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- January 1 ~ U.S. Captain Albert M. Hunter
and 80 cavalrymen of the 1st Regiment Maryland Potomac Home Guard rode from Harpers Ferry through Hillsboro
and Purcellville searching for Rangers. Ambushed by Mosby's men,
Hunter's horse was KIA, 39 Federals were killed, wounded or captured and
50 horses taken.
- January 7 ~ Attack on
rear of reserve picket
post of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry at Lee's Ridge near Warrenton.
- January 10 ~ 'Loudoun Heights Raid' -
106 Rangers clash with Colonel Henry Cole's Cavalry near Harpers Ferry and
suffered their first major defeat.
- January 24 ~ William E. 'Pony' Ormsby
deserted Company E 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry at Lewinsville, Fairfax County, taking two
horses and six pistols and joined 43rd.
- Late January ~ Deserter from 2nd
Massachusetts Cavalry led detachment to the 2nd's camp at Vienna to
capture horses. Capture of sutler wagons, New York Tribune reporter
and 7-man picket post of 1st New Jersey Cavalry. Mosby visited
Pauline at Charlottesville.
- January 1864 MWIA:
William Hall Turner, William
Thomas Turner
- January 1864 KIA: William E. Colston,
William Mason Owens, Charles E. Paxson, William Rowley Smith, Ranger Yates
- February 1 ~ John W. Russell died while returning
home drunk to Salem from Warrenton on bitterly cold night - 'found frozen
to death'.
- February 5 ~ Attack on 15-man Federal
cavalry patrol capturing 3 men and 4 horses.
- February 7 ~ William E. 'Pony' Ormsby,
having been captured by the Federals February 5, was shot for desertion.
- February 11 ~
John Singleton Mosby promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel.
- February 17 ~ U.S. General David Gregg
ordered to send an expedition to Markham to capture Mosby and his group.
They were guided by Ranger deserter, John Cornwell.
- February 18 ~ Skirmish near Paris.
William Lyle Hunter, Jr. led detachment of about 30 men through Fauquier
County in pursuit of Federal raiding party. James Foley Kemper and
Albert Gallatin Willis jumped from 2nd-story window of Parson Thaddeus
Herndon's house at Scuffleburg to escape capture from Gregg's men. Albert 'Ab'
Wrenn and James Wrenn fled the Ben Triplett home in their night shirts.
- February 20 ~ Fight with Cole's cavalry at Blakeley's Grove
School House near Upperville.
- February 22 ~ Dranesville fight, Fairfax
County, with Federals under Captain J. Sewell Reed, 2nd Massachusetts
Cavalry with 125 of his men and 25 from the 16th New York Cavalry led by
Ranger deserter, Charlie Binns.
- February 1864 KIA:
Joseph McCobb, James Pendleton Chappalear
- March 6 ~ Skirmish
at Snickersville.
- March 9 ~ Fight
near Greenwich.
- March 10 ~ Attack
on pickets at Chew's house between Kabletown and Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia. Antonia Ford married U.S. Colonel Joseph Willard
at Washington.
- March 19 ~ W.E.
Wade, Company A, died at Point Lookout Hospital.
- March 20 ~ Attack
on sutler near Halltown, Jefferson County.
- March 25 ~ Scout
to near Millwood and ‘Clay Hill’, Clarke County.
- March 27 ~ Scout
to Shenandoah Valley, Bunker Hill, Jefferson County.
- March 28 ~ Company D of the 43rd
Battalion Virginia Cavalry organized at Paris.
- March 1864 KIA:
Joseph C. Coyle,
William H. Trundell
- April 1 ~
Isabeus Printz, Company C, died at Kalorama Hospital.
- April 19 ~ Scout
to Mrs. Shacklett's near Piedmont to set an ambush for a Yankee
raiding party.
- April 23 ~
Attack on pickets near Hunter's Mill, Fairfax County and fight near
Aldie.
- April 28 ~
Attack on cavalry camp between Winchester and Martinsburg.
- April 29 ~
Attack on rear guard of Federal raiding party near Loughborough south
of Upperville.
- April 1864 KIA:
Thomas J. A. Flack
Jr.,
M. W. Flannery, Ranger Goff, Edward Smith
- May 1 (Approximately) ~ Attack
on a supply train in the Shenandoah Valley near Bunker Hill.
- May 8 ~ Scout to Fairfax County.
- May 9 ~ Scout along the Orange &
Alexandria Railroad between Bealeton and Rappahannock Station.
Skirmish between Newtown and Kernstown with a detachment of the 21st
New York Cavalry.
- May 12 ~ Attack on wagon train
near Fisher's Hill. Wagon raid between Fredericksburg and
Belle Plain.
- May 17 ~ Scout to between
Fredericksburg and Belle Plain. Fight near General Wright's
house at Waterford, Loudoun County.
- May 21 ~ Attack on cavalry camp at
Guard Hill near Front Royal.
- May 25 (Approximately) ~ Scout to
Point of Rocks.
- May 30 ~ Attack on wagon train on
the Valley Pike near Newtown.
- May 31 (Approximately) ~ Ambush of
detachment of Loudon Rangers near Waterford.
- May 1864 KIA: William M. Embrey
- June 2 ~ Attempted derailment of a
train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Kearneysville and
Duffield Station.
- June 5 ~ Attack by Federals on
Rangers foraging corn at James Walker's farm in northern Loudoun
County.
- June 8 ~ Skirmish between Hopewell Gap and the Bull Run Mountains.
- June 9 ~ Ranger foraging parties
attacked near 'Glenmore' and 'Wheatland' in Loudon County.
- June 10 ~ Scout to Alexandria and
attempted capture of West Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont.
- June 12 ~ Scout to Fairfax County.
- June 21 ~ A. B. Seay died of
infection at Petersburg Hospital.
- June 24 ~ Fight at Machen's barn
near Centreville.
- June 29 ~ Attack on Duffield's
Station, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
- June 1864 KIA: Benjamin F. Barton, Christian
Gall
- July 4 ~ Raid on Point of Rocks,
Maryland. Captured a large amount of federal supplies in
raid on camp of the 8th Illinois Cavalry.
- July 5 ~ Second raid on Point of
Rocks, Maryland.
- July 6 ~ Fight at Mt. Zion Church
near Aldie, Loudoun County, with 100 men from 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry and 50
from 13th New York Cavalry under the command of Major Forbes.
- July 9 ~ Scout to Loudoun County
to 'press' corn from local Quakers.
- July 19 ~ Fight near the 'Big
Poplar', Ashby's Gap, against Captain Samuel Montgomery's 20th
Pennsylvania Cavalry capturing 50 Federals and 55 horses.
Capture of 10 Federals near Aldie on Snickersville Turnpike.
Capture of 5 men and 7 horses near Fairfax Court House.
- July 20 ~ Capture of 83
straggling Federals from the rear of U.S. General Horatio Wright's
6th Corps. Capture of three sutler wagons and 12 men near
'Locust Grove'. Capture of 8 wagons and 11 men on Winchester
Turnpike.
- July 25 ~ Scout to Winchester
area and near Bunker Hill, West Virginia. Raid on camp at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Action at 'Locust Grove' near Charles Town, West Virginia.
- July 28 ~ Company E and an
Artillery Company of the 43rd
Virginia Cavalry organized at Paris.
- July 30 ~ Raid on Adamstown,
Maryland.
- July 1864 MWIA: C. Bohrer,
Henry Smallwood
- August 1 ~ Scout to near
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
- August 7 ~ Scout to near Annandale and Burke's Station.
- August 8 ~ Fight at Fairfax
Station with troops from the 13th New York Cavalry and the
16th New York Cavalry. Attack on pickets on the Braddock Road near
Alexandria. Attack on
cavalry camp between Berryville and Summit Point, West
Virginia. Capture of picket post of the 16th New York
Cavalry near Annandale.
- August 10 ~ On or about this
day, John Singleton
Russell led a group of Rangers in attempted capture of General
Sheridan at Wills House, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
- August 13 ~ 'Berryville Wagon
Train Raid' - Raid on train at Berryville, Clarke County, West
Virginia, guarded
by troops from the 3rd Maryland Infantry, the 144th Ohio
Infantry and the 149th
Ohio Infantry capturing goods, blue uniforms, over
500 mules, 30 horses, more than 200 head of cattle and about
200 prisoners.
- August 15 ~ Scout and skirmish near Charles Town, West
Virginia, with Federal troops under the command of Lieutenant
John S. Walker. Action near Kernstown below Winchester.
- August 16 ~ Fight with five
Federal cavalrymen in Fauquier County.
- August 18 ~ Scout and capture of pickets near Castleman's
Ferry. Skirmish near Myerstown, Jefferson County, West
Virginia.
- August 20 ~ 'No Prisoner'
attack on General Custer's 5th MI Cavalry 'house burners' who
were burning house, barn and outbuildings at Colonel Benjamin
Morgan's place - their fourth of the day. Surprised by the Rangers, all 30
Federals were killed.
Skirmishes near Roper's house west of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
- August 22 ~ Attack on
stockade at Annandale.
- August 29 ~ Attack on picket
post on the Chain Bridge Road near Lewinsville. Attack
on picket at Falls Church.
- August 30 ~ Scout to Annandale.
- August 1864 KIA: Lewis Benjamin Adie,
Welby H. Rector, William Martin (friendly fire)
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September 1 ~ Scout to Shenandoah Valley.
- September 4 ~ Fight at
Gold's farm near Berryville, Clarke County, West Virginia.
Capture of several ambulances from one of Crooks'
ambulance trains near Halltown, Jefferson County, [West]
Virginia. Fight at Myer's Ford, Jefferson County,
West Virginia. Scout to near Rippon, [West] Virginia.
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September 9 ~ Scout to Shenandoah Valley.
-
George
W. Matthews died at Point Lookout Prison.
- September 13 ~ Company F
of the 43rd Virginia Cavalry organized at Piedmont.
- September 14 ~ Scout to Shenandoah Valley.
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September 15 ~ Skirmish with five-man cavalry detachment
of 13th New York Cavalry on Centreville Road near
Germantown with John Singleton Mosby wounded.
- September 16 ~ Fight at
Snicker's Gap [Mt. Airy Fight'].
- September 20 ~ Fight above Winchester.
- September 22 ~ Scout to
the Shenandoah Valley.
- September 23 ~ Fight at
Summit Point, Jefferson County. Attack on
Reserve Brigade of Merrit's Cavalry Division near Chester
Gap. Thomas E. Anderson,
David Luther Jones,
Lucian Love, William Thomas Overby,
Henry C. Rhodes and a
man named Carter were captured in the raid and executed at Front Royal.
- September 24 ~ Fight at Opequon Creek near Berryville.
- September 29
(Approximately) ~ Attack on Sheridan's communications near
Frederick County.
- September 1864 MWIA:
Henry Claiborne
Adams,
Thomas F. Mallory
- September 1864 KIA: Benjamin
F. Iden,
Robert A. Jarman, Joseph H. Johnson,
Benjamin Franklin McQueen
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October 1 ~ Scout to Shenandoah Valley.
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October 2 ~ Walter W. Bowie’s raid through Maryland
began.
- October 4 ~ Scout to
near Gainsville on the Manassas Gap Railroad.
- October 5 ~ Attack
on Federal railroad construction camp at Salem,
Fauquier County, using two howitzers on Stevenson's
Hill.
- October 6 ~ Fight at
Rectortown, Fauquier County.
- October 8 ~ Scout below Manassas Gap Railroad to near Piedmont.
Scout to Shenandoah Valley.
- October 9 ~ Scout in
the area of Benjamin Cook Shaklett's house near
Piedmont. James F. 'Big Yankee' Ames KIA.
Scout below Manassas Gap Railroad to near Piedmont,
Fauquier County. Skirmish and
capture of couriers with General Custer's
dispatches at Ashby's Gap.
- October 10 ~
Train destroyed on the Manassas Gap Railroad between
The Plains and Rectortown, Fauquier County.
Attack on party foraging hay at 'Glen Welby' near
Rectortown, Fauquier County.
- October 11 ~
Skirmishes along Manassas Gap Railroad between The
Plains and Rectortown, Fauquier County Attack on ambulance on
the Valley Pike north of Newtown.
- October 13 ~
Skirmishes along the Valley Pike between Winchester
and Martinsburg, [West] Virginia.
- October 14 ~
Raid on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
at Quincy's Siding near Duffield's Station, Jefferson County, West Virginia
netting approximately $172,000 ['Greenback Raid'].
Mosby's artillery captured at Emory's on Little
Cobbler Mountain near Piedmont. Raid on Adamstown, Maryland.
Albert G. Lewis executed at Rappahannock County.
- October 16 ~ Scout
along Manassas Gap Railroad.
- October 17 ~ Attack
on foraging party at Fletcher's between Piedmont and
Paris, Fauquier County. Raid on Annandale.
- October 18 ~ Attack
on picket at Hunter's Mill ending in controversial
killing of Reverend John D. Read.
- October 25 ~ Attack
on wagon train and capture of U.S. General A.N. Duffie
on Valley Pike between Winchester & Martinsburg, [West]
Virginia.
- October 29 ~ Fight at Dulany's near Upperville.
- October 31 ~ Scout
to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad west of Martinsburg.
- October 1864 MWIA:
Ed Anderson,
John Atkins,
Walter Bowie, Edgar F. Davis, Charles R. Stinson
- October 1864 KIA: James F. 'Big
Yankee' Ames, Edward Bredell Jr., Luther Carrington, George Milton Gulick
- November 4 ~
Action at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West
Virginia. Action on the Valley Turnpike.
- November 5 ~
Scout along the Valley Pike between Middletown and
Strasburg. James Frank Turner led scout to
Summit Point, West Virginia and fight near
Shenandoah Springs.
- November 6 ~
Drawing at Rectortown, Fauquier County for seven
of Custer's men to be executed in retaliation for
the six men executed at Front Royal and Albert
Gallatin Willis who was hanged October 14.
- November 7 ~
Edward Francis 'Ned' Thomson led a detachment of
men to near Berryville to execute seven of General
Custer's men.
- November 12 ~
John Singleton Russell delivered letter from Mosby
to General Sheridan about the executions.
- November 15 ~
Attack on wagon train near White Post.
Scout to between The
Plains and Middleburg to intercept a Federal patrol.
- November 16 ~
Fight at the 'Vineyards' near Berryville.
- November 18 ~
Dolly Richards led fight at Myerstown,
Jefferson County, West Virginia against Federals
under U.S. Captain Richard Blazer. Sydnor
Gilbert Ferguson captured Blazer at Hefflebower's house near Rippon, West
Virginia in after fight.
- November 20 ~
Roll call held to identify and remove deserters
from other regiments.
- November 24 ~
Raid on cavalry camp at Perkin's Mill south of
Winchester. Fight
below Charles Town, West Virginia.
- November 27 ~
Fight near Goresville, Loudoun County, with
Loudoun Rangers under Lieutenant Robert Graham and
Lieutenant Augustus Rhodes.
- November 28 ~
Artillery company disbanded and organized into
Company G of the 43rd Virginia Cavalry at Salem.
- November 1864 MWIA:
William Armstead
Braxton, Thomas
S. Hudgins
- November 1864 KIA: T.A. Carpenter, Richard Paul Montjoy,
Carlisle F. Whiting
- December 3 ~
Scout to near White Post. Attempted raid on Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad train near Duffield Station,
Jefferson County, West Virginia.
- December 7 ~
John Singleton Mosby promoted to Colonel.
- December 11
~ Attack on picket post near Millwood.
- December 17
~ Fight between Millwood and Berry's Ferry
with Captain William W. Miles and a detachment
from the 14th Pennsylvania.
- December 19
~ Attack on ambulance
and guard near Vienna.
- December 21
~ Colonel Mosby severely wounded in the
abdomen at 'Lakeland', Fauquier County.
After surgery to remove the bullet, he was
taken to his parents' home at
McIvor's Station, Amherst County to
recuperate.
- December 25
~ Louis Thornton Powell captured 3 Federal
prisoners on Waterloo Road near Warrenton.
He deserted before war's end and joined
the Lincoln conspirators as Louis Payne.
- December 26
~ Scout of U.S. General Powell's troops while
they were camped in Fauquier County.
- December 27
~ Skirmishes with Federal Troops passing
through Fauquier County.
- December 28
~ Scout to near
Millwood.
Information taken from
sources noted below. As more sources have become available for research, this
information may be updated in the future. This is by no means a full
accounting of the exploits of Mosby's Rangers but rather a starting point
for further research. MWIA is Mortally Wounded in Action; KIA
is Killed in Action.
- Evans, Thomas
J. and Moyer, James M. Mosby's Confederacy: A Guide to the Roads and
Sites of Colonel John Singleton Mosby. Shippensburg PA: White
Mane Publishing Co., 1991.
- Jones,
Virgil Carrington. Ranger Mosby. Chapel Hill NC:
University of North Carolina Press, 1944.
- Keen, Hugh C. and Mewborn,
Horace. 43rd Battalion Virginia
Cavalry Mosby’s Command. Lynchburg, VA: H. E.
Howard, Inc., 1993.
- Williamson,
James J. Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion
Virginia Cavalry from Its Organization to the Surrender. New York:
Ralph B. Kenyon, 1896.
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