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Date/Time: Saturday, March 18, 2023n 10 AM
Microsoft Word - Fredericksburg Tour Marching Orders
Subject Matter: Colonel John Singleton Mosby’s March
9, 1863 daring raid far inside Union lines near the Fairfax
Courthouse
Microsoft Word - Fredericksburg Tour Marching Order
Tour Guide: Don Hackenson – Author, Renowned Mosby
Authority
Gathering Time/Assembly Location: 10 AM /
Truro Anglican Church parking lot (10520 Main St., Fairfax)
– abuts North & Main Streets
Tour Start Time: 10:15 AM
Tour Duration: 1-1/2 hrs.
Lunch (targeted 12
Noon): Ornery Beer Company Public House (Fairfax)
– within walking
distance; individual lunch tab
Mode of Transportation/Clothing: Walking - Dress as
appropriate for prevailing weather conditions, wear
comfortable walking shoes and consider a walking stick if
necessary
- Walking distance: Less than 1⁄2 mile
Tour Stops include:
1. Thomas Murray house: Mosby believed this was the HQs of
LTC Sir Percy Windham. T. Murray was arrested after the raid
and sent to Old Capitol Prison in Wash.
2. Ford House: Residence of Edward R. Ford and his daughter,
Antonia Ford. BG Edwin H. Stoughton’s mother and sister were
staying here, as were various Union officers before and
after the raid. This gave Antonia ample opportunities to
listen and gather military information which she passed on
to J.E.B. Stuart and later to John Mosby. Accused of
assisting Mosby, she was ultimately arrested and sent to Old
Capitol Prison, where she met her future husband, Union
Major Joseph Willard.
3. Joshua Gunnell house: Outhouse Johnstone story
4. Fairfax Courthouse: Mosby and his men would capture
various Union soldiers sleeping in tents on the courthouse
grounds, in addition to the Union telegrapher here.
5. Dr. William Presley Gunnell house: Mosby’s capture of
Union BG Edwin Stoughton
6. Fairfax Cemetery: Optional
Cost: Free to All
BRCWRT Contact: Jim Lewis,
antietam1862@verizon.net 703 620-2956
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