Posted on 05/01/2017 7:54:06 AM PDT by C19fan
John S. Mosby, known as the Gray Ghost, was a Virginian who became legendary for his leadership of Mosbys Rangersa band of Confederate guerrilla fighters that harassed the Union Army and went toe-to-toe with George Armstrong Custer in the Shenandoah Valley.
Mosby is still highly regarded as a strategist and tactician and is studied to this day by practitioners of unconventional warfare. He lived a long life, dying early in the 20th century, and was also a lawyer, a diplomat and author who wrote about his experiences during the war.
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