Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-10
A MAN AND HIS CAUSE.

Last Saturday was Confederate Me
mortal Gay, the following apprecia-
ton of Colonel John S. Mosby, one
of the most picturesque figures Of
the South, from the Bristol Herald
Courier, was very appropriate:
With the death of Colonel John
Mosby, another heroic figure of what
is fondly remembered as the South
ern Confederacy passes from the
ranks of life; another heart that once
beat bravely beneath jacket of grey
is stilled; another valiant soul an
swers the last call and goes to mus
ter in the great Camp beyond; and
all that is mortal of another intrepid
warrior of the sixties is laid to rest
beneath that low, green tent whose
curtain never outward swings"
The names of Lee and Jackson are
lot more inseparably linked with the
Lost Cause than the name of Mosby
The name of no man identified with
that cause will outlive the name OF
Mosby, the dashing young cavalry
leader whose deeds of bravery anG
whose daring Exploits struck fear to
the enemy forces, inspired Southern
hearts with hope and courage, and en-.
richod Confederate history with many
a chapter of thrilling interest Who
that has read that history, whether
lie live in the South or in the North.
or beyond tie Seven Seas, has not
paid tribute of admiration to the bold
and dauntless Mosbyf
He was no ordinary man, and his
career was no ordinary ca
reer. Unique in the annals of war is
the story of Colonel Mosby and his
activities and achievements in the
service of the South in a conflict in
which the soldiers of the Confedier
acy displayed courage and a patriot
ism and a resolution that would have
made the Southern armies invincible
against twice their number in the
face of any but overwhelming odds
and obstacles. This courage and pa
triotism and resolution Colonel Mos
by personified and combined with mill
tary skill, as month after month and
year after year through a long san
culinary struggle he led his men from
hazardous feat to hazardous feat; led
/ fhnrI1 from frxl
cessful dash at points where he was
least expected by the enemy; led
them into the very jaws of death and
as if by miracle led them out again.
?, "Mosby's men!" Some of them
marched away from Bristol when
their country called; all of them were
Virginians, and no country was ever
served by more heroic band.
The South remembers with pride
and gratitude the distinguished serv.
ices Of this illustrious cavalry chief
tain and mourns his passing. Bristo,
hears with deep regret that he is nc
more, and grieves that it is so; for
it was from this city, then a village
: and he young man, that he went as
a private at the first note of wars
Z alarm to win renown as a defender oil
the land he loved.
Taps have sounded for Colonel Mos
by. The lights are out. He has fol
: lowed the vast majority of his com
: rades who have finished the battles
: Of life and gone to bivouac on the
Fields Of Peace. But he and they
will be held in loving remembrance
as long as heroism and unselfsh sac
rifce have a meaning and the great
heart of the South is warm
''Nor shall their glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where yalor proudly sleeps"
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