Tag Archives: Mosby’s Rangers

An Eagle Cake on the Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2021 by Kevin Pawlak

John S. Mosby It has been a few years since I posted the story below but it still resonates every year with me because of the incredible feat the women of Point of Rocks, Maryland, accomplished: creating a 25 foot … Continue reading →

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Ending The War: General Hancock & The Surrender? (Part 1)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

He had won his general stars on the battlefield, held the lines at Gettysburg, and been a trusted corps commander during the Overland Campaign. He had survived painful injury and returned to field command. He was a Democrat in politics … Continue reading →

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Saving History Saturday: Historic West Virginia Family Cemetery To Be Restored

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Nestled near the historic communities of Leetown and Kearneysville, West Virginia, sits an old family cemetery. If you are familiar with some of the counties in the Eastern Panhandle, such as Jefferson and Berkeley, you know the area is scattered … Continue reading →

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A Casualty of Red Tape and Colonel Mosby

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Jon-Erik Gilot

As a collector of Civil War images I can’t say what it was about this particular image that jumped out at me when I purchased it some ten or twelve years ago. The CDV had been identified was Elijah Hobart, … Continue reading →

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“Moulded in the form of a spread eagle”: Mosby’s Rangers, the Fourth of July, and a Dispute Over Cake

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Kevin Pawlak

Independence Day in 1864 seemed like it could have been the last such celebration for the United States. The Presidential Election of 1864 loomed four months in the future, and a Lincoln reelection seemed very much in doubt. Jubal Early’s … Continue reading →

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