![]() ![]() Under Mosby’s leadership, this partisan outfit became known as “ Mosby’s Rangers,” and earned a widespread reputation as a stealthy-and highly dangerous-strike force. Stuart, under whose auspices he was promoted to the rank of major and put in command of the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion in 1863. His skills at gathering intelligence were appreciated by famed cavalry commander J.E.B. He was also highly intelligent, running his own law practice after his release from prison in 1854.īoth Mosby’s aggressive spirit and his cold, calculating mind would serve him well during the war, which he began in a company of mounted infantry. Underestimated in his youth for his small, thin stature, Mosby was a scrappy lad who got expelled from the University of Virginia at age 19 for shooting a bully. ![]() John Singleton Mosby became a formidable Confederate partisan leader-arguably, next to William Quantrill, the most famous Rebel guerrilla-during the American Civil War. How the Union Tried - and Failed - to Capture the Confederacy's 'Gray Ghost' Closeĭubbed “The Gray Ghost,” Col. ![]()
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