John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname "Gray Ghost", was an American military officer who was a Confederate...
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John Mosby may refer to: John S. Mosby (1833–1916), Confederate army cavalry battalion commander John R. Mosby, member of the Industrial Workers of the...
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John S. Mosby Academy was a private high school in Front Royal, Virginia, established in 1959 when the city's schools were ordered to desegregate following...
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43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion (redirect from Mosby's Rangers)
June 10, 1863 at Rector's Cross Roads, near Rectortown, Virginia, when John S. Mosby formed Company A of the battalion. He was acting under the authority...
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Mosby's Marauders is a 1967 American film about the raids by John S. Mosby during the US Civil War. It was originally filmed for US television under the...
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of Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes. In 1878, Hayes appointed Mosby as U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, where Mosby served until 1885. Mosby supported...
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SS John S. Mosby was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John S. Mosby, a Confederate army cavalry battalion...
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Cuban revolutionary who advocated for the U.S. annexation of Cuba before serving in the Confederacy. John S. Mosby – Confederate irregular cavalry leader who...
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Representatives John Mosby Bacon (1844–1913), American Army general John R. Mosby, guerrilla leader during the Magonista rebellion of 1911 John S. Mosby (1833–1916)...
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not confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Four days later, on March 8, 1863, he was captured by Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby while asleep at his headquarters...
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Grey Ghost, a fictional character in the Speed Racer film adaptation John S. Mosby (1833–1916), Confederate cavalryman and partisan who fought during the...
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of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland. John Wilkes Booth recruited him into a...
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John R. Mosby, aka Jack Mosby, was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World who served as head of the Second Division of the Liberal Army during...
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military training included John B. Gordon, Nathan B. Forrest, James J. Pettigrew, John H. Morgan, Turner Ashby and John S. Mosby. Most preliminary officer...
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guerrillas in West Virginia and Virginia; especially those of Colonel John S. Mosby. They specialized in anti-guerrilla warfare, counterinsurgency, dragoon...
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battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. Confederate partisan John S. Mosby based his operations in Loudoun and adjoining Fauquier County (for a...
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famous for wearing these hats are Colonel John S. Mosby and General J. E. B. Stuart. Colonel John S. Mosby 3rd from right center row J. E. B. Stuart The...
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Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association (redirect from Mosby's Confederacy)
officer John S. Mosby, whose rangers fought throughout the region during the American Civil War. During the Civil War the area was known as Mosby's Confederacy...
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soldier. On June 24, 1864, after Confederate States Army troops led by John S. Mosby in Culpeper, Virginia had captured a good number of Corbett's comrades...
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of the U.S. Supreme Court, was from Germantown, modern-day Midland, 10 miles (16 km) south of Warrenton. Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby made raids...
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under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1199, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida. She was sponsored by...
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Captain John S. Mosby, with nine companies of cavalry, defeated Captain Richard R. Blazer's outnumbered Blazer's Scouts. In late 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant's...
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part of "Mosby's Confederacy" and served as rallying and rest points for the Confederate Rangers Mosby's Rangers under Colonel John S. Mosby. Numerous...
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1861–1865. In that war, Confederate States Army Partisan leaders, such as John S. Mosby, Jesse James, William Quantrill, or Bloody Bill Anderson, operated along...
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victory in the Battle of Second Manassas. Later in the war, Colonel John S. Mosby conducted a raid with his cavalry unit in an attempt to disable an engine...
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just across the Rappahannock River. Colonel John S. Mosby made raids in the town during the war. Later, Mosby made his home and practiced law in nearby...
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Marilyn Mosby (née James; born January 22, 1980) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the State's Attorney for Baltimore from 2015 to 2023...
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Harmony Skirmish, took place on March 21, 1865, as confederate Colonel John S. Mosby and his troops surprised troops commanded by Colonel Marcus Reno. By...
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partisans from Mosby's Rangers during a surprise raid on the town on October 18, 1864, and executed later that day near Vienna, Virginia. John Read was born...
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Lanier, Abraham Lincoln, John S. Mosby, Frederick Law Olmsted, Thomas Nelson Page, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Albion W. Tourgée John Townsend Trowbridge, Mark...
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