The New York herald., 1865-01-08
The Case or the Guerilla Mosby.

The Case or the Guerilla MOsby.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF MAJOR DOUGLAS FRAzAR
Colonel W. GAMBLE commanding cavalry brigade
I. CoLoSxL-In obedience TO your command have
the honor herewith 70 report what know concern
ing the wounding OF Colonel Mosby. He shot by a
man Of my advance guard, under Captain Brown, Thr
teenh New York cavalry, in Mr. Lakes house. tho
Rector cross roads, the evening Of the 21st umo
about nine o'clock at which tme was in command Of
the Sixteenth and Thirteenth New York cavalry. Sew
eral shots fired, and informed by of the
advance guard that rebel lieutenant had been shot,
Immediately reinforced the advance guard and dis
mounted and entered the house, and found lying
the oor apparently in great agony asked him his
name. he answered Lieutenant Johnson Sixth Virginia
cavalry He was in shirt sleeves eight blue common
shrt) no boots and insignia Of ranknething to de-
note his position or rank In service told him must
see his wound SO 70 make up my mind whether to
bring him along or not. ] opened hia pants and
found that pistol bullet had abdomen about
two inches below and TO tho left nayela wound
that felt assured must be mortal therefore, ordered
all from the room and being behind time, Of
skirmshng all tho afternoon with the enemy, hurried
70 meet Lieut. Col. Clondennin, Eighth Illinois, at Mid
debury,' according 10 orders received. Nearly every
officer of my command, il not all, saw this wounded
man, aud no one had the slightest idea TIA,
y was Mosby Major Birasan and Captain Brown
After arriving al Mddleburg reported tho fact OF
w0unding rebel leutenant to Lieutenant Colonel Glen
dennn Az s0on az the camp fires ill., that things
could be seen, an orderly brought me Mosbys hat,
trimmed with gold cord and star. immediately knew
II must be- Aeld officer I took tho hat immed.
stely, and, although late in the night In among
the prisoners had captured eight IN number Of
Mosbys men, and told them that the man who
wore that hat was shot dead, and asked
them IL II was Mosby, stating that II Was
no use to conceal H. ~ he shot dead They all said
no, and sud that he never such hat SC. S0me
OF them said that II was Major Johnson SiStd Virginia
cavalry home ON leave.
In the morning reported the facts and showed the hat
guide All this while considered as did a my officers
that the wound was mortal From Mddleburg came
70 camp f.sf
On this scout from which have today
returned, l have the honor tn sfate that the
iran shot In Lakes house Colonel Mosby
He was moved half hour after he shot to Qnily
Gassock's, about one and half miles distant where he
remained three days The ball there extracted hsv-
ing passed round and perhaps through tn. bowes
ing out behind the right thigh. I convsrsed with
persons who saw him. He was reported very
low the first two days, but better the third. l
then tracked him TO Piedmont, thence To Salem,
and out or Salem towards the Warrenton pike
and updertand that t within few days
they have extended far down AldIe Various sig
nalizing carried with white flags Piedmont.
Several persons who him In the ambulance report
his splitting blood, aud II IN be the general belief
that he cannot live. There IL no doubt In my mind
that he yet concealed In the country, severely II not
fatally, wounded In these scouts captured nine
prisoners without the loss Of one horse
Very respectfully, your obetent servant,
DOUGLAS FRAZAR,
Major Thirteenth New York cavalry.
FAIRFAX CoUKT Horss, Dec 81 1851