Legends of Loudoun / An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck

by Harrison Williams

[147] See Chapter XIII.

[148] See Chapter VII.

[149] Charles Fenton Mercer, by James M. Garnett.

[150] See Briscoe Goodheart in 4 Balch Clippings 33.

[151] Bishop Mead's Old Churches of Virginia, II, 274. Also see Landmarks 306 and Selden vs. Overseers, XI Leigh 127.

[152] Loudoun Minute Book 1861-65, p. 69. Also statements to author by Mr. Fox's daughter, Mrs. John Mason of Leesburg.

[153] Loudoun Rangers, by Briscoe Goodhart, p. 19.

[154] The Comanches, by F. M. Myers, p. 19.

[155] To get the full flavor of the bitterness engendered, read F. M. Myers' Comanches, and Goodhart's Loudoun Rangers.

[156] Condensed from Hotchkiss' Virginia Military History as quoted by Head, p. 138. Also White's Battle of Ball's Bluff. For Gen. Evans' report see "Official Reports, Sept. to Dec. 1861," published in Richmond in 1862.