Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-30
COL. JOHN M0SBY.
FAMOUS RAIDER.
TO GRIM REAPER
MOST FAMOUS RAIDER OF SOUTHERN
C0NFEDERAcY PASSES AWAY
AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS.
DARED DEATH FIFTY YEARS AGO
WHEN He RODE UP sHENAN-
DOAH CAPTURING 0UTPOSTS.

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. May Goo
lionel John :. MoSby. the most famous
Confederate raider Of the civil war die,
here today after a long illness lie wa
a native of Virginia and was - years
old.
Colonel MOsby was one Of the most pic
turesque figures IN the national capital.
where he had lived many years after the
war; HIS age had not bent his figure, nor
nimmed the keenness OF eye that com
manded that band that made vivid histog,
m The war. few weeks ago he bocarIt
vi and WAS taken To Garfield hospital
Snere he fingered until h. died TO-DAY. He
~iIi be buried al Warrcnton. va.
Col. Mosby dared death over fifty
years ago when at the head of !: band
or i few hundred Confederate raiders he
rode up and down the Shenandoah Val
ley. capturing outposts. destroying ~
pay trains, and cutting. off means Of
communication. II has been estimated
that he often seutralized the fore
over l5,Wn fedcralS in the VALLEY
horn in Powhattan County. Va De.
eember q. 1892 and graduated from the
University Of Virginia in 1852. he was
practising law in Brstcl Va. when the
war broke out and he began lis earrc
In The Confederate army lie proven mis-
sfsrissF sftth sittisr-+tF-rs ~. rs-yyfYss
: scout for ger, J. L. n. Stuart and
the celebrated raid around McCl"iian'S
army "n the 3hickahomiHy IN Richmond
year later h. recruited m Independents
cavalry troop which ba.ame fanons as
M"Shy's Partisan Rangers. They became
night riders aud the terror of the Fedc
raj troops.
MoSbys most brilliant exploit was the
capture of Gen. Stoughton On !, March
night in 1863 he. with 20 followers rode
through the Federal army to Fairfax
Court House. only II miles from Wash.
ington, where Gen. Stoughtnn was
asleep Az hough surrounded by IN army
said 10 have been II 600 strong the ran
gers calmly kidnapped the general. his
staff and many sentrieS. and turned
them over In the Confederate authorities
at Culpcper without having lost man.
General Grant once ls4er saved MOshy
from hanging. and two foes of the battle
field became staur'h friends MoShy
stumpei the state Of Virginia for Grant
during his presidential campaign. and
was rewarded with an appointment as
consul az Hong Kong. post which hc
held for seven wears. When he returned
10 5he United States. MoSby called 90
! the surviving members ~ his rangers
ami TO his establishment. ne found thai
i large percentage ~ them had hccomc
ministers. In nartins their old ccionc'
said: We'll bows. if vou fight the Dctil
like You fought the Yankees there will
hc>omethinc to record on Judgment nav
He next became special land agent for
the government IN Colorado. and from
1901 . 1910 he was an attorney in the pc
rartmcnt Of Justice The closing Years
OF his life were spent IN lrcturinc aud
authorship. His home 1ay across the Po-
tommac NJ warrer.on. Va. hrt h. was
often seen in Washington his white hair
and strong Roman featureS. making him
picturesque figure on he streets or lee
+ turc platform. lie had written Mo>hv'S
( War "Reminiscences The Dawn Of the
Real South. and fStuart's Cavalry
Campaign. He Was also known as q
Greek scholar.
| MY military creed he onre declared.
is this II i better to make 4 good ran
than a bad stand"