John S. Mosby
Confederate Army officer (1833-1916) · United States · On the map · Died at 82
John Singleton Mosby, also known by his nickname "Gray Ghost", was an American military officer who was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War.
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Mosby during the American Civil War
Mosby in the early 1860s
Mosby's Rangers. Top row (left to right): Lee Herverson, Ben Palmer, John Puryear, Tom Booker, Norman Randolph, Frank Raham.# Second row: Robert Blanks Parrott, John Troop, John W. Munson, John S. Mosby, Newell, Neely, Quarles.# Third row: Walter Gosden, Harry T. Sinnott, Butler, Gentry.
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Mosby's former residence on Logan Circle in Washington, D.C., in August 2008
Mosby and John S. Russell, his former lieutenantAbout this person
His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning-quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and blend in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity became known as Mosby's Confederacy.