Mosby himself barely escaped being captured on this occasion, and he carried the mark of a sabre-cut on his arm.
Mr. Mosby was sent on his way with all due convention and dispatch with a little of sentimentality thrown in for good measure.
Despite the Union doctor's pronouncement of his impending death, Mosby was back in action again near the end of February, 1865.
He looked as though he had just left Mosby's gang of guerrillas.
They became good friends, and when Mosby received his separate command, he took Beattie with him.