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John Singleton Mosby, 1833-1916:
Depending on one's sympathies, John Singleton Mosby was either a guerrilla or a cavalry hero. This native Virginian was by profession a lawyer, but when the Civil War began, he joined the Confederate cavalry in time to fight at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861. Placed under the command of General JEB Stuart, Mosby fought with distinction in the Peninsular Campaign and at Antietam. In 1863, he was authorized to organize a group of rangers who operated behind enemy lines, struck without warning, and then dispersed to meet later at a prearranged spot.
(Sculpture by Edward Virginius Valentine.) |