On this battle flag the names of lost men were written on it as they progressed.
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loginMajor Robert H. Simpson, one of Front Royal's finest.
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loginOn September 23rd 1899, 7 of Col.
John Singleton Mosby's men surrendered and were executed under the orders of Brigadier
General George Armstrong Custard; yes, the same Custard that died at the
Battle of the Little Bighorn.
What was highly unusual during this period about Brigadier General George Armstrong Custard was his newly wed bride, he dressed her up blues and took her on his campaigns. Meet Elizabeth Bacon.
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loginThe point of this that is (maybe noteworthy) that to this day many Front Royal folks have a hatred for Gen. Armstrong. He executed 7 POWs, one was a young man that happen to ride along with Mosby's men that day when they were captured.
Six captive Rangers involved in the fight at Front Royal were captured and condemned to die. As a band slowly marched through Front Royal playing the dead march, the six prisoners were led to their deaths. Two Rangers, David Jones and Lucian Love, were shot in front of a church and left to die in their own blood. While that was occurring, Thomas Anderson was marched to an elm tree south of the town and shot.
A pair of horsemen next rode through Front Royal's main streets, dragging 17-year-old civilian Henry Rhodes behind them with a rope. His crying mother tried to save the nearly unconscious boy, but her pleas were ignored. Rhodes was dragged to an open field north of town, where he was shot in the face by a volunteer who 'emptied his pistol upon him.' His body, dumped in a wheel-barrow and covered with a sheet, was left at his mother's door.
Four of Mosby’s men were shot, but two including Overby were hanged, having refused to reveal the location of Mosby’s headquarters. Near Berryville a month and a half later, on November 7, Mosby ordered the execution of seven captured Federals, most of them from Custer’s command, in retribution.
Every Halloween party that i go to with my family in Front Royal invariably someone dresses up as Gen. Custard.
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Thanks for reading,
Eric
