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1 not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. News Events Membership & Donation Subscribe Forward to a Friend Mosby Heritage Area Association Newsletter - March 2014 Welcome, New Members! On behalf of the Board of Directors, volunteers, and supporters of MHAA, we warmly welcome our new members: Mr. John Anderson Ms Carrie Blair Ms Tracy Cover Mr. & Mrs. Mike Friedlein Ms Annamary Sullivan Upcoming Events: Saturday, March 29, 2014, 10:00 am Clashing Cavalry in Eastern Loudoun, A Sesquicentennial Program Room LW-118 Waddell Building Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College 1000 Harry Flood Byrd Hwy Sterling, Virginia The Loudoun County Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, with the Loudoun Campus of the Northern Virginia Community College, will commemorate two Civil War cavalry battles fought in eastern Loudoun. While most of Loudoun s Civil War action was west of Goose Creek, in Loudoun Valley and along Route 50, these two actions both involved Mosby s Rangers. Guests may park for free at Campus Avenue s Lot B-2. There is no charge for the event. Featured speakers will be local historian Brian Boucher and Eric Buckland, Mosby historian. Special interpretations will be presented by the Gray Ghost Interpretive Group from the Mosby Heritage Area Association. 1 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

2 Sunday, May 4, 2014, 10:00 am 7th Annual Mosby Ride Exploring Historic Rectortown Claybrook Home of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Higginson 3131 Lost Corner Road Rectortown, Virginia Join us on a two-hour walk/ride in and around the Fauquier County village of Rectortown. The ride will visit historic sites associated with the Civil War command of Colonel John S. Mosby and the 1862 occupation of Rectortown by Union General George B. McClellan. Members of the Gray Ghost Interpretive Group will provide stories of the famed 1864 Lottery, Mosby s use of safe houses, and attacks on the railroad. Riders will be allowed to explore graffiti in a warehouse used to hold captured Union soldiers. Lunch will follow the ride. Riders will need to sign a waiver form and present a copy of a Coggins Test for their horses. The registration form and waiver can be downloaded from MHAA website. $45 for MHAA members and past participants (includes lunch) $50 for non-members (includes lunch) $25 for lunch (non-riders who wish to join us for lunch) Saturday, May 10, 2014, 1:00 pm The Final Rendezvous: A Visit to Mosby Rangers Graves in Mt. Zion Church, Sharon and Ivy Hill Cemeteries Meet at Mt. Zion Church John Mosby Highway Aldie, Virginia of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

3 Join Eric Buckland and Don Hakenson on a tour of the final resting places of 49 of Mosby s Rangers; Mt. Zion Church, Sharon, and Ivy Hill Cemeteries. The tour will visit some of these graves where anecdotes about the men s lives, both during the war and after, will be told. There will be a stop at the Caleb Rector House in Atoka to visit the site where John Mosby officially formed Company A of the 43rd Battalion of the Virginia Cavalry. Refreshments will be offered at the Rector House. Participants will travel from site to site in their own vehicles. $15 for MHAA members $20 for non-members Also on Saturday, May 10, 2014, 7:30 pm Cavaliers, Courage and Coffee Program Mosby Safe House Life at Belle Grove Belle Grove 1402 Winchester Road Delaplane, Virginia The Gray Ghost Interpretive Group will present a series of dramatic reminiscences at dusk and by lantern-light that explore the nature of life at a Mosby safe house in 3 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

4 1844. Belle Grove was the home of noted diarist Amanda Virginia Edmonds who recorded it all. $8 Adults, $4 Students Since our Last Newsletter: March 2, 2014 Meet the Artist Event with Local Hunt Country Photographer Douglas Lees Blue Ridge Farm More than sixty guests joined local photographer Douglas Lees at lovely Blue Ridge Farm for an artist s open house. We were treated to poignant photographs of our local landscape, foxhunting and equestrian scenes. Douglas captivated the audience with his knowledge of the last five decades of equestrian history and his description of how the photography of that history has evolved. We want to thank our hosts, George Grayson and Maria Tousimis for allowing MHAA to use Blue Ridge Farm as the setting for this wonderful program. We would also like to thank our sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Childs Burden, Carr and Hyde Insurance, The Fauquier Bank, Joan of Art Custom Framing, Mr. & Mrs. Chiswell Langhorne, Mr. & Mrs. Marc Leepson, the Luminescence Foundation, Mr. H. Turney McKnight and Oak View National Bank. Douglas selected nine of his best photographs for sale by MHAA at this event. They are matted and sell for $95 each. If you are interested in seeing and/or purchasing one of these amazing photographs, contact our office at Douglas Lees and Turney McKnight, photographer Steve decata 4 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

5 Guests at Blue Ridge Farm, photographer Steve decata George Grayson, photographer Steve decata 5 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

6 Douglas Lees, photographer Steve decata March 23, 2014 Conversations in History Series 1864: The Year of Total War in the Mosby Heritage Area Mt. Zion Historic Park Fifty-four people joined MHAA and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority at Mt. Zion Historic Park to hear Rich Gillespie speak about the Civil War history of the Mosby Heritage Area during 1864 and the impact on soldiers and civilians alike. Childs Burden, president of MHAA and Rich spoke to the efforts of the Piedmont Environmental Council who has worked to preserve the south side of Route 50 and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority and the organizations that preceded its purchase of the church property who have worked to preserve the north side of Route 50. These combined efforts have preserved the viewshed of the church west of the church to Aldie Gap. Photo of the Month by J. Riley Stewart 6 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

7 Arched Bridge over the Creek on Cider Mill Road "Arched Bridge over the Creek on Cider Mill Road" is a scene of a small stream in the Area Between the Hills, Loudoun County. A bright sunrise seemed to be commanding the dormant grasses along the stream to wake up and enjoy the long-overdue warmth of March. See our monthly chronicle of beautiful scenes from the Mosby Heritage Area at Copyright J Riley Stewart (Contact the photographer at to acquire a print of this scene). Sale Ending in April! Winter just won t leave us! But our sale of MHAA store items will end on April 30, just as winter will have to end eventually. The items listed below are marked at discounted prices to move them out of the MHAA store. Because there are limited copies of the books being offered, to take advantage of this offer, we ask you contact MHAA for payment. ( or info@mosbyheritagearea.org). Eric Buckland Publications on Mosby s Men Mosby's Keydet Rangers includes a large amount of previously unpublished material that gives the reader new insights into the young men who matriculated at VMI and rode with Colonel John Singleton Mosby. $25 with shipping The Mosby s Men CD is a collection of more than 1,000 photographs of Mosby Rangers and their final resting places. Mosby Ranger Reunion and other group photos are also on the CD. $13 with shipping Recollections of a Mosby Ranger: Andrew Hetherton Nott is a booklet with recollections from Andrew Nott, a good read of how life was like with the Rangers. $5 with shipping The Millionaire Mosby Ranger: Charles Broadway Rouss is a booklet about 7 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM

8 Ranger Rouss who after the war went from rags to riches. $5 with shipping Charles Broadway Rouss: Mosby Ranger Millionaire Philanthropist is an expanded version of the Charles Rouss 8 ½ x 11 booklet. $12 with shipping John Hennessy Books John Hennessy is the ultimate historian on the First and Second Battles of Manassas. His books on the topic are must reads for these battles: The First Battle of Manassas and Return to Bull Run. The First Battle of Manassas - $12 with shipping Return to Bull Run - $15 with shipping Please Like Us on Facebook! The Mosby Heritage Area Association Follow us on 2012 Mosby Heritage Area Association All Rights Reserved P.O. Box 1497, Middleburg, VA us here to unsubscribe to this Newsletter. 8 of 8 11/30/15, 1:11 PM