112. 
Ruggles, Major, capture and death of, 321. 
Russell, John S. (Mosby's scout), 290, 291; letter from Mosby, 365-369.
Sabres, use of, 30, 284. 
Salem, Virginia, 309, 335. 

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San Francisco, California, 399. 
San Jacinto, The, 92. 
Schenck, General R. C., 44, 209; account of, 45. 
Scott, General Winfield, 41, 43, 59, 62, 377; quoted, 44. 
Secession Ordinance, 55. 
Seneca, Virginia, 85, 223, 286. 
Seven Days' Battle, 123. 
Seventh Virginia Cavalry in Gettysburg campaign, 206. 
Seward, William H., Secretary, 92, 93; dispatch to Stevenson, 322. 
Shenandoah River, 33, 61, 290, 292, 299, 319, 320. 
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 13, 24, 29, 30, 34, 35, 40, 43, 47, 56, 57, 
59, 60, 84, 123, 166, 202, 208, 213, 283, 286, 324, 326, 332. 
Shepardstown, West Virginia, 214, 220. 
Sheridan, General Philip H., 283, 286, 287, 289, 290, 310, 333; begins 
retreat, 305; campaign against, 283-311; capture of supply train of, 313-
318, 319; defeats Early, 303; dispatch to Augur, 287, 288, 289, 296, 369; 
dispatch to Grant, 309; dispatch to Halleck, 311; dispatch to Emory, 350; 
harassed by Mosby, 283, 284, 289, 290-292, 312, 313, 319, 320, 323,324, 
327, 332-333; expedition against Mosby's men, 298-299, 349; letter to 
Grant, 304; line of supply in danger, 307; quoted, 304, 310; telegram, 333-
334; winter quarters of, 332. 
Sherman, General William I., at theatre, 383. 
Shields, General James, in battle of Manassas, 60. 
Sixteenth New York Cavalry at Rectortown, 343. 
Skinner, Mrs., 337, 338, 339, 340, 342. 
Slater, George (Mosby's company), 181, 344, 345. 
Slidell, John, 13; capture of, 92, 93, 94. 
Smith, Boyd (Mosby's company), 334. 
Smith, General Edmund Kirby, in battle of Manassas, 79. 
Smith, Prescott, dispatch to President Garrett, 326. 
"Snicker's Gap", Blue Ridge, 290, 299. 
Snodgrass Springs, Virginia, 32. 
South Carolina, 16; bombardment by, 18. 
South Mountain, 221, 231, 244, 248. 
Southside Railroad, 307. 
Southwick, Miss Abby, 5-6, note. 
Sperry, J. A., quoted, 16-17, note. 
Stahel, General, report on Miskel Farm affair, 190-191; report on Mosby's 
raid, 196; telegram to Heintzelman, 197. 
Stanford, Governor, 399. 
Stanton, Secretary Edwin McM., 388; dispatch to Stevenson, 322; letter to 
ex-President Buchanan, 83. 
States' Rights Resolutions, 376. 
States' Rights theory, 21. 
Stevens, Colonel, quoted, 74. 
Stevenson, General, dispatches: to Averell, 293; to Edwards, 307; to 
French, 325; to Halleck, 324; to Sheridan, 292, 324, 350, 369; to Stanton, 
296, 297, 323. 
Stone Bridge (Bull Run), 62, 63, 69, 71, 73, 81, 82. 
Stoughton, General, 171, 176, 178, 181; capture of, 174-181, 184; exchange 
of, 187; headquarters of, 150; quoted, 180. 
Strassburg, Virginia, 305. 
Strother, Colonel, 25. 

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Stuart, General J. E. B., 11, 85, 125, 135, 139, 183; account of, 31; 
commands First Virginia Cavalry, 30; dispatch to Secretary of War, 
Randolph, 121; escape from capture, 137; expedition against McClellan, 106-
119; expedition against Pope, 135-143; general order, quoted, 184; in 
battle of Manassas, 47-48, 49, 50, 57, 59, 79, 80, 84; in Gettysburg 
campaign, 202, 204, 207-219, 212-216, 218-223, 226, 228-230, 232, 237-240, 
245, 246, 252, 253; killed, 374; location of headquarters, 183, 205; made 
brigadier-general, 99; Mosby's report to, 192-195, 197-199; quoted, 106, 
143; raid to Dumfries, 148; report on Gettysburg campaign, 200, 235-236; 
ride around McClellan, 125, 229, 230; strength of army, 85; wounded, 344. 
Stuart, Mrs. J. E. B., Mosby's letter to, 254-257. 
Sudley, Virginia, 25, 49, 62, 63, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 181. 
Sumner, Charles, 392, 393. 
Sumner, Colonel Edwin V., 31, 377. 
Surratt, Mrs., 25. 
Susquehanna River, 211, 213, 215, 218, 219, 224, 227, 228, 230, 231, 234, 
235, 238, 240. 
Swan, Major, account of, 48-49.
Taggart, Major, 165. 
Taylor, A. A. G., dispatch to Augur, 288; dispatch to De Russy, 327; 
dispatch to Slough, 327. 
Taylor, Colonel Walter W., 218, 219, 220, 236, 237, 238; letter to Mosby, 
192. 
Tennessee, 103. 
Thirteenth New York Cavalry at Rectortown, 343. 
Thirty-seventh Virginia Infantry, 28. 
Thomas, Colonel George H., 42. 
Toombs, General Robert, 142; account of, 141. 
Torbert, General, 345. 
Totopotomy (creek), 110. 
Trent, The, 92. 
Turner Lieutenant, 261. 
Twiggs, General David E., conduct of, 377. 
Tyler's division in battle of Manassas, 73.
Underwood, John, adventure with Mosby, 162-164. 
Union Mills (Bull Run), 62, 72. 
United States Armory (Harper's Ferry) seized, 21. 
University of Virginia, 5, 11, 24, 381; episode in Mosby's life at, 6-10.
Venable, Professor, 381. 
Verdiersville, 135, 139. 
Vienna, Virginia, 44. 
Virginia, 201, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 225, 232, 238, 240, 245, 248; 
secession of, 19, 20, 21, 55. 
Virginia Convention, 19, 20, 376. 
Virginia Military Institute, 38. 
Von Massow, Baron, incident regarding, 270-271.
War Department, 45; quoted, 41-42. 
"War Diary" (Weld), quoted, 217. 
Warren, General, quoted, 116. 
Warrenton, Virginia, 360, 383. 
Warrenton Pike, 79, 173. 
Washington, D.C., 16, 34, 35, 41, 43, 44, 46, 59, 67, 85, 107, 123, 130, 
131, 139, 148, 150, 174, 202, 209, 210, 215, 218, 223, 224, 232, 235, 284, 
286, 289, 305, 324, 326, 327, 328, 

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375, 377, 383, 390, 393; Mosby's attacks on outposts of, 156. 
Washington, George, 19, 161; proclamation of 1794, 376. 
Washington and Lee College, 5. 
Washington Star, 94. 
"Wearing of the Gray", quoted, 216-217. 
Weld, General, 217. 
Wells, Major, capture of, 165. 
Westmoreland, 379. 
Westover, Virginia, 118. 
West Point, 11, 31, 175, 182. 
Wheat, Betsy, 3. 
Whiskey Insurrection, 19, 376. 
White, James, 5. 
Whiting, Major, 37. 
Wilkes, Captain Charles, 92. 
Williams, Frank (Mosby's company), 176. 
Williamsburg, Virginia, 375. 
Williamsport, Maryland, 36, 220. 
Wiltshire, Doctor Jim, 312. 
Winchester, Virginia, 29, 30, 41, 44, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 208, 307, 332; 
battle of, 298, 303. 
Wise, General, 39. 
Withers, Colonel, in battle of Manassas, 79. 
Wolfe, General, 4. 
Woodstock, Virginia, 309. 
Wyndham, Colonel Percy, 151, 171, 173, 174, 177, 187. 
Wytheville, Virginia, 28, 29.
Yancey, William L., debate with Rives, 15; disruption of Democratic party 
by, 14-15. 
York, Pennsylvania, 227, 228, 232, 235, 241. 
York River Road, 116. 
Yorktown, 109, 375.