John S. Mosby - Wikipedia
John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname " Gray Ghost ", was an American military officer who was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War.
John Singleton Mosby - American Battlefield Trust
John Singleton Mosby was an unlikely hero. Born in 1833 in Powhatan County, Virginia, he was a sickly child and was often picked on at school. Being bullied did not seem to bother Mosby, however, as he had exceptional self-confidence, and he learned to fight back at an early age.
John Singleton Mosby | Confederate Cavalry Commander, …
Dec 2, 2024 · John Singleton Mosby (born Dec. 6, 1833, Edgemont, Va., U.S.—died May 30, 1916, Washington, D.C.) was a Confederate ranger whose guerrilla band frequently attacked and disrupted Union supply lines in Virginia and Maryland during the American Civil War.
John Singleton Mosby - U.S. National Park Service
John Singleton Mosby was a lawyer turned partisan raider during the American Civil War. Enlisting as a private in the Washington Mounted Rifles, Mosby quickly rose through the ranks and was a lieutenant by the time he was attached to J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry regiment.
John Singleton Mosby (1833–1916) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Dec 22, 2021 · John Singleton Mosby was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War (1861–1865). As a private in the 1st Virginia Cavalry, Mosby chose his commander, General J. E. B. Stuart, as his role model and mentor. Stuart and General Robert E. Lee came to value Mosby’s skills as a scout and raider.
John Singleton Mosby (U.S. National Park Service) - NPS
John Singleton Mosby was a lawyer turned Confederate partisan raider during the American Civil War. In 1863, Mosby was placed in command of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry. His "rangers" raided Federal supply lines in Northern Virginia, an area nicknamed Mosby's Confederacy.
"The Ride around General McClellan: Colonel John S. Mosby Tells About General Stuart's Brilliant Feat of War..." Southern Historical Society Papers 26 (1898): pp. 246-54.
Meet John S. Mosby, "Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy
Dec 6, 2013 · Mosby was a small town lawyer who joined the Confederate Army when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union, and who became General Jeb Stuart's best scout, earning himself both a command and the nickname "Gray Ghost." He was so valuable to the Confederacy that many Union officers tried and failed to capture him (he, however, captured ...
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The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby : Mosby, John Singleton, …
Mar 26, 2012 · The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby by Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916; Russell, Charles Wells, 1856-1927