Thursday, July 7, 2011

Warrenton, VA 600 Confederate Dead

Mosby Country, my old stomping grounds.
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The statue is dedicated to those 600 Confederates who died in the two Battles at Manassas. They were disinterred from their burial spots, which were unmarked, and are now resting beneath this monument. One account states that the soldiers had died in makeshift hospitals throughout the area and their grave markers were removed and used as firewood by Union soldiers.

The following inscription can be found on another side of the marble shaft of this majestic monument.







Once again, a community has come together to make sure that strangers, be it in life or death, have been acknowledged and thanked for their service to the cause.

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CONFEDERATE DEAD

SIX HUNDRED

VIRGINIA'S DAUGHTERS TO VIRGINIA'S

DEFENDERS
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Middleburg, Warrenton, Marshall, Fredericksburg/Raleigh

2. (Warrenton Cemetery with Confederate Monument in background. My mother bought the plot, then took my father to see it, but Daddy complained that since there were no trees it would be too hot! BT)



3. (Warrenton Cemetery. This is an old picture, and the monument area has been refurbished. There are stones around the complete circle with the names of each individual grouped by state. The office has a map with name/location of all Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.BT)

CONFEDERATE DEAD
SIX HUNDRED
VIRGINIA'S DAUGHTERS TO VIRGINIA'S
DEFENDERS
PICTURE


4. (This is beside the Marshall National Bank which now has another name. Marshall was called Salem during the War. Daddy was on the board of directors. I grew up in Marshall from five on, a "city" of 600!:) BT)

Mosby Troop Disbandment Monument



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Mosby, a story.

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Mosby's Tombstone With (Two of my five Daughters)


Bonnie and Christine

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"Mosby Country" Friends


8 comments:

  1. Brock:

    I miss seeing the old black and white television series, "THE GRAY GHOST", which aired each afternoon, about the military adventures of Colonel John Singleton Mosby.

    Today, you can't find any episodes of that show anywhere on the Internet.

    When I lived at the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., I remember reading about him in the library.

    One story I read was that he and his men raided a picnic, where they ate all the ice cream and danced with the girls.

    He had a very fantastic life!

    Thank you.

    John Robert Mallernee
    Armed Forces Retirement Home
    Gulfport, Mississippi 39507

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  2. Me too. Here's a 7 minute one http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/gray-ghost.htm and you can buy the series on DVD for $54.95.

    http://www.cornerdvdstore.net/product.php?productid=401469

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  3. Follow the link to YT - the vid shown is part 1 of 3 and the other 2 are there on YT as is another whole episode ("Rebel Christmas") and a bunch of other similar old TV as well!

    I've watched the first one - looking up "...Christmas" now!

    HTH!

    DD

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  4. Y ou
    T ube...

    If you click on the "you tube" logo in any embedded video it will take you to the youtube page for said video

    That said, I found a bunch more!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGhYcNY4nRI The Rivals (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2S35Fl0y2Y Angel of London (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FSpdHRcWBI The Humanitarian (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDL6Tzzm2oo Point of Honor (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32dSh6EvKIg Eye for an Eye (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poCld5YLK0I Manhunt (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wwrhVHtRE Rebel Christmas (part 1)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixgSJ2-iDyA This also looked interesting - "John S. Mosby Lecture" -- looks like maybe 90 minutes worth by a man (reenactor?) in Grey wool

    "The Life & Times of John Singleton Mosby" David M. Goetz of "Mosby's Confederate Tours"

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  5. Yes, I remember the series as a child and the lecture was good, so I'll post it Thanks.

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