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Mosby’s crutches
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These crutches were used by John Mosby during the Civil
War. He described them thus: “These crutches were
made for me during the war by a slave named Isaac who
belonged to my father. They were first used in August
1863 when I went home wounded. My mother kept them for
me and I again used them in September 1864 & December
1864.” General Robert E. Lee once said to Mosby,
after seeing him on crutches at his headquarters, “The
only fault I have to find with your conduct, Colonel Mosby,
is that you are always getting wounded.” |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Gift of John Singleton Mosby
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