Chapter 9

REBEL CHIEFS AND THEIR RAIDS.

1863.--Rebel Raids by Stuart, Imboden, and Fitz-Hugh Lee.--John S. Mosby, Guerilla Chief.--His Character.--His Command.-- Daring and Plunder.--Aided by Citizens.--Condition of the Country Favorable for their Depredations.--Our Picket Lines too Light.--Attacks on Pickets at Herndon Station, Cub Run, and Frying-Pan Church.--Miss Laura Ratcliffe, Mosby's Informant.--Mosby at Fairfax Court House.--Capture of General Stoughton.--Fight at Chantilly.--Mosby lauded by His Chiefs. --Mosby beaten at Warrenton Junction.--Severely whipped at Greenwich, where he loses a Howitzer captured from Colonel Baker at Ball's Bluff. 143