The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-10
Monument to Mosby's Men.

Monument to Mosby's Men.
FRONT ROYAL, Va, April 30.-The
residents Of this neighborhood, as, IN
deed, Of the entire South, are inter
ested in the Mosby's mems monument,
which will be unveiled here early next
August. AS already mentioned in
The Sun, the finest cite in the ceme-
terry here has been chosen for the
monument, now being erected at Barre,
Vermont, whose character and pro-
portions have already been described
in Sun letter from this place.
Six Of Mosby's command-Ander-
son, Carter, Jones, Love, OVERLY and
Rhodes-were hanged by the order Of
General Custer in the streets Of Front
Royal, and Willis, another Of she COM
mand, was hanged at Gaines Cross
Roads by Colonel Powell.
The first monument to these men 8
memory was line of seven glbbets
on the line of the Valley Pike, along
which the federal forces were accus-
toned to pass. The seven were all
soldiers Of Custer or Powell's COM
mand, and the inscription on that
monument was writing, as follows: ::
"These men have been hung in re-
taliation for an equal number Of Colo
mel Mosby's men hung by General
Custer at Fort Royal--measure for
measure.
The inscriptions on the new monu-
meut are as follows.
First Side--"Erected in 1899 by
the survivors Of Mosby's command in
memory Of seven comrades executed
while prisoners of war near this spot
September %, 1864.
Second Side-'.In everlasting honor
Of Thomas E. Anderson, Fl. c. Carter,
David L. Jones, Lucien Love, VIM.
Thomas OVERLY, Henry G. Rhodes,
Albert G. Willis, 43d battalion Vir-
ginia cavalry, Mosby's command, @.
S. a.
Third Side-"Dulce ct decorum est
pro patria mort.
Fourth; Side-Confederate and Vir-
ginia flags crossed.
Colones Mosby, after the retaliation
dispatched the following letter to
General Sheridan
November H.. 1S64-Major.Gen-
eral P. "A. Sheridan, commanding
United States forces in the valley
General: Some time in the month Of
September, during ny absence from
my command, six Of my men who had
been captured by your forces were
hung and shot in the streets of Front
Royal by the order and in the i'm
mediate presence Of Brigadier.General
Custer. Since then another Captured
by a Colonel Power on plundering
expedition into Rappahannock) shared
a similar fate. A label affixed to the
coat Of one Of the murdered men de-
clared that this would be the fate Of
Mosby and all his men.
Since the murder Of my men not
less than 700 prisoners, including
many officers of high rank captured
from your army by this command, have
been forwarded to Richmond, but the
execution Of my purpose of retaliation
was deferred in order, as far as possi-
BILE, to confne its operations to the
men Of Custer and Powell. Acc rd-
ingly on the 9Th inst. seven Of your
men were by my order executed on the
valley pike, your highway Of travel.
Hereafter any prisoners falling
into my hands will be treated with the
kindness due to their condition, un-
less some new act Of barbarity shall
compel me reluctantly to adopt line
of policy repugnant to humanity.
every respectfully. your obedlent
servant,
JOHN S. NosBl,
'Lieutenant-Colonel.
This ended the hanging of Mosby $
men. Thereafter they were, when
captured, treated as other prisoners OF
war.-Ba1timorc SIN.