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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 4: The Cavalry (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) | 33 | 5 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 9 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1864., [Electronic resource] | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Mosby, John Singleton 1833-
Lawyer; born in Powhatan county, Va., Dec. 6, 1833; graduated at the University of Virginia in 1852, and admitted to the bar in 1855.
He practised at Bristol, Va., in 1855-61.
In the latter year he entered the Confederate army as a private, but a little later became adjutant of the 1st Virginia Cavalry.
He was colonel in 1862-65 of Mosby's Partisan Rangers, an independent cavalry command, which caused the Union army much trouble by destroying supply trains, cnfederate army as a private, but a little later became adjutant of the 1st Virginia Cavalry.
He was colonel in 1862-65 of Mosby's Partisan Rangers, an independent cavalry command, which caused the Union army much trouble by destroying supply trains, cutting communications, capturing outposts, etc. After the war he resumed the practice of law in Virginia.
In 1878-85 he was United States consul at Hong-Kong, and in the latter year he settled in San Francisco.
He is author of War Reminiscences.