John Mosby graduated from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the bar in 1855. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the cavalry and participated in the Bull Run campaign. In 1863 he started independent operations as a ranger. He was extremely successful in this regard and was fiercely hunted by the northern troops. Toward the end of the war he commanded eight companies of rangers. After the war he settled temporarily in Warrenton and practiced law. He served as consul in Hong Kong from 1878-1885. He was an assistant attorney for the Department of Justice from 1904-1910. In 1887 he published Mosby's War Reminiscences,Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns, and in 1908, Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign.
Web sites
- Colonel John S. Mosby Biography & Reports
- John Singleton Mosby Museum
- Mosby's Rangers.com
- Son of the South/Lee Foundation
- The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby
- Who Was Who in the Civil War
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