Executions of Mosby's Men
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flyingmoose
N 38° 57.188 W 078° 12.011
17S E 742621 N 4315304
Located along the southbound side of 340/55 this marker stands next to another marker (J 11).
Waymark Code: WMEEC
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2006
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On 23 Sep, 1864, in a fight south of town, some of Lt. Col. John s. Mosby's Rangers mortally wounded Lt. Charles McMaster, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, after he allegedly surrendered. Union Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert's Cavalrymen retaliated by executing six captured Rangers nearby. They shot David L. Jones and Lucien Love behind the Methodist church, Thomas E. Anderson beneath an elm tree, and Front Royal resident Henry Rhodes in a field in fron of Rose Hill; they hangged William Thomas Overby and a Ranger named Carter at the W.E. Carson house. Mosby, believing Gen. George A. Custer responsible, on 6 Nov ordered and equal number of his men executed near Berryville.
