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^ LAST RIDE OP "MOSBY'S MEN." A Little Column of Them Rode Into Union Lines Under Flag of Truce. { Darkness still hung over Vir1 ginia's Blue Ridge mountains early one late spring morning of 1865 when a little column of gray-clad horsemen debouched slowly from Ashby's Gap, swam the Shenandoah river and made their through by paths until they struck the "old ?s? ? Hlf la fawn r? f river yiKb uc<ix uic wu w Millwood, says the New York World. The men were Mosby's men. This ^ ride was the last one of this famous - \ "body as an organization. The officer galloping easily along at the head of the column was not Col. Mosby himself. It was Capt. Chapman, one of his most daring lieutenants. The Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered some days before. The Confederacy was no more. But somewhere in North Carolina was Joseph E. Johnston, still Commanding a few thousand Confederates. Mosby had had no intelligence from him, and he had declined to surrender his force until he knew Johnston had surrendered. j v In Winchester, some 10 or 11 miles from Millwood, was Gen. Hancock with 40,000 Union troops. Hancock 1 had asked Mosby to surrender, and * then for a conference. Capt. Chapman was leading this last ride because of that request. The sun was shining when he rode into Millwood under a flag of truce and met there Gen. Chapman, U. S. A., appointed by Gen. Hancock to conr duct negotiations for him. , It was a picturesque'sight. The officers on both sides rode forward. , Behind them in regular alignment, and in fighting trim, stood the ranks ^ . of their men. Both sides were heavikly armed. There was not a revolver chamber empty in either command. It was flag of truce business, but now, more than 50 years later, it is hard to realize the bitterness of feelI k ing existing in Federal commands I against the Confederate raider and his men. A price was on Moshy's p head.. He had been adjudged an outlaw, although holding the commisv sion of colonel in the Confederate army, and his command was a part of the army of Gen. Lee on detached i, service. Capt. Chapman, acting for Mosby, demanded a truce for five days pending news from Gen. Johnston. Gen. Chapman had no authority to grant it, and he had to communicate with Hancock in Winchester. Hours pass ' ed before the reply came, uurmg this time Federals and Confederates were kept in ranks. Both sides feared treachery, and both were prepared % : for it. Late in the afternoon came the returning message at hard gallop, a paper held out in his hands. The * bugles sounded. The men in gray and the men in blue sprang into their saddles. Sharp orders were issued. The cavalrymen moved into battle formation. That reply, if it contained a refusal of Capt. Chaps' man's request, meant a fight. Mosby's color-bearers unfurled the battle flags of the Confederacy. Hands closed over revolvers. Had the message been adherse the formalities would have been few: Its formal reading by both commanding officers, a saber salute, each back to his own men, the furling of the flag of truce and the bugles sounding f "the charge." But? Gen, Hancock authorized Gen. Chapman to grant the armistice, and once more Mosby's men rode back. A few days later they were quietly disbanded, and Mosby, still outlaw* ed, rode up the valley alone. 1 There are men living today around Millwood who witnessed the scene \ just described, and one or two of them were of those raiders that day. f - For the heart of Mosby's field was that stretch of the Blue Ridge mountains which lay across the Shenandoah opposite Millwood and between Castlpman's and Berry's ferries and Snicker's and Ashby's Gaps?a otratph t\f riftt ftvoi' civ mil as WV* VVVM V& 41VV V T v* XXA A A Mosby's men were largely recruited from this mountainous region it* self, from the Shenandoah Valley, especially its lower part, and from M the fertile farming lands lying east r of the Blue Ridge. His men possessed three distinct advantages which were important factors in their success. \ 1. They were all born riders, brought up on, rather than with, horses; they thought no more of taking a five-foot rock fence or clearing a twenty-foot ravine than trotting along. 2. They knew the country, its 1 every path and mountain trail, in jf which they chiefly operated. n mi j _ T_ , .r 1 3 6, iney roae nurses which couiq jump. Fences often stopped pursuing or retreating Federal cavalry; they never slackened the impetus of Mosby's men, either on advance or retreat. And the fact that a very large part of his men lived right there in Virginia's most beautiful valley and in ^<r r her mountains gave him unusua sources of information. Movement.' of Federal detachments, divisions armies, were always immediately transmitted to him; and slaves mosi often carried the information. Un suspected of such work, these negroes were seldom molested by Federa pickets even when observed. In mos' instances they waited until nightfall made their way to and across th< Shenandoah, and after that?well they were in Mosby's Confederacy and they couldn't be long there be fore a Mosby picket discovered then and took them to the colonel. The result was almost always th< same. The quick assemblage of a/ many men as the particular circum ' ' * ii - Ui. stances permitted; tne swui, snen ride through the mountains, acrosi the river and into the valley. Thei the sudden, fierce charge upon ai epemy detachment or wagon train the surprise attack, the destructioi or taking off as much plunder as pos sible and the dash back into th< "Confederacy," whdre Mosby's mei seemed to be swallowed up. Mosby led a band of as wild an< reckless riders as ever formed part o an organized army, but his men wer< law-abiding citizens with a few ex ceptions. They were simple, hones mountaineers or Country farmers fo | the most part. Love of adventur and excitement, not plunder, wer< the impelling motives which mad< service under him more attractiv< than service feven under Stuart. With an admitted genius for han dling small forces of cavalry, wit! the advantages already described an< others not enumerated, and with un bounded determination and fearless ness, Mosby made himself the mo? feared and most hated Confederal officer. Efforts to capture him gen erally resulted in the capture of th< would-be capturers, as for instanc< the experience of CoL Blazer, whicl is largely authenticated by the officia rerords in Washineton and bv officia reports to Richmond. Col. Blazer set out with, a7picket body of cavalrymen behind him t< "bag Mosby." Soon Blazer's superi ors received complaints that Mosb; had heard of his coming and in ter ror of him had disbanded his entir< f force. But Col. Blazer was a trifli wrong, as later events proved. Mos by had heard of his coming. He hat collected a hundred men, and at tb time Col. Blazer was writing of Col Mosby's disbanding, Col. Mosby wa then in his rear, and, unknown i him, quietly riding behind him. A few more days passed and Mos by, finding the psychological momen come, suddenly burst upon Blaze and "bagged" him. Two days late two of Blazer's men showed up at i Federal outpost and reported tha Blazer was captured and-the rest o the men with him, except those kill ed. This report was forwarded t Secretary of War Stanton. These and other experiences o similar "bagging" parties,- combine with Mosby's constant raiding o Federal communication lines, o which the capture of Sheridan's bag gage trbin at Berryville, in Clark county, was one of the most noted made Mosbv such a nest thdt Federa cpmmanders were ready to believ stories of subordinates of atrocitie committed by his men. It is no^ generally conceded that such storie were without foundation. But mor than one Federal general who ha< felt Mosby's sting declared he woul< hang Mosby and any of his "outlaws he could lay hands on. t ' In a skirmish near Front Royal, i: the Shenandoah Valley, six of Mos by's men were captured by Custer" men, and Custer, as soon as the; were brought into Front Royal, or dered their immediate execution. . A woman, mother of one of th men, a boy of only 17 or 18, fell o her knees in the main street of th< town to plead for his life, but he plea, was refused. The boy was sho by a firing squad before his mother'i eyes. On November 11, 1864, Col. Mos by wrote to Gen. Sheridan: "Some time in the month of Sep tember during my absence from m; command, six of my men who hai been captured by your forces, wer hung and shot in the streets of Fron Royal by the order and in the im mediate presence of Brig. Gen. Cus ter. Since then another captured b; a Col. Powell on a plundering expe dition into Rappahannock was alsi hung. A label affixed to the coat o one of the murdered men declare< that 'would be the fate of Mosby an< all his men.' "Since the murder of my men no less than 700 prisoners, includini many officers of high rank, capture< from your army by this commant have been forwarded to Richmond but the execution of my purpose o retaliation was deferred in order, a; far as possible, to confine its opera tion to the men of Custer and Powell Accordingly on the btn mst. sevei of your men were, by my order, exe cuted on the valley pike, your high way of travel. Hereafter any prison ers falling into my hands shall b< treated with the kindness due t< their condition unless some new ac % 9 1 of barbarity shall compel me reluc3 tantly to adopt a course of policy re, pulsive to humanity." r There \vere no more hangings, t It is alleged that detachments of - Mosbv raiders took summary ven3 geance upon Federal house and barn 1 burners. Instances are recorded t where the order "No quarter" was , given by Mosby's officers, when they 5 discovered Union soldiers in the act , of burning residences and barns, as f became a custom during Sheridan's - regime in the Shenandoah Valley. i The retaliatory hanging of Custer's men is vividly described in one of the 5 novels of John Esten Cooke, himself s an officer of the Army of Northern - * i J ^ + - Virginia ana a personal menu ui t Mosby. The unhappy men were se5 lected by lots. They were marched 1 by night to a little wood just outi side of Berryville, now the site of , horse show grounds. Execution was i delayed by the passage of a heavy - body of Federal cavalry over the valb ley road, for the party were well inl side the Federal lines. Two of the men escaped, and Cooke in his acI count says their captors tacitly aidf ed them to do so. It was a task for e which no one had any stomach. But - it ended what promised to be bart barous warfare. r On the Milhvood-Berryville turne pike, alternately held by one side and e the other throughout the war, is a e little stone chapel, called the Old e Chapel. In its graveyard lie many (Continued on page 6, column 2.) No. 666 ,. Thit is a prescription prepared especially t for MALARIA or CHILLS &, FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and e if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not - return. It acts on the liver better than 3 Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c ? NOTICE, l j A deaf and dumb negro woman , about 50 years old left my house at North, S. C., on the evening of the 8th of June, and was last heard from I at Denmark, S. C. She has no teeth, 3 has a dark skin, weight about 135 pounds. Any information leading to her whereabouts will be highly ap- Y preciated by the undersigned. W. H. VAjRN. Q North, Orangeburg Co., June 19th, 81916 j" RILEY & COPELANDI e Successors to W. P. Riley. >- Fire, Life * Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store t BAMBERG, S. C. r 1^??I r 1785 1916 a COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON t South Carolina's Oldest College. 132nd Year Begins September 29. r . Entrance examinations at all the L- county seats Friday, July 14, at 9 o a. my , .Four-year courses lead to the B. ' A. and B. S. degrees. ; A two-year r pre-medical course is given, d A free tuition scholarship is as,f signed to each county of the State. f Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities, e Expenses moderate. For terms [' and catalogue address j HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. : University of South Carolina V _______ s . Entrance Examinations. e ?? d Entrance examinations to the University of South Carolina will be held ^ by the County Superintendent of Ed!' ucation at the county court house Friday, July 14th, 1916. The University offers varied courses of study in science, literature, histofy, law and business. The s expenses are moderate and many opy portunies for self-support are af-jnpqos jo aaqumu eSxei v 'pepaoj ships are available. Graduates of colleges in this State receive /reeduie tion in all courses except in the n School of Law. For full particulars a write to the PRESIDENT, UNIVERB SITY'OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Cor lumbia, S. C. 7-5. >t - s v NOTICE. State of South Carolina?County of l~ - Bamberg. To all whom it may concern, please take notice: That the undersigned has lost a * certificate of the capital stock of the 3 Bamberg Banking Company, of Bamo hArc. S. C.. said certificate being No. ? 195, and also a certificate of the capital stock of the Cotton Oil Company, of Bamberg, S. C., said certificate be ing No. 72, and application will be y made to said Bank and to said Cotton Oil Company on August 15th, 1916, for a duplicate certificate of each. 3 6-27. MRS. SALLIE R. OWENS. f j " CITATION NOTICE. * The State of South Carolina? County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Hart mon, Esq., Judge of Probate. T Whereas, Mrs. Donnie Carter, hath * made suit to me to grant her letters 1 of administration of the estate of and i effects of Adam D. Carter, deceased. These are therefore to cite and adf monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Adam D. s Carter, deceased, that they be - and appear before me in the Court of . Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on 1 Saturday, July 15th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the " forenoon, to show cause, if any they - have whv the said administration - should not be granted. 0 Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of June, A. D., 1916. 3 GEO. P. HARMON, t Judge of Probate. t v the national -%7-OU'LL find \ ?W X matter how n v j ^ necJt of the w in gooaness aiiu ""^pa'slti in pipe satisfaction b?tin is all we or its enthusiastic friends ever claimed for it! It answers every smoke desire 3 or any other man ever had! 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J ^ s!.. _r ' tion to consider and protect tne rignts ana equmes 01 an necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case you reasonable; or, in the erent the Interstate Commerce Con that we jointly request Congress to take such action as mi ' promptly dispose of the questions involved; or 2. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of th< Leaders Refuse Offer j Leaders of the train service brotherl York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the r or Federal review, and the employes ar authority shall be given these leaders to d? ? i The Interstate Commerce Comrnii public body to which this issue ought to b No other body with such an intimate knowledge of railroad conditions jias such an unquestioned position in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may charge the public for transportation art now largely fixed by this .(jovernment board. v Out of every dollar received bv the railroads from the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the emA Question For th The railroads fed that they have $100,000,000 a year to theie employes, one-fifth of all the employes, without a cl shall determine the merits of the case afte The single issue before the country is i impartial Government inquiry or by industrial $ National Conference Coi EL1SHA LEE, Chedrman P. R. ALBRIGHT. Gon'lMonitor, G. H. BMBRSON, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Groat Northern L. W. BALDWIN. Gon'l Monitor, C. H. BWING. Gon Central of Georgia Railway. Philadelphia A f C. L. BARDO. Gon'l Monitor, B. W. GRICB. Gon' New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Chesapeake A G B. H. COAPMAN. Vico-Prooldont, A. S. GRBIG, Ant. Southern Railway. St Louis A Saa , S. B. COTTER, Gon'I Monitor, C. W. KOUNS, Gon Wabash Railway. Atchison. Topek P. B. CROWLBY, Ant. 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C ? r~ su~ '1 .)> 'fS? nquiry or I Strike? actors, engineers, firemen and 'bnfkemen iitional burden in transportation costs of se that this wage problem be settled by ' |*>? ent service is acknowledged, the railroads sidered fairly and decided justly by such nquiry and Arbitration i ds to the employes for the settlement of > v | rmonize our differences of opinion and that eventually the disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your of by one or the other of the following methods . "5*' ij?| Commission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its nd its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posiI the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue ir proposals are found by the Commission to be just and imission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises, ty be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and c Federal law" (The Newlands Act). | and Take Strike Vote 1 loods, at the joint conference held in New ailroads to submit the issue to arbitration e now voting on the question whether :clare a nation-wide strike. ision is proposed by the railroads as the e referred for these reasons: ployes as wages; and the money to pay increased wages can come from no other source than the rates paid by the public, The Interstate Commerce Commission, with its con* trol over rates, is in a position to make a complete investigation and render such decision as would pro* tect the interests of the railrbad employes, the owners of the railroads, and the public. e Public to Decide M no right to grant a wage preferment of now highly paid and constituting only ear mandate from a public tribunal that r a review of all the facts. vhtther this controversy is to be settled by an warfare. nmittce of the Railways * : Gen7 Manager. 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