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Letter to Editor
November 25, 1869
The Tipton Advertiser
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa
What is this article about?
A Union soldier's letter to the New York Sun denounces Confederate raider John Mosby for wartime atrocities, including the 1864 robbery and burning of a train carrying Colonel Tolles' family and the fatal shooting of Tolles himself, plus hanging Union stragglers, urging no sympathy for him.
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Full Text
Mosby's Murderous Record.
To the Editors of the New York Sun:
Sir: I see in your varied columns that the rebel outlaw Mosby is bragging of his affair with the brave Union Colonel Boyd of my regiment. Boyd would have dishonored himself by accepting a challenge from an outlaw. He should however, have shot the insulting rebel down on the spot, and meted out to the murderer of Union men and the stripper of Union women his just deserts. The following two exploits of the chivalric Mosby not generally known, may serve your readers in forming an idea of the character of the man: In October, 1864, an express train between Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, was attacked by Mosby and his command, and Mrs. C. W. Tolles, wife of Colonel Tolles, Chief Quartermaster on Gen. Sheridan's staff, her child and sister, and the other passengers were turned out destitute and unprotected, the train being robbed and burned. At the same time Col. Tolles himself while on his way with two orderlies to Cedar Creek, where his command lay, was shot by the same outlaw, and died in Winchester, in the presence of his heart-broken, destitute wife, who had been stripped of all by the villain Mosby. This outlaw also hanged five stragglers at Berryville to my knowledge. I acknowledge he is a daring man, but as an unreconstructed rebel and murderous outlaw, he deserves no sympathy. I remain, enclosing my card, yours respectfully,
OHAM DAUNION SOLDIER.
P. S.—Mosby wants Northern men with capital to go South. No doubt to give him a chance to steal the capital, and leave the settler bushwhacked if he complains.
To the Editors of the New York Sun:
Sir: I see in your varied columns that the rebel outlaw Mosby is bragging of his affair with the brave Union Colonel Boyd of my regiment. Boyd would have dishonored himself by accepting a challenge from an outlaw. He should however, have shot the insulting rebel down on the spot, and meted out to the murderer of Union men and the stripper of Union women his just deserts. The following two exploits of the chivalric Mosby not generally known, may serve your readers in forming an idea of the character of the man: In October, 1864, an express train between Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, was attacked by Mosby and his command, and Mrs. C. W. Tolles, wife of Colonel Tolles, Chief Quartermaster on Gen. Sheridan's staff, her child and sister, and the other passengers were turned out destitute and unprotected, the train being robbed and burned. At the same time Col. Tolles himself while on his way with two orderlies to Cedar Creek, where his command lay, was shot by the same outlaw, and died in Winchester, in the presence of his heart-broken, destitute wife, who had been stripped of all by the villain Mosby. This outlaw also hanged five stragglers at Berryville to my knowledge. I acknowledge he is a daring man, but as an unreconstructed rebel and murderous outlaw, he deserves no sympathy. I remain, enclosing my card, yours respectfully,
OHAM DAUNION SOLDIER.
P. S.—Mosby wants Northern men with capital to go South. No doubt to give him a chance to steal the capital, and leave the settler bushwhacked if he complains.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Provocative
Historical
What themes does it cover?
Military War
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Mosby
Civil War
Union Soldier
Outlaw
Train Robbery
Colonel Tolles
Hanging Stragglers
Rebel Guerrilla
What entities or persons were involved?
Oham Daunion Soldier
Editors Of The New York Sun
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Oham Daunion Soldier
Recipient
Editors Of The New York Sun
Main Argument
the writer discredits confederate guerrilla mosby as a murderous outlaw unworthy of sympathy, recounting his attacks on a union train and the killing of colonel tolles in october 1864, and the hanging of five union stragglers.
Notable Details
October 1864 Train Attack Between Harper's Ferry And Martinsburg, Robbing And Burning The Train, Leaving Mrs. C. W. Tolles, Her Child, Sister, And Others Destitute.
Colonel Tolles Shot By Mosby While En Route To Cedar Creek, Dying In Winchester.
Mosby Hanged Five Stragglers At Berryville.
P.S. Warns Against Mosby's Invitation To Northern Men With Capital To Go South, Implying Intent To Steal And Bushwhack.