this is colonel percy windham. he is in charge of the calvary at fairfax house.he was born in the english channel in 1833. he is only a few months older than john singleton mosby. he is 15 years old, he joined the british navy. then he goes to australia, and he gets a commission, and he becomes an officer of the australian cavalry. then he goes to italy, and he served with garibaldi. and when the united states went to war, he came to the united states, and he pledged to fight for the union army. and he is the commander of the union calvary at fairfax courthouse in february and march of 1863. john singleton mosby just started conducting his operations in january, february, march of 1863, and he is becoming a thorn in their side. and someone would come and ask sir percy wyndham what did he think of mosby, and he said that mosby is nothing but a horse thief. john singleton mosby heard about that comment and said the only horses i ever captured were mounted by union cavalry, and they were armed with pistols. and john singleton mosby wanted to capture this man. make n