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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.
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.
May 26, 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.
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.
Of the three leaders Colonel John S. Mosby (1833-1916) was, perhaps, the most romantic figure. In the South his dashing exploits made him one of the great heroes of the "Lost Cause."
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."
Col. John Singleton Mosby. Known as the “Gray Ghost,” Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby, along with his partisan rangers, terrorized Federal units in northern Virginia from late 1862 until the end of the Civil War in 1865.
May 24, 2018 · Colonel John Singleton Mosby was a noted Confederate cavalryman and partisan ranger in the Civil War, and renowned for daring attacks on the Union.
Feb 8, 2017 · John Singleton Mosby, 29 years old at the time of that March 1863 raid, did not cast a large shadow. Weighing less than 130 pounds and standing only 5 feet 8 inches tall, Mosby had learned in early childhood to rely on his wits rather than brawn.
John Singleton Mosby (Library of Congress) One cannot examine John Mosby’s career without first recognizing the martial genius of Gen. Jeb Stuart. There was no better judge of fighting talent than that retained by Lee’s cavalry commander, and Stuart spotted merit in precise intelligence reports amassed by a quiet, serious scout from Abingdon.
