Comments on: America's Civil War: John Mosby and George Custer Clash in the Shenandoah Valley http://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-john-mosby-and-george-custer-clash-in-the-shenandoah-valley.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Singleton Mosby | North Against South http://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-john-mosby-and-george-custer-clash-in-the-shenandoah-valley.htm#comment-780175 John Singleton Mosby | North Against South Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:34:37 +0000 #comment-780175 [...] 1864 he had been wounded twice but had quickly returned to duty. Mosby’s rangers were causing severe disruption to the Federal supply lines and Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan,”When any of Mosby’s men [...] [...] 1864 he had been wounded twice but had quickly returned to duty. Mosby's rangers were causing severe disruption to the Federal supply lines and Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant ordered Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan,"When any of Mosby's men [...]

]]> By: Valerie Protopapas http://www.historynet.com/americas-civil-war-john-mosby-and-george-custer-clash-in-the-shenandoah-valley.htm#comment-89678 Valerie Protopapas Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:35:27 +0000 #comment-89678 The author is incorrect in stating that Sheridan told his soldiers to leave Mosby's men alone IF THEY DID NOT HARASS UNION TROOPS. That is plain nonsense. Mosby continued to "harass Union troops" with great success until he disbanded his command in April, 1865 after Appomattox. Sheridan stopped any further such actions because he knew that Mosby caught far more of his men than he caught of Mosby's and that the morale of his men - concerned about being captured anyway by Mosby - would suffer badly if they thought that their fate would be the rope or a bullet. Mosby was ready to fight under the black flag if that had been Sheridan's desire but there can be no doubt that Mosby would have gotten the better of that battle and Sheridan knew it. Interestingly enough, Sheridan sent a letter back to Mosby via Russell, the young scout Mosby had sent through the lines. Mosby's letter to Sheridan is known among other reasons because he sent it to the newspapers so that his position was made as widely known as possible. However, Sheridan's letter to Mosby has never been uncovered and published - at least to my knowledge. It is interesting to think what Sheridan said and why John Mosby never revealed it. The author is incorrect in stating that Sheridan told his soldiers to leave Mosby's men alone IF THEY DID NOT HARASS UNION TROOPS. That is plain nonsense. Mosby continued to "harass Union troops" with great success until he disbanded his command in April, 1865 after Appomattox.

Sheridan stopped any further such actions because he knew that Mosby caught far more of his men than he caught of Mosby's and that the morale of his men – concerned about being captured anyway by Mosby – would suffer badly if they thought that their fate would be the rope or a bullet. Mosby was ready to fight under the black flag if that had been Sheridan's desire but there can be no doubt that Mosby would have gotten the better of that battle and Sheridan knew it.

Interestingly enough, Sheridan sent a letter back to Mosby via Russell, the young scout Mosby had sent through the lines. Mosby's letter to Sheridan is known among other reasons because he sent it to the newspapers so that his position was made as widely known as possible. However, Sheridan's letter to Mosby has never been uncovered and published – at least to my knowledge. It is interesting to think what Sheridan said and why John Mosby never revealed it.

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