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Special Guest to  speak on his ancestor at the Crater and Sailor’s Creek.

LtCol Eric Buckland, USA ret  will speak on Mosby’s Men when they fought the 2^nd Mass Calvary. Eric is an outstanding author of the exploits of Mosby’s Men. This battle with the 2nd Mass Calvary will show the heroism and valor of the Mosby Virginia Calvary against the Mass invaders.

His first book was Mosby’s Keydet Rangers and he has gone from the doors open at 6. Dinner fried chicken, Baked beans and Mrs Holmes blend of Southern garden delights. Southern pie. BYOB/mixer. $15.00 dinner/$5.00 w/o meal or bring own.    

May 26^th Memorial Day at the Confederate War Memorial Chapel. We will again this year look back on the ending of the Vietnam War. Compatriot Capt Bobby Lamb, USMC spoke last year.  Compatriot LTC Carter Gill USAF Retired and also retired captain from United Airlines will discuss his thoughts on this period of belligerence. LTC Gill piloted a C-141 in the Vietnam theater and previous to that he had participated in the search for the USS Pueblo and the commander Capt Lloyd Bucher and crew which were determined to have been seized by North Koreans.

The Chapel service is at 10:00 am.

REMINDER: you don’t want to miss this exciting bus tour visiting Ranger sites during  late 1864 and early 1865!

44th Annual Spring Civil War Mosby Bus Tour,  “Mosby and the End of the War.” Saturday, May 10, 2025 Sponsored by the Stuart – Mosby Historical Society. Tour Leaders will be Kevin Pawlak and Rob Orrison.

We will follow Mosby’s Rangers during the closing acts of the Civil War, from the final fights to the disbandment at Salem. Save the date now and join us in 2025 to be a part of the longest-running Mosby tour in the United States.

The 2025 Mosby Bus Tour will be visiting sites associated with Mosby and his Rangers at the end of the Civil War in late 1864 and the early months of 1865.

To purchase your tickets, you can send a check made out to “Rob Orrison” to 102 Melody Lane, Stafford, VA 22554 or email us at mosbytours@gmail.com/  We can take electronic payment as well, just email us and we can send you a link. If you have any questions, send us an email or call Rob at 703-431-2869. 

Henry Kidd will speak on the Confederate Medal of Honor for Confederate History Month. The yankees had a Medal but they gave it our like candy. Our boys earned the real medal. Henry is a talented artist, author and speaker. He is formerly the  Virginia Division SCV commander and has served our organization well.     

  http://kiddart.com 

Our speaker is John Quarstein formerly a director at the Virginia Mariners Museum in NewPort News. His talks are excellent and he will cover the CSS Arkansas, a river gunboat on the Mississippi River. In previous talks he took us to Mobile Bay, Chesapeake Bay , and across the Atlantic Ocean. 

The winter has broken and we have more evening light. Doors open at 6:00 for social period and dinner to follow. This month is fried chicken, potato salad and our favorite dish Hoppin John with pie for dessert. Ice and bottled water is provided.  Meal and meeting is $15.00 or w/o dinner is $5.00.  

February 28, 2025 – Friday at 6:00 -9:00 PM.  Tickets start at $45.00 (this is an annual membership for the year). Other donation plans also.

Cash Bar, Music, Silent Auction, Tours, Lecture on current, future plans and more.

For further information contact Amanda Jones.

RSVP 804 861 2408, email ajones@pamplinpark.org or purchase tickets at the door. 

Visit the Pamplin Park website

6125 Boydton Plank Road
Petersburg, Virginia 23803

Route 1 just south of Petersburg

February 8 – SMHS Joins Stuart SCV Camp to Celebrate Stuart Birthday

The Stuart-Mosby Historical Society will once again join with J.E.B. Stuart Camp 1343, Sons of Confederate Veterans, to celebrate the birth of Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart on Saturday, February 8, 2025.

            The event will be held at Stuart’s gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, beginning at 10 a.m. SMHS Member Carl L. Sell Jr. and current Vice President Ben Trittipoe will be the featured speakers, talking about how Flora Stuart maintained the legacy of her husband, Gen. Stuart, in the years following the War Between the States. Sell’s book about the General, his family, staff and friends will be available for $25 with ALL proceeds accruing to the Stuart-Mosby Historical Society.  Cash sales only! Few are left!

            Gen. Stuart was born at Laurel Hill, in Patrick County, Va., on February 6, 1833, and the ceremony will honor the 192nd anniversary of his birth. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864, and would die the next day at his brother-in-law’s home in Richmond.

            Following the ceremony, those interested will be treated to a tour of prominent Confederate graves at Hollywood Cemetery, including President Jefferson Davis, Generals Fitzhugh Lee, Eppa Hunton and George Pickett, as well as the “Soldiers Section” – where several Mosby Rangers are interred.

            And after that, all are invited to join together for a friendly lunch in the Richmond area (site to be determined)  Each person will be on their own for payment.

HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
(412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA 23220)

Our Tues December 17th meeting is our covered dish dinner BYOB, with our social hour and then a period of planning and discussion on camp operations. Please feel free to share what you like or see room for improvement. i.e. meeting site, meals etc. We need members to volunteer for camp roles. This is written out and proscribed in our camp By-laws.  It is also a chance to get to know each other better and  discuss our ancestors, which I find to be fascinating. Please be prepared to to share a minute or two about a Confederate ancestor. We don’t know our fellow members well and this is a good opportunity to learn history.

Our speaker is Art Wingo. Art is a certified guide through the US Park Service.  He is posted at Chimborazo Hospital building each Friday to provide information and give tours of the facility.  Once the value of hospitals was recognized Richmond became a hospital center due to the five railroads serving the city.  It is my understanding that Chimborazo Hospital  was advanced for the time and was able to save soldiers from the certain death if left in field units.  Art is a member of the Longstreet SCV camp here in Richmond.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about Chimborazo Hospital. 

Doors open at 6pm and dinner is served at 6:30. $15.00 for evening or $5.00 w/o meal. Planning for delicious fried chicken with fixings and desert.