that's what happened in lynchburg, virginia when tanker cars came tumbling down the hillside. >> what do i have on here? >> reporter: it was more than a while mile wide when it derailed last august and couldn't get to critical documents inside it. >> four classes we take so you will know what's going to be here and have the documents and what's on this train, we didn't

they ride into lynchburg. he struts around for a little bit. he goes inside the provost marshal's office. the professed marshall there was a young lieutenant there and says i need to wire to find out what they want to do with you. he comes back a few minutes later and said i'm sorry. i have to arrest you. mosley stands up and says i came in here in good faith to turn myself in. here you are going to arrest me? he looks at the man and says i am ultimus romanorum, the last roman soldier. the last citizen. the last one. he puts his pistols on his hits and said there are 12 bullets in here. every one will be fired before you leave and hand on me. he turned around and left. before he got in the buggy he made a deal with the yankees they would not pursue him until the next morning. that is power. the next morning, 50 yankees show up at his mother's house and scare her half to death to know where johnny is. she doesn't know. to make a long story short, it was general halleck who countermanded grant. and ordered mosby's arrest. when grant finds out wha

in lynchburg, virginia when tanker cars came tumbling down the hillside. >> what do i have on here? that was the big thing that concerned me. >> reporter: battalion chief robert lipscum said this was more than a mile long when it derailed last april, meaning they couldn't get to the engine or the critical documents inside. >> we're trained in the classes we take that you will be able to know what's going to be there. you're going to have the documents right in front of you. you're going to know what's on this train and we didn't have that. >> repor instead, he says they started evacuating every building you see here. using plaque cards, he says they finally realized they were dealing with very explosive bakken crude. >> so these placards are important. >> oh yeah. >> one of the big concerns they're going to have trains running at increased speeds through an active construction site. >> r maureen is suing csx to prevent its project from moving forward. she says even if you don't know what the numbers mean the mere factors there means what's inside could hurt you. >> csx says it quote

what is in each car who moves through lynchburg.ou live or work inside the evacuation zone go online and you can see that map we created and look right down to your house like a google map. >> pretty troubling to see it laid out on the map like that. >> pretty surprising. a lot of people didn't know it was that big. it stretched farther than most appreciated including the capitol. >> thrt started with a viewer to find out if has mats are coming thawing the city. if you have a tip, we investigation you to share it. >>> we have breaking news from france a senior u.s. counter terrorism tells us that one person has been killed and two are in custody. they killed a him and seen in a previous attack on a firebomb attack because it had hock eded a car cartoon mocking islam. >>> the public can weigh in on raising the tolls. you have until january 6th to send money to the virginia corporation commission. the owners want a 10 cent hike bringing tolls to 4en 39ed and 15 cent increase during the peak hours to $5.25. during the evening and rush.

they try to get to their parents house outside of lynchburg. they traveled at night and slept during the day. it took weeks to get down there. when they arrived at lynchburg they stay with their parents for a few days. mosby negotiated with federal officers to come in and turn himself in. it was approved by grant that mosby would turn himself in. grant wanted no more bloodshed. we are not going to hang anyone, not going to do any trials. a clean break. but we want him in. mosby dresses in his best colonel's uniform. they ride into lynchburg. he struts around for a little bit. he goes inside the provost marshal's office. he was somewhere else. there was a young lieutenant there and says i need to wire to find out what they want to do with you. he comes back a few minutes later and said i'm sorry. i have to arrest you. mosley stands up and says i came in here in good faith to turn myself in. here you are in your going to -- here you are. you're going to arrest me? he looks at the man and says i am the last soldier. the last citizen. the last one.

we do have one captured confederate flag from the battle of lynchburg. this is the confederate national flag. it is known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks come here expecting to see the crossed flag the confederate battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy. and again, all our flags are in climate controlled cases where they will be perfectly fine for many, many years. beginning in the 1890's, there was a concerted effort to find and collect west virginia's remaining civil war battle flags. during that decade they collected these flags. at the time, they did not know how to preserve them. some of them used chemicals that were detrimental to the flags. but for over six decades these flags set in dark storage. they did not see light at all until we could figure out how to conserve them, how to repair them, and how to put them in these climate controlled cases. so, they have been conserved. they have been restored as much as possible. what is left will be there for many generations to come. but to be beside a flag, to be in the presence

out toward lynchburg and south of charlottesville this will move northeastward and break out toward dawn. 1 to 2 inches south and east, including fredericksburg, less through the either side of 95. flurries herringersdown hagerstown. to make a point, i think i will. on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the awesome storm for the super bowl of super bowl, this had be a 1.5. in terms of the impact because of the timing, and that is key the impact could be anywhere from say a 4 to a 5 on the impact scale. so that's what we're looking at and that's why we're concerned because it's going to be right in the teeth of rush hour. i don't know if you remember back in 2000 in january, 4/10 of an inch of snow and it shut us down. critical times have not changed 4 a.m. to noon. little storm but moderate impact heaviest snow, a couple of inches, will be east of i-95 and south of route 50 into southerly maryland into fredericksburg. futurecast 3:30, activity to our south. then we get into 6:30, snow breaks out across the entire metro area. by 9:00 still snowing essentially all across the net row area. heavie

. >> reporter: the lynchburg commonwealth attorney as the bill would insure important criminal evidence 23 collected promptly. >> we need to continue to show victims he will be heard and the system will support them. >> reporter: similar bills have failed in the past, but this time they have bi-partisan sponsorship and given the events at uva, public awareness and support. peggy fox, in richmond for wusa9 news now. >>> we are just getting started on wusa9 news now at 5:00. can president obama find common ground with g.o.p. law enforcement on urgent issues. we have that story at 5:30. plus -- >> plus, snow is in the forecast tomorrow. who will get hit the hardest and when, coming up in copper's full forecast. >>> but next, a house on fire and a webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car truck or suv fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. buying

in a delaware prison on child sex charges but his family once lived on this property southwest of lynchburg. they believe but can't yet prove the girls were brought here. lifelong residents say they shudder to believe it's so. >> it's unreal to think something like this happened. i was a teenager and we played all over the mountain. my grandparents had a cabin up there not too far away and it was just like innocence has been robbed! >> now as we continue to work this story this evening, coming up at 5:00 i'll tell you what the bedford county commonwealth's attorney says happens next if they find evidence in this plot of ground. on taylor's mountain, brad bell abc 7 news. >> all right. let's get to an update now on that breaking news we told you about from the top of the hour. the l'enfant plaza metro station has been evacuated. now, we know this is due to smoke. we had a live picture there. we'll try to get back to it in a minute from outside that station. however, the new information is this -- just a few moments ago, d.c. fire declared this a mass casualty incident. now, here's another lo

we do have one captured confederate flag from the battle of lynchburg. this is the confederate national flag. it is known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks come here expecting to see the crossed flag the confederate battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy. and again, all our flags are in climate controlled cases

we have one captured confederate flag from the battle of lynchburg. this is the confederate national flag. it is known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks will come here expecting to see the crossed flag that was the confederate battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy. all our flags are in climate controlled cases where they will live perfectly fine for many years to come. beginning in 1890's, there was a concerted effort by the west virginia antiquarian society to find and collect the remaining west virginia civil war battle flags. during that decay they correct -- collect the most of these flags. at the time. they did not know how to preserve them -- they did not know how to preserve them. for over six decades, most of these flags set in dark storage. they did not see light at all. until we could figure out how to conserve them, how to repair them and how to put them in these climate controlled cases and so they have been conserved. they have been restored as much as possible. we have saved what is left. what is left will be ther

we have one captured confederate flag from the battle of lynchburg. this is the confederate national flag. it is known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks will come here expecting to see the crossed flag that was the confederate battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy. again all our flags are in , climate controlled cases where they will live perfectly fine for many years to come. beginning in 1890's, there was a concerted effort by the west virginia antiquarian society to find and collect the remaining west virginia civil war battle flags. during that decade, they collected most of these flags. at the time, they did not know how to preserve them. sometimes, they used chemicals that were detrimental to the flags. for over six decades, most of is flax sat in dark storage. they did not see light at all. until we could figure out how to conserve them, how to repair them and how to put them in these climate controlled cases and so they have been conserved. they have been restored as much as possible. we have saved what is left. what is

now we do have one captured confederate flag from the battle of lynchburg. now this is the confederate national flag. now it's known as the stars and bars. a lot of folks will come here expecting to see the crossed flag that was the confederate battle flag. this is the national flag of the confederacy, and again all our flags are in climate controlled cases where they will -- it will live perfectly fine for many, many years to come. becoming in the 1890s there was a concerted effort by the west virginia antiquarian society to find and to collect the remaining west virginia -- west virginia's remaining civil war battle flags. and so during that decade they collected most of these flags. at the time they didn't know how to preserve them. and, in fact, in some instances they used chemicals that were detrimental to the flag. but for over six decades most of these flags sat in dark storage. they did not see light at all. until we could figure out thank you conserve them, how to repair them, and how to put them in these climate controlled cases. and so they have b