Mosby's Men in Southern Maryland

[Thomas Thorne]

[quote='Rob Wick' pid='1567' dateline='1343657087']
As an aside, I found a letter from Mosby to S.S. McClure in Tarbell's papers last night. In it he said he would be pleased to write a reminisce for the magazine and that he did so not for the glory but for the money.

I have yet to be convinced of the "Come Retribution" thesis but am eager to be shown persuasive evidence of its validity. Mosby's willingness to share his knowledge for financial reasons must have reflected the situation of many an elderly ex confederate of let's say the early 1900's.
I find it hard to believe that financial motives would not have persuaded at least one of them to have gone public with the sensastional revelation of Confederate complicity in Lincoln's assassination. Nobody was going to prosecute anyone. It is surprising that a Finis Bates did not come forward and seek his fortune by faking a Confederate conspiracy.
Tom