Confederate monument memorializes six who were executed near Front Royal
The Prospect Hill Cemetery memorial honors six Confederate soldiers Thomas E. Anderson David L. Jones Lucian Love William Thomas Overby Henry C. Rhodes Albert G. Willis and a soldier known as Carter executed after refusing to reveal Mosby's HQ location. A seventh was killed in Rappahannock County weeks later. Speaker Richard Hoover warned against Confederateophobia and urged preservation of wartime symbols amid national healing after the Civil War.
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Front Royal
Rappahannock
Thomas E. Anderson
David L. Jones
Lucian Love
William Thomas Overby
Henry C. Rhodes
Albert G. Willis
Carter
Mosby
Charles McMaster
Richard Hoover
Mosby Camp
Hoover
Prospect Hill Cemetery
David W. Silek
United States
Mosby era Mosby men executed in war raids era details
Narrative lists Mosby command casualties and executeds including Thomas E. Anderson born 1834 Fauquier County. David L. Jones from Washington County. Lucian Love born 1845 Prince William. Henry C. Rhodes Front Royal resident. William Thomas Overby from Brunswick County. Carter unknown. Albert G. Willis noted ministerial student who refused exemption and was hanged at Gaines Crossroads. burial sites in Prospect Hill Cemetery and Fauquier County. a Warren Rifles Confederate Memorial Museum event and regional remarks on reconciliation and memorial unveiling noting Custer and Mosby.
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Thomas E. Anderson
Fauquier County
Eli
Nancy Anderson
Thomas
Martha A. Megeath
Martha
Burrell Brooks Playground
Samuels Public Library
Criser Road
David L. Jones
Co. D
Wa. Cavalry
Point Lookout
Mosby
Co. A
E. Main St
Jasper N. Jones
William Jones
43Rd Battalion
William E. “Grumble” Jones
David
Washington County
Soldiers Circle
Front Royal
8Th Battalion
Valley Reserves
Desiah W. Ridgeway
Middletown
Joseph M
Mary A
Carter
Killaheviin
North Royal Avenue
Andersons
Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Oak Hill
Newnan
Overby
Albert G. Willis
Virginia
Culpeper County
43Rd Battalion, Cavalry
William H. Chapman
Gaines’ Crossroads
Rappahannock County
Willis
Marlow Farm
Chester Gap Mountain
Baptist
Tax plan eyed over town meals lodging tax split
A memorandum proposes the county pay Winchester Road corridor residents 30 percent of meals and lodging taxes. Town lodging tax yields about 325000 yearly. reducing the rate to 2 percent could cut 216000. Council debated hearings, work sessions, and timelines with no date set.
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Winchester Road
Steven Burke
Council
John P. Connolly
Hollis Tharpe
Hrbek
Timothy Carr
Eugene Tewart
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