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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 army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War.
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."
Feb 13, 2018 · The Gray Ghost of the Confederacy chronicles the life of Mosby, as well as his Civil War record and legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Gray Ghost like never before, in no time at all.
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John Singleton Mosby. Date of Birth - Death December 6, 1833- May 30, 1916. The Confederacy had its share of heroic cavalry officers, including J.E.B. Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest, but none had quite the mystique of "The Gray Ghost." John Singleton Mosby was an unlikely hero.
Feb 8, 2017 · John Mosby, one of the most effective partisan commanders in the Confederacy, had once again frustrated Union forces occupying the Northern Virginia region that came to be known as “Mosby’s Confederacy.” (See map, p. 32.)
Jan 20, 2023 · Dubbed “The Gray Ghost,” Col. John Singleton Mosby became a formidable Confederate partisan leader—arguably, next to William Quantrill, the most famous Rebel guerrilla—during the American Civil War.
Feb 3, 2014 · The story of this cape and how it came to the Smithsonian is one of the stories told in Confederate segment of Civil War 360, which recently aired on the Smithsonian Channel. Mosby and his Rangers are also featured in an essay entitled "The Gray Ghost" in the new Smithsonian book on the Civil War.
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