Moore House
Built c.1840
Old Town Fairfax
During his March 1863 raid, Ranger John S. Mosby searched here, with no success, for the Union mercenary Col. Percy Wyndham who had called Mosby a horse thief. Mosby had replied that the only horses he had every stolen had Union troopers on their backs armed with two pistols and a saber.
Marker is at the intersection of Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) and North Street, on the right when traveling south on Chain Bridge Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
