 SOLDIERS : I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision we cherished of a free and independent country has vanished, and that country is now the spoil of a conqueror. I disband your organization in preference to surrendering to our enemies.  Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerilla - Page 270by John W. Munson - 1906 - 277 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. Marshall Crawford - United States - 1867 - 410 pages
...command the following farewell address : " HEADQUARTERS 13 VA. BAT. VOL. CAVALRY, FAUQUJER Co. VA., April 21, 1865. " SOLDIERS : I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision we have cherished for a free and indepen31* (365) dent country has vanished, and that country... | |
 | Lizzie Cary Daniel - Confederate States of America - 1893 - 296 pages
...TO HIS TROOPS. Just before running away Mosby issued the following address to his troops: FAUQUIER, April 21, 1865. Soldiers, — I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision we have cherished of a free and independent country has vanished, and that country is now the... | |
 | James J. Williamson - United States - 1895 - 522 pages
...Mosby's Farewell to his command was read by the commander of each squad ron to his men : Fauquier, April 21, 1865. SOLDIERS: I have summoned you together...have vanished, and that country is now the spoil of a conqueror. I disband your organization in preference to surrendering it to our enemies. I am now... | |
 | George Baylor - History - 1900 - 434 pages
...many with four. The men being drawn up in line, the following address was read to them : FAUQUIER, April 21, 1865. Soldiers, — I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision that we have cherished of a free and independent country has vanished, and that country is now... | |
 | James J. Williamson - United States - 1909 - 586 pages
...arranged, Mosby's Farewell to his command was read by the commander of each squad ron to his men : Fauquier County, April 21, 1865. SOLDIERS : I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision we cherished of a free and independent country has vanished, and that country is now the spoil... | |
 | John Singleton Mosby - United States - 1917 - 488 pages
...Monteiro, and my brother, Wm. H. Mosby, who was my adjutant. JSM) [Mosby's Farewell Address to his Command] Fauquier County, April 21, 1865. Soldiers — I have...visions we have cherished of a free and independent WILLIAM H. MOSBY Colonel Mosby's Adjutant and only brother. Photographed (about) 1867 country have... | |
 | Paul Ashdown, Edward Caudill - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 278 pages
...Mosby rode before a line of horsemen while company commanders read the colonel's farewell address: "Soldiers, I have summoned you together for the last...have vanished, and that country is now the spoil of a conqueror. I disband your organization in preference to surrendering it to our enemies."27 On April... | |
 | 102 pages
...Marshall, about twelve miles from Warrenton, and took leave of them in the following words: Faquier County April 21, 1865 Soldiers: I have summoned you together for the last time. The vision we cherished for a free and independent country has vanished, and that country is now the spoil... | |
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