Irregular Forces of the American Civil War - John S. Mosby, East Tennessee Bridge-Burning Conspiracy, Jayhawker, Mason Henry Gang (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: John S. Mosby, East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy, Jayhawker, Mason Henry Gang, Quantrill's Raiders, Guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War, James Montgomery, Charles R. Jennison, Border Ruffian, McNeill's Rangers, John Mobberly, Blazer's Scouts, John Hanson McNeill, Confederate Army of Manhattan, Rufus Henry Ingram, Indian Home Guard, Loudoun Rangers, Indian cavalry, Jessie Scouts, Partisan Ranger Act, Captain Ingram's Partisan Rangers. Excerpt: John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 - May 30, 1916), nicknamed the "Gray Ghost," was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity was known during the war and ever since as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby worked as an attorney and supported his former enemy's commander, President Ulysses S. Grant, serving as the U.S. consul to Hong Kong and in the Department of Justice. Mosby was born in Powhatan County, Virginia, to Virginia McLaurine Mosby and Alfred Daniel Mosby, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. His father was a member of an old Virginia family of English origin whose ancestor, Richard Mosby, was born in England in 1600 and settled in Charles City, Virginia in the early 17th century. Mosby was named after his paternal grandfather, John Singleton. Mosby began his education at a school called Murrell's Shop. When his family moved to Albemarle County, Virginia (near Charlottesville) in about 1840, John attended school in Fry's Woods before transferring to a Charlottesville school at t...