A talk at The Fauquier County Civil War Roundtable on Tuesday, April
19, 2016
William Connery, Mosby House Museum docent during 2013 & 2014 will
speak on his History Press book Mosby’s Raids in Civil War Northern
Virginia
Meeting at 7:00 pm / Speaker at 7:45
The Warrenton Visitors Center
33 N. Calhoun Street Warrenton VA 20186
540-341-0988 www.visitfauquier.com
The Warrenton Visitors Center
33 N. Calhoun Street Warrenton VA 20186
540-341-0988 www.visitfauquier.com
The most famous War Between the States name in Northern Virginia, other
than General Robert E. Lee, is Colonel John Somersby, the Gray Ghost. He stands
out among nearly 1,000 generals who served in the war, celebrated most for his
raids that captured Union general Edwin Stoughton in Fairfax Court House and
Colonel Daniel French Dulany in Rose Hill, near Alexandria. By 1864, he was a
feared partisan guerrilla in the North and a nightmare for Union troops
protecting Washington City. After the war, his support for presidential
candidate Ulysses S. Grant forced Mosby to leave his native Virginia for Hong
Kong as U.S. consul. A personal mentor to young George S. Patton, Mosby’s
military legacy extended to World War II. William S. Connery brings alive the
many dimensions of this American hero. He will have books available for
purchase.
William Connery grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He has a degree in history
from the University of Maryland–College Park. Mr. Connery has been contributing
to the Civil War Courier, the Washington Times Civil War page and other
publications. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical
Gold Medal for his previous History Press book, Civil War Northern Virginia
1861. Mr. Connery is a member of the Company of Military Historians, the Capitol
Hill Civil War Round Table, and the E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore. He can be
reached at william.connery@verizon.net or
call 703-719-6639.
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