Mosby's Rangers in Warrenton ship Streight's amazement and despair Forrest

Streight's amazement and despair Forrest was back on his trail

Many Southerners later came to believe that Pickett’s Charge represented the “High Water Mark” of Confederate hopes for independence

by John Paul Strain

The business of a soldier is to fight

In the 1890's

Mosby's Rangers in Warrenton ship Streight's amazement and despair ForrestWarrenton, Virginia was Mosbys Rangers country. The Rangers were a partisan unit of local young men that operated in and around Fauquier, Loudoun and Fairfax counties. Using the tactics of unexpected lightning raids, clandestine night operations, and then disappearing into the countryside brought fear and uncertainty to Federal soldiers. Whether real or imagined, no Federal soldier ever felt safe in Northern Virginia. After Mosby and his Rangers