The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-06-23
MOsEBY's PREDICTION.
Daring Confederate Warrior Foretold
Month OF His Death.

New York, June 1O.-When Col.
John S. Moseby died at the Garfield
Hospital, in Washington, his death
verified a prediction made by the
famous officer of the Confederate
army more than 90 years before that
his death would occur in May. In
this connection he recalled that he
had received his only wound during
the Civil War on May 80, 1868, and
the prediction that he would die In
that month and possibly on the both,
as he did, was made afer he had
been badly injured in the early nine
ties In California and II had been an
nounced on Memorial Day that he
could not live.
In reference to this prediction and
its strange fulfllment Col. w. ID.
Mann of this city told some interest
ing facts yesterday. Col. Mann COM
manded the Seventh Michigan cal
vary in the engagement in which Col.
Mosby was wounded. The action
took place at Grapewood Farm, the
Fitzhugh estate, near Greenwich. Va,
and in discussing 1t and the career a
Col. Mosby Col. Mann said:
"Mosby's scheme of operations did
not contemplate a stand to fight. He
preferred raiding, attacking and loot
ing supply trains. weakly guarded.
or stealing through the lines at night
and capturing some over confident or
neglected Union officer asleep. as was
Gen. Stoughten. He often said in
speaking of his career: My creed has
been-"it is betted to make good
run than a bad stand" At Grape
wood Farm, on that May 80, he made
a bad stand, losing seven men killed
and over 20 wounded. captured as
prisoners, besides a considerable
number that escaped through the
devious paths of the surrounding
country. He received serious
wound and lost his artillery.
by the bye, proportionate to the
number engaged in this skirmish, II
was the most sanguinary cavalry &C
ton of the entire Civil War. had
in my command but 10 men. and he
reported his force as 200, although
my judgment at the time was that
his force was larger. lost four men
killed and 10 wounded. Thus the
total killed on both sides were IL,
and known to be wounded-some
very seriously-35. Among them
was Capt. Haskins, of the Forty
fourth Foot British Army, who died
the next day. Among my wounded
was Lieutenant-former Major-El-
mer Barker, of the Fifth New York
cavalry. who had two grape shot
through his thigh. but CALAMITY
stuck to the fight until the Mosby
force fled in defeat. The major still
lives, i'm fine health, though lame of
that leg. on his fine estate, at Crown
Point, Lake Champlain.
II have no desire to take anything
from any laurels Mosby won in his
guerilla warfare, that cost the Fed
eral government much anxiety and
the employment of many troops. That
he was personally courageous, tre-
mendously energetic and venture
some are established qualities. or
his operations he wrote: II intend to
diminish the aggressive power OF the
Army of the Potomac by compelling
il to keep a large force on the de-
fensive. assailed its rear-its most
vulnerable point. My men had no
camps. II they had gone into camp
they all would have been captured
soon. After each raid they would
scatter for safety, and gather again
at my call like children of the mist.
A blow would be struck at weak,
ungarded point, and then there would
be a quick retreat"
81 knew much of the man-had
heard OF his prediction of the season
OF death, and regarded its fulhllment
on the exact day we wounded him as