notably in late 1861 and early 1862, when Elijah White raised a Confederate command at Leesburg and Samuel Means the Union company at Waterford. Beginning in 1863 to the end of the war, John Mosby regularly attracted Loudouners to his partisan command. Confederate units Infantry: 8th Virginia Infantry, Co. A, Hillborough Border Guard (Volunteer Corps) Co. D Co. E, Capt. Mandley Hampton's Co. Co. F, Blue Mountain Boys Co. H Co. I, Capt. James R. Simpson's Co. 17th Virginia Infantry Co. C, Loudoun Guard Cavalry: 1st Virginia Cavalry Co. H, Loudoun Light Horse (Carter's Company) 6th Virginia Cavalry Co. A, Loudoun Dragoons (The Dulany Troop) Co. K, Loudoun Cavalry 7th Virginia Cavalry Co. G, (Mason's Rangers) 11th Virginia Cavalry Co. H, Octavus T. Weems' Co. Artillery: Longstreet's Corps Loudoun Artillery (Rogers') Partisan: 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry- "The Comanches" Co. A, White's Rebels 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry – "Mosby's Rangers" John Mobberly's Gang In addition to these Loudoun units, men from Loudoun served in the Richmond Howitzers, Stuart's Horse Artillery, Chew's Battery, Stribbling's Artillery, Gilmore's Battalion, the 34th Virginia Artillery, 40th Virginia Infantry and the 1st and 7th Georgia Infantry. Union units Cavalry: 1st Maryland Cavalry Partisan and Border Guards: The Loudoun Rangers – "Mean's Rangers" Co. A Co. B 1st Maryland Cavalry Potomac Home Brigade - "Cole's Cavalry" 1st Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade - "Maulsby's Brigade" Blazer's Scouts Important figures of Loudoun in the war John Janney – Delegate to and president of the Virginia Secession Convention Robert Chilton – Aide to Robert E. Lee, transcriber of the famed "Lost Order" Eppa Hunton - Colonel, leader of the 8th Va. Infantry Elijah V. White – Colonel, leader of the 35th Battalion Va Cav.; last leader of the famed Laurel Brigade Samuel C. Means – Prominent Loudoun Unionist, founder and 1st commander of the Loudoun Rangers John S. Mosby - Colonel, leader of the 43rd Battalion Va. Cav. John Mobberly – Infamous partisan Loudoun in the Eastern Theater The passing of the armies Loudoun served initially as an outpost of the Confederate army based out of Winchester. From the garrison at Leesburg, the Confederates conducted raids and recruitment drives into central Maryland, carting away men and supplies, as well as threatening the C&O Canal, B&O Railroad and Washington. To meet this threat, Federals deployed along the Loudoun-Maryland border, leading to many skirmishes at the strategic river crossings. Later, after