The Caleb Rector
House at Atoka, Virginia
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Interpretive Marker: They Did Their Job
Courtesy of Lee Hohenstein, Omaha, NE
Here Confederate army Col. John Singleton Mosby signed the documents
on June 10, 1863, officially organizing his Civil War Rangers into Company
A of the 43rd Battalion of the Virginia Cavalry. General Jeb Stuart
erected his headquarters tent here on June 23, 1863 and received word from
General Lee that he should follow the Union army into Pennsylvania and
harass them as he saw fit. The house is now owned by The Atoka
Preservation Society and serves as the headquarters of The Mosby Heritage
Area Association |
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Ebenezer Chapel – Route 719 north of
route 50, east of Upperville
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Ebenezer Chapel
Here on October 14th 1864 the $173,000 captured during the Greenback raid
was divided amongst the men each receiving about $2100. Some of the
Rangers wasted their money foolishly while others saved their share to
purchase farms after the war |
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Ebenezer Chapel
As was his custom Mosby refused his share and had it distributed among
his men. Each Ranger chipped in and purchased the horse “Croquette” for
him. This was a horse he had admired at “Oatlands” near Leesburg and which
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Hatcher House – Route 50
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The house was home of Mosby Rangers Harry and Daniel Hatcher. These
two brothers along with “Big Yankee” Ames had a running gunfight with
Union cavalry here in mid-April 1863 resulting in the wounding of Ames |
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Harry Hatcher
Harry Hatcher (shown in this photograph taken during the war) and his
brother Daniel served with Company A, 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's
Rangers) |
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