The Case of a Grave Marker Inscribed “Assassinated”
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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A grave marker in Loudoun County, Va., bearing the word “assassinated” leads to the story of a trooper in Confederate Lt. Col. Elijah Viers “Lige” White’s 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. Known for bold raids and relentless attacks, Mobberly terrorized the region until Union soldiers ambushed and killed him in April 1865.
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