Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-03

gallant and devoted veterans. the vic
tors OF so many desperate conflicts.
were soon 20 succumb 10 thS srTesist-
IDLE logic Of superior physical force
exempli0ed In the overpOwering !e.
gions of Grant The principle OF az
triton was being applied in modern
warfare by e master hand and the big
stone finally wore out the little one
on the fateful field of Appomattox.
by an act of the confederate con
gress. February Il. 1864. all indepen-
dent organizations ware abolished as
such, and the same were merged into
The regular service. A proviso. how
ever. gave authority TO the secretary
OF war, when in his Judgment the in
terests OF the service demanded. 10
exempt from the operations of this
ACT any organization of the kind that
operated entirely within the lines OF
the enemy Under this proviso the
commands of Mosby and Mcneil
alone, OF an the independent forces
connected with the Army Of Northern
Virginia. were exempted from The
operations OF this act. and Sc remained
until the final collapse OF The southern
confoderacy.
Mr. John D. Fay has prepared tho
following sketch of this famous troop.
whose exploits during the civil war
elected especial praise from Loo,
Davis and Robert p, leo nv, ,,,r~(. ,,,.,-, /
one occasion.
John Hanson lrcNeu "a r,+i,a 90 /
Hardy county Va raised tbo ,.,-,, I
pany and was IFS fret ,,,-,,,,,-,4.,r /
Being a resident OF Missouri durin,. 1
The early part OF tho war MS caD+of, /
OK mounted riGcmcn. ho perforrod ,,1. \
liant service fin that sfa-o rndcr CON /
Price and was prominent in me can. 4
ture of Nmui.e1 at sr-.,--e.15 ~
was soon after taken .ri-oo bi,,soif /
and confined iu ST. lorfs buf oe
capped thence ana safely reached tbet
confederate lines fra VIRGINIA Tbors 4
De secured authority to enlist , Con-, 4
pany for mleuonHert e.r,ico 81, 49,,
uecuon with the BRIGADE of Co, r-,
bodeu. then iu course of formation 4
and his earlier exhibits worn mn.
formed while n1mfuerrv ur9er o(,-,,
mand OF that officer.
when Imb1ien's command vv,s
atterward mustered into rorular e,-,
ice portion of NcNefl.s mon $780,, \
20 go with it and formed now com.
pany which. under Can't * see
became a part of the Eieb+oorb z-i~.
ginia cavalry. The paront coDr,1y
then roorrauizcd with 71c,.offr car,.,,-,
and his SON. Jesse G.. AfcNeu re,sc x
Weiton. and Bernard 7 Dol,, e.
second and junior second liarte,,r+s
respectively The ranks 40 l,o ,o,,
company. because of lbs ac+ivs ,.-.l
darins achievements WON, ra,,5Iy
filed. and NcNcW WAS soe, rt r. {
head of as gallant q body off men .s
ever drew blades An frbf Tb, ,,,.,
pany rarely mustered moro f,,, --
men for duty at any ONO linn, l,,,. a.. 4
had during it's two vcars. a,ist.,,.-
nearly. 10 not quite. 200 names No.,
its roster The t~aap Indicted a., az, I
mcnse amount ot DAMAGE on tba ONO
my during its brilliant career ,.rI Rom,
a large army on the oui yi,o A.. .i..r,,.t
thc long line of the Baltimore a. obf~
railroad and thc uunor Potomac 49,, /
der from its d.r.n- unconscious D, 40 I
q question whether Mostly wien evo
times ,hc number of mon carso5 ,s
much damage to Tao common fo.. ~
was inflicted by This SINGLE moo,
IHal McNoW managed to tocn his