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On the night of March 9, 1863 Confederate partisan John S. Mosby Rangers staged a daring raid into Union Territory and captured Brig. Gen. Edwin H.Stoughton at Fairfax Court House. Stoughton had hosted a party for his visiting mother and sister, who were staying at the home of Confederate spy Antonia Ford. After leaving the party, Stoughton retired to a nearby house that served as his headquarters. Mosby allegedly found Stoughton in bed, rousing him with a slap to his rear. Upon being so rudely awakened, the general shouted, "Do you know who I am?" Mosby quickly replied, "Do you know Mosby, general?" "Yes! Have you got the rascal?" "No but he has got you!" Apparently, Gen. Stoughton was not popular with the officers and men of the brigade, and few mourned his loss. President Lincoln, on hearing of the capture, said "he did not so much mind the loss of a brigadier general, for he could make another in five minutes; 'but those horses cost $125 apiece!' |
 John S. Mosby  Edwin H. Stoughton |
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- Fairfax County Courthouse ~ March 9, 1862 - Correct Responces: Bill Chisolm |
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