JANUARY 6, 1865:
The
Milwaukee Sentinel reports
that Colonel John Singleton Mosby C.S.A.
is dead after receiving a serious abdominal wound. According to the news
report, most details of which are correct, Mosby was killed at the dinner table
during a surprise raid by Federal troops in Rectortown, Virginia. The Sentinel crows: There is no doubt however that he was the redoubtable Mosby.
On January 11th,
the Daily Cleveland Herald proved
Mosby to be beyond all doubt a revenant in an article entitled Mosby Alive and Kicking. Apparently,
the Gray Ghost was even more redoubtable than anybody at first believed. And
even more amazing, it seems that the first thing that happens when you’re resurrected
is that you get a contract with the NFL. Actually, that explains quite a bit.
The Herald also pointed out for those readers utterly unfamiliar with
the Civil War that Davis [is] A Meddler and that Lee [is] A Marplot. Those guys!
At least General Butler [was] Not Surprised. Probably for the first
time in the entire war.
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