St. Peter's or Horsehead? Is the Stage Route the Answer?

[SSlater]

This I will call 'Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jet, and their career with Mosby.]
These 3 Troopers have been assigned a glorious title by virtue of unknown facts. They are said to be "Mosby Men"
BOSH! You are not assigned that title - You earn it.
Back ground: Mortimer B (Bainbridge) Ruggles was the son of General Daniel Ruggles, and was appointed the rank of Lieutenant and was to act as an aide to his Dad, in the front Office wherever they went. As the war progressed, and the General got different assignments, the need for an aide diminished, so Mortimer found a job as a Lieutenant under the well known Captain Thomas Nelson Conrad, the well known Spy and Regimental Chaplain. Conrad maintained a Camp in King George. Ruggles was considered to be his second-in-command. There were several others based at Conrad's Camp, but we are not interested in them for this report. Ruggles then was living at home with a commission as a Lieutenant. Conrad's job was spying and he did do it, and he did it well.
William S. (Storke) Jett was an 18 year old Private in the 9th. VA. Cavalry, who was wounded on 29 June 1864 nd sent home to King George to recover. During this period he also acted as a Commissary Agent. It was his job to collect "taxes" from he local residents to be sent to the troops.
Absolom R. (Ruggles) Bainbridge. - only 17 - and a Private in 3rd VA. Inf. was also a relative of General Ruggles (Uncle / Nephew, I think) and was in King George with nothing to do.

In December 1864, Lt. Col. William Chapman, of Mosby's Command arrived in King George with 4 Companies of the Command, to "Winter", on the Northern Neck, away from the Farmers in Upperville, VA, to give some relief to those who had been housing and feeding Mosby's men during their various campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley. They remained here between December and late March 1865(say April 1, 1865), when they were ordered to return to Mosby in the Loudon County area of Virginia.

Before leaving King George, L/C Chapman did a little recruiting, and convinced Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett that they should join the 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry and they did sign up. The main party of the Rangers gathered up a few wagon loads of food and a small herd of cattle and set out for Upperville.

WOOPEE! Now Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett will get to meet C

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This I will call 'Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jet, and their career with Mosby.]
These 3 Troopers have been assigned a glorious title by virtue of unknown facts. They are said to be "Mosby Men"
BOSH! You are not assigned that title - You earn it.
Back ground: Mortimer B (Bainbridge) Ruggles was the son of General Daniel Ruggles, and was appointed the rank of Lieutenant and was to act as an aide to his Dad, in the front Office wherever they went. As the war progressed, and the General got different assignments, the need for an aide diminished, so Mortimer found a job as a Lieutenant under the well known Captain Thomas Nelson Conrad, the well known Spy and Regimental Chaplain. Conrad maintained a Camp in King George. Ruggles was considered to be his second-in-command. There were several others based at Conrad's Camp, but we are not interested in them for this report. Ruggles then was living at home with a commission as a Lieutenant. Conrad's job was spying and he did do it, and he did it well.
William S. (Storke) Jett was an 18 year old Private in the 9th. VA. Cavalry, who was wounded on 29 June 1864 nd sent home to King George to recover. During this period he also acted as a Commissary Agent. It was his job to collect "taxes" from he local residents to be sent to the troops.
Absolom R. (Ruggles) Bainbridge. - only 17 - and a Private in 3rd VA. Inf. was also a relative of General Ruggles (Uncle / Nephew, I think) and was in King George with nothing to do.

In December 1864, Lt. Col. William Chapman, of Mosby's Command arrived in King George with 4 Companies of the Command, to "Winter", on the Northern Neck, away from the Farmers in Upperville, VA, to give some relief to those who had been housing and feeding Mosby's men during their various campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley. They remained here between December and late March 1865(say April 1, 1865), when they were ordered to return to Mosby in the Loudon County area of Virginia.

Before leaving King George, L/C Chapman did a little recruiting, and convinced Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett that they should join the 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry and they did sign up. The main party of the Rangers gathered up a few wagon loads of food and a small herd of cattle and set out for Upperville.

WOOPEE! Now Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett will get to meet C
(Something happened - I lost my thread)
Col John S. Mosby.

They might have developed some reservations about leaving King George and joining up physically with men who were really in the war, because they "got a late start" .....(???????) .and by April 21st - when Mosby disbanded the unit they were still a long way from Salem VA (where Mosby disbanded.) So, they turned around and went back to King George.

So, in the future, I suggest that these three not be called Mosby Men. There can be a thousand good reasons why they were late, but the fact remains they never even saw Mosby.