Herndon Raid History:
Complete list of LinksMosby and his Men:
On this site:
Mosby's Men Who Took Part in the Herndon Raid
Biography of John Singleton Mosby
Other sites:
Brentmoor: Mosby Museum, Warrenton (J.S. Mosby Foundation)
The First Vermont Cavalry:
On this site:
Federal Soldiers Captured by Mosby's Men at Herndon
Biography of Major William Wells
Other sites:
Vermont in the Civil War Website
Primary and Secondary Source Accounts:
Mosby's War Reminiscences (1887)
The complete book is digitized and online. Click here to read the whole book. Click the title to read exerpts on the Herndon Raid.Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby, 1867, by Major John S. Scott, reprinted by Olde Soldier Books, Gaithersburg, MD
Mosby's Rangers, 1896, by James J. Wilkinson (a member of the command), reprinted 1992 by Time Life Books.
43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry: Mosby's Command 1993, by Hugh Keen and Horace Mewborn, published by H.E. Howard, Lynchburg, VA (Virginia Regimental Histories Series)
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (searchable online edition at eHistory.com who also have the series avaliable on CD Rom)
Reminiscences of Kitty Kitchen Hanna (Herndon resident, civiilian account of the raid)
History of the First Vermont Cavalry (1888 publication)
Herndon in Wartime:
On this site:
Other sites:
History of Herndon (From the W&OD trail website)
The Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad During the Civil War (From the W&OD trail website)
The Herndon Observer Newspaper
Visit MosbysRangers.comFor information on the event, contact:
Richard Downer: mosbysraid@HRIAssociates.com
(general information, logistics, civic involvement)
Kathryn Coombs: MosbyWeb@aol.com
(reenactors, living history program, website)