Who is this person?

[L Verge]

Thank you, Steve, for the information, and I am passing it along to the Mosby researchers. So far, none of them are aware of Harry Cooke (or his legal name of Horatio Green Cooke).

While I happen to be a fan of Mosby and his Rangers, I suspect that (if Cooke's story is true) it is not something that Mosby's biographers over the years would want to include in their writings. That gap in his records, however, is quite suspicious, and I wonder if Lincoln's Federal Scouts remained anonymous, much like the Confederate Underground.

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Regarding Oldroyd, Dr. Wayne Temple writes about him in his book entitled By Square and Compass: Saga of the Lincoln Home. Possibly there are some observations in there that are unavailable in any other source.

Thanks, Roger, I just passed this on to Al Hunter.