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The developing antagonism between Samuel Means, commissioned captain of the new Loudoun Rangers Company, and Elijah White, a prosperous farmer who organized the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry after distinguishing himself during the Battle of Ball's Bluff, is also discussed. Determined to \"whip Means\" and \"traitors\" to the Confederate cause, White marched north towards Leesburg on August 25, 1862 and sent scouts to Waterford. The Loudoun Rangers were encamped in Waterford Baptist Church with Lieutenant Luther Slater (1891-1909) in command, as Means had retired to his former home in the lower end of town. White's men surrounded the church in order to ambush and capture the Rangers. However, one of his men prematurely opened fire, causing the Ranger scouts to return fire, starting the battle. Slater was severely wounded and placed Charles A. Webster (ca.1838-1863; aka Charles Brown), the Rangers' controversial drill sergeant, in charge. Divine notes the battle's casualties, as well as the fact that the battle was hardly mentioned in official records, as it had no major effect on either army. He concludes the speech by discussing the preservation of the church itself in the years succeeding the battle.","\"The Battle at Waterford Baptist Church\" is the only item in this collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNo physical characteristics affect use of this material.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["No physical characteristics affect use of this material.\n"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eJohn Divine's speech \"The Battle at Waterford Baptist Church\" recounts both the events of the battle and the background of the people involved. 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Reprint, n.p.: Time-Life Books, 1982.","John Divine, a local historian, did extensive research about Civil War battles in Loudoun County, including the battle of Miskel's Farm. On March 31, 1863, Colonel John S. Mosby (6 Dec 1833-30 May 1916) and about sixty-nine volunteers set out from Rector's Crossroads in Loudoun County to attack Union pickets near Dranesville, but discovered that the pickets had withdrawn out of reach beyond Difficult Run. They returned down Leesburg Pike and encamped at about 10:00 PM at Miskel's Farm, near where Broad Run emptied into the Potomac, north-east of Leesburg. The farm had belonged to George Miskel (abt. 1818-1860) and his wife before passing to a new owner after their death. Mosby and a few others slept in the farmhouse, and most of the men slept in the barn loft, with the exception of Richard \"Dick\" Moran (1814-1869), who had left the group to spend the night with a personal friend named Green. Miskel's Farm was surrounded by two fences: an outer fence enclosing the cultivated fields, and an inner fence surrounding the barnyard. Mosby could easily be trapped if attacked, but as far as he knew the closest enemy was eighteen miles away, and Miskel's Farm was the only place he could be sure of obtaining feed for his horses.","A Union sympathizer saw Mosby's men that afternoon and sent word to the Union lines across Difficult Run. Captain Henry Flint (?-1 April 1863) of the First Vermont Cavalry set out with two squadrons to surprise Mosby. On their way down Leesburg Pike, Flint and his men stopped briefly at Green's farm, where Dick Moran was staying. As soon as Flint and his men moved on, Moran galloped off cross-country to warn Mosby. 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Flint had the element of surprise and statistically should have won, but making a frontal assault was a mistake. Once he was killed, his leaderless men changed from the trappers to the trapped.","About May 30, 1863 Mosby encountered the First Vermont again. He had just captured and destroyed a train on the Virginia and Alexandra Railroad with theaid of a howitzer when he realized that Federals were quickly approaching. Eventually he had to abandon the gun in order to escape, but, in Mosby's words, he \"resolved to make them pay for it as dearly as possible\" by raking the enemy repeatedly with grape shot as, once again, they came marching up in a frontal assault.","Processed by Matthew Exline, 30 January 2008\n","John E. Divine, \"The Civil War Moves Across Loudoun,\" Leesburg Today, September 21, 1994: 4. 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The farm had belonged to George Miskel (abt. 1818-1860) and his wife before passing to a new owner after their death. Mosby and a few others slept in the farmhouse, and most of the men slept in the barn loft, with the exception of Richard \"Dick\" Moran (1814-1869), who had left the group to spend the night with a personal friend named Green. Miskel's Farm was surrounded by two fences: an outer fence enclosing the cultivated fields, and an inner fence surrounding the barnyard. Mosby could easily be trapped if attacked, but as far as he knew the closest enemy was eighteen miles away, and Miskel's Farm was the only place he could be sure of obtaining feed for his horses.","A Union sympathizer saw Mosby's men that afternoon and sent word to the Union lines across Difficult Run. Captain Henry Flint (?-1 April 1863) of the First Vermont Cavalry set out with two squadrons to surprise Mosby. 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Reprint, n.p.: Time-Life Books, 1982.","John Divine, a local historian, did extensive research about Civil War battles in Loudoun County, including the battle of Miskel's Farm. On March 31, 1863, Colonel John S. Mosby (6 Dec 1833-30 May 1916) and about sixty-nine volunteers set out from Rector's Crossroads in Loudoun County to attack Union pickets near Dranesville, but discovered that the pickets had withdrawn out of reach beyond Difficult Run. They returned down Leesburg Pike and encamped at about 10:00 PM at Miskel's Farm, near where Broad Run emptied into the Potomac, north-east of Leesburg. The farm had belonged to George Miskel (abt. 1818-1860) and his wife before passing to a new owner after their death. Mosby and a few others slept in the farmhouse, and most of the men slept in the barn loft, with the exception of Richard \"Dick\" Moran (1814-1869), who had left the group to spend the night with a personal friend named Green. Miskel's Farm was surrounded by two fences: an outer fence enclosing the cultivated fields, and an inner fence surrounding the barnyard. Mosby could easily be trapped if attacked, but as far as he knew the closest enemy was eighteen miles away, and Miskel's Farm was the only place he could be sure of obtaining feed for his horses.","A Union sympathizer saw Mosby's men that afternoon and sent word to the Union lines across Difficult Run. Captain Henry Flint (?-1 April 1863) of the First Vermont Cavalry set out with two squadrons to surprise Mosby. On their way down Leesburg Pike, Flint and his men stopped briefly at Green's farm, where Dick Moran was staying. As soon as Flint and his men moved on, Moran galloped off cross-country to warn Mosby. 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