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Goosemaster said:
Lol mosby is a guy from the movie The Searchers
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FWIW, I've never been a fan of The Searchers. Mosby is also the name of the "Gray Ghost".. commander of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Calvary...also known as Mosby's Rangers. They operated in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia also known as "Mosby's Confederacy". They fought off horseback. No Confederate uniforms or rifles. They dressed like civilians and carried pistols and swords. They were to be shot or hung when captured by Union forces. My wife's great great grandfather was second in command of Mosby's Ranger.s. His brother Sam fought with the Rangers and was known as the "Fighting Pastor". A Baptist Minister, Sam volunteered when the Spanish American War broke out and was with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders when they charged San Juan Hill. My wife is also related to Jeb Stuart. Mosby survived the war and became friends with a California ranching family. He used to take their son out for horseback rides and talk about battles from the Civil War. You might have heard of the boy.....his name was George....George Patton.

Now isn't that much more interesting than a character from an old lousy movie?
 
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Mosby said:
FWIW, I've never been a fan of The Searchers. Mosby is also the name of the "Gray Ghost".. commander of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Calvary...also known as Mosby's Rangers. They operated in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia also know as "Mosby's Confederacy". They fought off horseback. No Confederate uniforms or rifles. They dressed like civilians and carried pistols and swords. They were to be shot or hung when captured by Union forces. My wife's great great grandfather was second in command of Mosby's Ranger.s. His brother Sam fought with the Rangers and was known as the "Fighting Pastor". A Baptist Minister, Sam volunteered when the Spanish American War broke out and was with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders when they charged San Juan Hill. My wife is also related to Jeb Stuart. Mosby survived the war and became friends with a California ranching family. He used to take their son out for horseback rides and talk about battles from the Civil War. You might have heard of the boy.....his name was George....George Patton.

Now isn't that much more interesting than a character from an old lousy movie?
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Cool story, love the history
 
Mosby said:
FWIW, I've never been a fan of The Searchers. Mosby is also the name of the "Gray Ghost".. commander of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Calvary...also known as Mosby's Rangers. They operated in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia also known as "Mosby's Confederacy". They fought off horseback. No Confederate uniforms or rifles. They dressed like civilians and carried pistols and swords. They were to be shot or hung when captured by Union forces. My wife's great great grandfather was second in command of Mosby's Ranger.s. His brother Sam fought with the Rangers and was known as the "Fighting Pastor". A Baptist Minister, Sam volunteered when the Spanish American War broke out and was with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders when they charged San Juan Hill. My wife is also related to Jeb Stuart. Mosby survived the war and became friends with a California ranching family. He used to take their son out for horseback rides and talk about battles from the Civil War. You might have heard of the boy.....his name was George....George Patton.

Now isn't that much more interesting than a character from an old lousy movie?
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That is interesting, I'll have to Google that I guess and look into it. I had a relative that was in the Confederate Army, he was a private, and was shot in the head and killed at Gettysburg.
 
Another interesting story(at least I thought so).. George Custer was hated in the Shenadough Valley. He burned everything in sight in the 1864 campaign called "The burning". After one skirmish he captured and hung 6 of Mosby's men. It is believed Custer witnessed the hangings. In retaliation, Mosby captured and hung 7 of Custer's men. After that, Gen. Phil Sheridan ordered his troops to stop hanging Mosby's men. Mosby did the same.
 
Goosemaster said:
So what's the south Dakota report?
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I purposely didn't hunt That1uncle's area, because I know there are no pheasants there, as he has also reported. But my area was much like many other resident weekends. Enough pheasants to shoot at & get excited about. But also lots of standing corn & wind, plus a little rain. I suspect numbers will be up where I hunt, a little at least. We'll know more once they're done harvesting corn. Then once we get some significant snow (assuming it happens this year; last 2 years have been meager), we'll see for sure after birds bunch up a bit.
 
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