osby's
campaigns. In addition to the references noted above, see V.
C. Jones, _Ranger Mosby_ (Chapel Hill, 1944), and James
Williamson (ed.), _Mosby's Rangers_ (New York: Sturgis &
Walton, 1909).

From 1861 to July 1864, Beattie served as an enlisted man. In
July 1864, a new company was organized, and Beattie was
elected first lieutenant. Such regards as still exist
regarding Beattie's service with Mosby relate to this period.
See _Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who
Served in Organizations from Virginia_. Microcopy 324, Roll
207 (National Archives, Washington, D.C.).

[57] Williamson, _Mosby's Rangers_, p. 87.

[58] _Ibid._, pp. 242-3. Reprints a letter from Thomas Moss to
Captain Walter Frankland describing a fight near Front Royal
as follows: "We charged and routed the guards, and I was
fortunate in saving Beattie's life by shooting a man who had a
pistol within 12 inches of Beattie. I then caught a horse ...
[and] Beattie and I ran down the road a short distance and
went up into a piece of pine woods."

[59] John Mosby Beattie, August 22, 1968, interview. Fountain
Beattie's wife, Annie Elizabeth Hathaway, was the daughter of
James Henry Hathaway of "Western View" in Zula, Virginia,
between Rectortown and Middleburg in Fauquier County. Annie
Hathaway was born and married at this home place. Her son,
John Mosby Beattie, states that his father bought Green Spring
Farm with money realized from the sale of "Western View" on
the death of Mrs. Beattie's parents.

[60] Fairfax County Deed Book W-4, p. 271. Also see Hannah C. O'Brien
v. John W. Green, Fairfax County Circuit Court, 1878,
Suspended File No. 10.

[61] Moger, _Rebuilding_, p. 51.

[62] Virginia Good Roads Convention, _Programme_, p. 8.

[63] John Mosby Beattie, August 22, 1968, interview. John Beattie
recalls that his father, Fountain Beattie, sold garden produce
to the local grocery store of one John Carter, located on the
Little River Turnpike (Route 236) approximately where it now
crosses Shirley Highway (I-95).

[64] W. C. Funk, "An Economic History of Small Farms near
Washington, D.C.", U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin
848 (Washington, D.C.: Gover