A Virginia Military Institute Cadet, Charles H. Dear enlisted as a Private at the age of 16 in Company D, Mosby's Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Partisan Rangers).
∼Private Charles Henry Dear was 16 years old and a VMI Cadet when he was the 19th man to enlist in Colonel John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Company D in Paris, Virginia. Dear attended VMI during 1862-1863 but left VMI to join up with John Singleton Mosby. He was one of 24 men who participated in Mosby's March, 1863 Fairfax Raid where he captured Union General Edwin Stoughton and 29 horses. President Lincoln's comment when hearing about the raid was that he didn't mind much losing a general, since he could create one with a stroke of his pen, but he surely hated to lose those horses. In addition to the Fairfax Raid Charlie Dear participated in the Miskel's Farm fight, wagon train attacks between Newton & Winchester, Point of Rocks, Mt. Zion Church, Greenback Raid on the B&O RR near Duffield Station, WV, Dulaney's near Upperville, Reno's Cavalry near Charles Town, WV, Mt. Carmel Church, Hamilton, Summit Point, WV, and Arundel's Tavern. In the famous Greenback Raid, $160,000.00 was captured from Union Paymaster Major Ruggles. Dear was the first to enter the train and killed Major Ruggles in a pistol duel. Dear was often fondly remembered by Colonel Mosby in later years. Dear was wounded 12 times by bullets and numerous saber thrusts. Five of his ancestors were in the Revolutionary War. After the Civil War, Dear managed the Washington House in Washington, VA which still exists today as the Inn at Little Washington. At his funeral, his casket was covered with flowers and the Confederate flag.
∼Private Charles Henry Dear was 16 years old and a VMI Cadet when he was the 19th man to enlist in Colonel John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Company D in Paris, Virginia. Dear attended VMI during 1862-1863 but left VMI to join up with John Singleton Mosby. He was one of 24 men who participated in Mosby's March, 1863 Fairfax Raid where he captured Union General Edwin Stoughton and 29 horses. President Lincoln's comment when hearing about the raid was that he didn't mind much losing a general, since he could create one with a stroke of his pen, but he surely hated to lose those horses. In addition to the Fairfax Raid Charlie Dear participated in the Miskel's Farm fight, wagon train attacks between Newton & Winchester, Point of Rocks, Mt. Zion Church, Greenback Raid on the B&O RR near Duffield Station, WV, Dulaney's near Upperville, Reno's Cavalry near Charles Town, WV, Mt. Carmel Church, Hamilton, Summit Point, WV, and Arundel's Tavern. In the famous Greenback Raid, $160,000.00 was captured from Union Paymaster Major Ruggles. Dear was the first to enter the train and killed Major Ruggles in a pistol duel. Dear was often fondly remembered by Colonel Mosby in later years. Dear was wounded 12 times by bullets and numerous saber thrusts. Five of his ancestors were in the Revolutionary War. After the Civil War, Dear managed the Washington House in Washington, VA which still exists today as the Inn at Little Washington. At his funeral, his casket was covered with flowers and the Confederate flag.
A Virginia Military Institute Cadet, Charles H. Dear enlisted as a Private at the age of 16 in Company D, Mosby's Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Partisan Rangers).
∼Private Charles Henry Dear was 16 years old and a VMI Cadet when he was the 19th man to enlist in Colonel John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Company D in Paris, Virginia. Dear attended VMI during 1862-1863 but left VMI to join up with John Singleton Mosby. He was one of 24 men who participated in Mosby's March, 1863 Fairfax Raid where he captured Union General Edwin Stoughton and 29 horses. President Lincoln's comment when hearing about the raid was that he didn't mind much losing a general, since he could create one with a stroke of his pen, but he surely hated to lose those horses. In addition to the Fairfax Raid Charlie Dear participated in the Miskel's Farm fight, wagon train attacks between Newton & Winchester, Point of Rocks, Mt. Zion Church, Greenback Raid on the B&O RR near Duffield Station, WV, Dulaney's near Upperville, Reno's Cavalry near Charles Town, WV, Mt. Carmel Church, Hamilton, Summit Point, WV, and Arundel's Tavern. In the famous Greenback Raid, $160,000.00 was captured from Union Paymaster Major Ruggles. Dear was the first to enter the train and killed Major Ruggles in a pistol duel. Dear was often fondly remembered by Colonel Mosby in later years. Dear was wounded 12 times by bullets and numerous saber thrusts. Five of his ancestors were in the Revolutionary War. After the Civil War, Dear managed the Washington House in Washington, VA which still exists today as the Inn at Little Washington. At his funeral, his casket was covered with flowers and the Confederate flag.
∼Private Charles Henry Dear was 16 years old and a VMI Cadet when he was the 19th man to enlist in Colonel John Singleton Mosby's 43rd Virginia Cavalry, Company D in Paris, Virginia. Dear attended VMI during 1862-1863 but left VMI to join up with John Singleton Mosby. He was one of 24 men who participated in Mosby's March, 1863 Fairfax Raid where he captured Union General Edwin Stoughton and 29 horses. President Lincoln's comment when hearing about the raid was that he didn't mind much losing a general, since he could create one with a stroke of his pen, but he surely hated to lose those horses. In addition to the Fairfax Raid Charlie Dear participated in the Miskel's Farm fight, wagon train attacks between Newton & Winchester, Point of Rocks, Mt. Zion Church, Greenback Raid on the B&O RR near Duffield Station, WV, Dulaney's near Upperville, Reno's Cavalry near Charles Town, WV, Mt. Carmel Church, Hamilton, Summit Point, WV, and Arundel's Tavern. In the famous Greenback Raid, $160,000.00 was captured from Union Paymaster Major Ruggles. Dear was the first to enter the train and killed Major Ruggles in a pistol duel. Dear was often fondly remembered by Colonel Mosby in later years. Dear was wounded 12 times by bullets and numerous saber thrusts. Five of his ancestors were in the Revolutionary War. After the Civil War, Dear managed the Washington House in Washington, VA which still exists today as the Inn at Little Washington. At his funeral, his casket was covered with flowers and the Confederate flag.
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CHARLES H. DEAR / 1846 - 1929 / SON OF / AMOS AND PHOEBE MILLER DEAR / 43RD BATTALION VIRGINIA / VOLUNTEER CAVALRY / COMPANY D. / COMMANDED BY / COL. JOHN S. MOSBY / MEMBER SONS / OF / AMERICAN REVOLUTION / ADA McGEORGE DEAR / 1848 - 1930 / DAUGHTER OF / ROBERT HUME PIERCE / AND / ANNE McGEORGE PIERCE / FIRST PRESIDENT / OF / RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY / CHAPTER OF / DAUGHTERS / OF / CONFEDERACY
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