Starlight Raid bay Stuart andRobert E

Stuart andRobert E

The two vessels hammered away at each other so close they collided five times

Silently they crossed the bridge over Will's Creek and up Baltimore Street

the glory and pageantry of the American Civil War

The Virginia opened fire almost muzzle to muzzle with the Cumberland

Starlight Raid bay Stuart andRobert EMajor John S. Mosby & Captain Frank Stringfellow Loudoun Heights, Virginia January 10, 1864 A blanket of snow covered the Virginia countryside in the early days of January when Major John S. Mosby, commanding the 43rd Battalion of Partisan Rangers, received an intriguing communique. The message was from Captain Frank Stringfellow, a well known trusted scout of J. E. B. Stuart andRobert E. Lee. Stringfellow had a reputation for providing accurate