<P> Mosby's Rangers, also known as the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, were a special force of Confederate military troops who opposed the Union control of the Loudoun Valley area . Under the command of General Robert E. Lee, John S. Mosby had formed the battalion on June 10, 1863, at Rector's Cross Roads near Rectortown, Virginia . Mosby practiced psychological and guerrilla warfare techniques to disrupt the Union stronghold . Mosby's men never formally surrendered and were disbanded on April 21, 1865, almost two weeks after Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant . On the last day of Mosby's striking force, a letter from him was read aloud to his men: </P> <Dl> <Dd> Soldiers! </Dd> </Dl> <Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> I have summoned you together for the last time . The vision we have cherished of a free and independent country, has vanished, and that country is now the spoil of a conqueror . I disband your organization in preference to surrendering it to our enemies . I am no longer your commander . After association of more than two eventful years, I part from you with a just pride, in the fame of your achievements, and grateful recollections of your generous kindness to myself . And now at this moment of bidding you a final adieu accept the assurance of my unchanging confidence and regard . <Dl> <Dd> Farewell . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> I have summoned you together for the last time . The vision we have cherished of a free and independent country, has vanished, and that country is now the spoil of a conqueror . I disband your organization in preference to surrendering it to our enemies . I am no longer your commander . After association of more than two eventful years, I part from you with a just pride, in the fame of your achievements, and grateful recollections of your generous kindness to myself . And now at this moment of bidding you a final adieu accept the assurance of my unchanging confidence and regard . <Dl> <Dd> Farewell . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> </Dd>

Who signed the peace treaty of the civil war