Coleman, Beverly
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Beverly Coleman Videotape
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-051
Abstract
The collection contains a 48 minute videotape of Admiral Beverly Coleman giving a lecture and answering questions on his grandfather Col. John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), a Confederate partisan commander, born in Powhatan County, Virginia. Another educator provides some information and answers. Mosby was an irregular cavalry officer, and he participated in several prominent battkes and famously led a significant partisan campaign in Northern Virginia throughout the Civil War. After the war,...
Dates:
1970s(?)