March
17, 2001 Reenactment
Photo Album: Page
1: the Raid
Note:
photos are still being sent in, so keep checking back. When we have
access to the video tapes there will be many more action shots added.
Have you got photos you'd like to share?
Email us,
and we'll ensure you get photo credit
(Many photos have
high resolution versions. Click on the thumbnails for a larger
picture if available)
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The Rangers
arrive at Herndon Station:
(Left to
Right)
James "Big Yankee" Ames (Pat Sullivan), John Munson (Gregg
Jones) and John Underwood (Lt. Terry Treat)
(Photo by
Bernie Becker, great grandson of Ranger Fountain
Beattie)
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Charge 'em
Boys!
Capt.
Mosby (Jeff Smith) leads the charge on the unsuspecting
Vermonters.
Photo by
Christopher L. Moore with permission from the
Herndon
Observer
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CHARGE!!
Capt.
Mosby leads his men in the charge on the
Vermonters
Herndon
Times
Photo
by Tin Nguyen
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"Surrender or
die, Yanks!"
Blackpowder
gun smoke fills the air as the Rangers charge the First
Vermont Cavalry at Herndon Station.
(Photo by
Bernie Becker, great grandson of Ranger Fountain
Beattie)
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Capt.
Mosby, aided by Rangers "Big Yankee" Ames and John DeButts,
round up the Vermonters who took cover in the sawmill,
threatening to burn it down if they did not
surrender.
Herndon
Observer
Photo by Christopher L. Moore
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Sgt.
Jonathan Blin Aitcheson of Co. A, (C.R. Dudley) stays on the
ground so that Mosby's men will think he's more seriously
wounded than he is and thus not take him prisoner. Ranger
William Lyle Hunter (Bill Scott) surveys the
situation.
Herndon
Times
Photo
by Tin Nguyen
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Federals
who had been taking cover in the Depot surrender -- led by
Doug Dobbs
Herndon
Observer
Photo by Christopher L. Moore
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Yankee
prisoners rounded up after taking shelter in the
sawmill
Herndon
Times
Photo
by Tin Nguyen
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Note:
we will have more pictures of the raid itself
shortly.
(Some of the following pictures are scanned from newspapers and
quality varies. We have requested digital copies)
Go
to next page -- the Prisoners:
Herndon
Photo Album :
Prologue:
Before the Raid
Page 1 - The Raid
Page
2
- The Prisoners
Page
3
- Living History, part 1
Page
4
- Living History, part 2
Page
5 -
Living History, part 3
Read
the report on the Herndon event
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