The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-25
MOsBY,s, MEN
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f1fty years ago today company of
Coi John s. Mosby's rangers came
upon party OF the Fifth Michigan
Havsiry' engaged In executing orders
% destroy Confederate property, near
berryville In the Shenandoah valley.
attaked and overwhelmed, them and
gave 10 quarter.
This savage incident OF the war
was an inevitable consequence Of
conditions prevailing in the valley.
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, acting un.
der ordered from General Grant issued
under military necessity, was carry
ing fire and the sword into the valley
urants object was to destroy all
crops. livestock and other supplies
that might be OF value to the army OF
the enemy, under General Jubai A,
Early. that was operationg against
Sheridan.
Coi. Mosby, at the head of small
Dand OF Irregular troops, termed by
the C0nfederates partisan rangers and
by the Federals guerrillas, was oper-
ating in the rear of Sheridan's army.
BY lodging back and forth through
the pasceS o!- the Blue Ridge Noun.
tain range and across the Shenandoah
Mosby was enabled to strike many
stinging blows at the Federals and
to escape when pursued. ~: ~,
HIS Wethod Of warfare was not Con-
sidered by the Federafs In accordance
with military rules He was tern! ID
an outlaw. and Gen. Grant had ISSUED
orders ION August 18J, that his men
be hanged without trial Whenever
caught. later order directed that all
male citizens In the region where
Mosby operated be arrested, since
Mosby's men, when not In the saddle,
passed as peaceful. titfkans.f' t',.s r 4
These orders. the stern measures
OF the Federals in h,itpipg ,tdpp,isa,
and Mosby's sucesses-his most re-
cent being the captp-s of part of
Sheridan's wagon tain. with about
$50 prisoners and 600 animals. near
reused spirit OF savage reprisai IN
both sides. which found expression in
the shooting down.. without quarter,
OF the cavalrymen whom MeSby's
troops encountered on August 10.
Mosby Recrosses Mountains,
Sheridan's orders for the burning
OF grain and supplies were being car
rfed out In the vicinity OF BerryviliS
by details from the cavalry division
under Gen Wesley Merritt. 3. = n. a.
While the FederaltEcayAirys sofffcera
executed their orders lconHcientiously.
and In the main guarded houses and
their inmates. they felt themselves
Justified in Furnishing inhabitants sus.
pected OF aiding or harboring Mos,
by's men, - = =.
On tho other hand. ,Mfosby. held him
self to be. the aveuger }of the, citizens
about Berryville. and after his sue
.cessful raid against Sheridan's gak-|
ons and the disposition OF his pluns
der in2Londoun count. east tpnf d the
mountains, he recrcssed 1.-THE II Blue
Ridge and the Shenandoahs.tha hat
ter as ACastleman's 8, Ferry--and fdividA
Ing his command about, 800 men into
three companies started to Geek the
Federal cavalry details. u: 81 n 8 h
As the rangers crossed the river
at night they encountered u picket or
the Fifth Michigan ;,6iment. A fusi.1
lade Laid one of them dead and am
ether Wounded upon thss bank.,, Two
more were captured. The picket was
thus wiped fout ~
Riding next morning toward sHefSys
Vile along the turnpike. the fanxeI1
turned into:a byroad; known, as The
shsphsrds Mill road where, they heard
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