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John Singleton Mosby
b 6 December 1833 / d 30 May 1916
In 1863, the Confederacy authorized John S. Mosby to recruit a battalion of "Partisan Rangers" in Northern Virginia. His men had no encampment and lived scattered among the civilian population. They disrupted Union supply lines, and their irregular tactics led federal officials to execute un-uniformed partisans. After the war, Mosby worked as an attorney, became a Republican, and served as the US consul to Hong Kong.
John S. Mosby, the lawyer turned cavalry hero, as photographed in Richmond at the time he was permitted to form and recruit "Mosby's Men." |