Remembering Herndon's History: Private French Dulany, C.S.A.
A story of a Confederate soldier who met his demise in Herndon.
As you have learned from our last series of articles about Mosby’s Raid at the Herndon Station, Col. John Singleton Mosby frequently operated his Confederate Cavalry unit around the Northern Virginia area. One man who rode with him in was Private Daniel French Dulany, commonly referred to as “French.” French Dulany was the son of a Union officer, Colonel Daniel Dulany. Col. Dulany was an aide to Governor Pierpoint, an unelected governor of the Union-controlled parts of Virginia during the Civil War. In one of Mosby’s escapades in the Rose Hill area near Franconia, he proceeded to a farm to surprise and capture Dulany, who was residing in a house there. The Colonel initially thought Mosby and his men were Union troops dressed as …
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