Donald C. Hakenson

Don Hakenson has conducted Mosby & Fairfax County Civil War bus tours for the Stuart-Mosby Historical Society; the Franconia Museum; and other Civil War related organizations inside and outside of the State of Virginia for over a decade.

Don is the past President for the Stuart-Mosby Historical Society. He is a current board member of that organization and served as a History Commissioner for Lee District in Fairfax County for over five years. Don is also a founder and a member on the board of directors for the Franconia Museum and is a Civil War advisor for the Mosby Foundation, in Warrenton, Virginia and for the Friends of Laura Ratcliffe, in Herndon, Virginia. He is also a member of the sesquicentennial committees for Fairfax City and Fairfax County.

Furthermore, Don’s manuscript, This Forgotten Land, A Tour of Civil War Sites and Other Historical Landmarks South of Alexandria, Virginia, was the recipient of the 2001 Nan Netherton award presented by the Fairfax County History Commission and his book, This Forgotten Land, Volume II, Biographical Sketches of Confederate Veterans Buried in Alexandria, Virginia, received a special History award from the Alexandria Historical Society in April 2011 and received the Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal Award from the United Daughters of the Confederacy Loudoun Chapter 170 on November 17, 2012. Don also published three other books about Colonel John S. Mosby and his men.

He is also the co-author of the newly released A Tour Guide and History of Col. John S. Mosby’s Operations in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Don had two great-great grandfathers who served in the Confederate Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. Don also had various cousins and uncles that served in the Forty-Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry or Mosby’s Rangers.