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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 cavalry commander in the American Civil War.
The Gray Ghost is an American Civil War television series that debuted in syndication in 1957. The show is based upon the true story of Major John Singleton Mosby . [ 1 ]
On March 17, 1863, Captain John Singleton Mosby, nicknamed "The Gray Ghost", raided a Union outpost at Herndon Station in Northern Virginia. The raid was a part of a series of such raids coordinated by Captain Mosby and his raiders in 1863 in areas of Northern Virginia. [1]
According to the foundation, Mosby was known as “the Gray Ghost” for his elusive guerrilla tactics during the Civil War. ... “Colonel John S. Mosby was a man of complex beliefs and actions ...
Ramage, James A., Gray Ghost: The Life of Colonel John Singleton Mosby. University Press of Kentucky, 1999. Scott, John, Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby. Harper & Brothers, 1867. Williamson, James J., Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry from Its Organization to the Surrender. New York ...
John Mosby. In early 1863, Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart gave permission for John Singleton Mosby to lead a group of 15 partisan rangers that would operate within enemy lines in northern Virginia. Mosby had been one of Stuart's best scouts, and his new cavalry unit became known as Mosby's Rangers. [10]
The Gray Ghost: Hollingsworth Morse: Adventure, War, Western. John S. Mosby: 1958 United Kingdom Little Women: Alan Bromly: Drama, Family, Romance. Based on a novel Little Women. 1958-60 United States The Texan: Western. 1961 United States The Americans: Action, War. Based on a novel The Valiant Virginians. 1970 United Kingdom Little Women ...
John S. Mosby (1833–1916), Confederate cavalryman and partisan who fought during the American Civil War Roosevelt Williams (1903–1996), blues pianist nicknamed "Grey Ghost" Tony Canadeo (1919–2003), football star, "the Gray Ghost of Gonzaga"