Mosby Heritage Area Association
The Mosby Heritage Area Association was founded in 1995 in Middleburg, Virginia, as a membership-driven 501(c) 3 nonprofit preservation and historic organization. MHAA's mission is to educate about, and advocate for, the preservation of the extraordinary historic, cultural and scenic resources in the Northern Virginia Piedmont.
Although MHAA is interested in the complete history of the area, it is named for the famed Confederate Cavalry officer John S. Mosby, whose rangers fought throughout the region during the American Civil War. As a history-oriented organization MHAA is focused on the complete history of the area, although the Civil War always will be a crucial part of the area's past, since so much of the war took place in Virginia. The Mosby Heritage Area was hit hard by the war, and an important part of the Association's mission is to study and teach its history, not to romanticize it. The Association's annual Civil War Conference, held each October, brings the nation's top scholars in the field for a weekend of lectures and field trips.
When the Civil War ended, John Mosby disbanded his men and befriended President Ulysses S. Grant. Mosby went to work for the Grant Administration as a lawyer in the Interior and Justice Departments. Later, he served as Consul to Hong Kong under Presidents Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur. Back in the U.S., Mosby went to work for President Theodore Roosevelt as an assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice.
The Mosby Heritage Area is located about one hour's drive west of Washington, D.C., and is bound by the Bull Run Mountains to the east, the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west, the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south. It encompasses the Virginia counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Clarke, Warren and part of Prince William, some 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2). This unique area of the country consists of gently rolling hills, cool deciduous forests, lively winding creeks and broad rambling rivers. Accented by stunning vistas and an abundance of open space, the region is crisscrossed by scenic byways and historic thoroughfares once used by Native Americans, early settlers and soldiers.
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