Los Angeles Herald, Volume 25, Number 267, 24 June 1898

MOSBY AND FITZHUGH LEE

How the Last Confederate Flag Was Carried Through Alexandria The conversation had naturally drifted into war channels, and the major had the floor. "Well, Colonel Mostly, you know, was a good lighter, but when General Grant sent him to Chna (China) the Virginians turned the cold shoulder to him. One day he was making a Speech in Alexandria. He told the Virginians that they ought to vote for him. " 'Why,' said the colonel, 'I fought all over Northern Virginia for four years. Talk about my war record! Why, my war record Is a part of the state's history. Why, gentlemen, I carried the last Confederate flag through this very town.' " 'Yes,' replied Fitzhugh Lee, 'for I was here at the time.' " 'Thank you for your fortunate recollection,' gratefully exclaimed Mosby. 'It is pleasant to know that there still live some men who move aside envy and testify to the courage of their fellow beings. As I say, gentlemen, my war record Is a part of the state's history, for the gentleman here will tell you that I carried the last Confederate flag through this town.' " 'That's a fact,' said Fitzhugh Lee. 'I saw him do It. He carried the Confederate flog through this town, but Kilpatrick was after him, and he carried It so blamed fast you couldn't have told whether It was the Confederate flag or a small-pox warning."— New York Sun.