Colonel John S. Mosby's Confederate Cavalry Rangers - A Civil War History
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- The 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, also known as Mosby's Rangers, Mosby's Raiders, or Mosby's Men, was a battalion of partisan cavalry in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Noted for their lightning strike raids on Union targets and their ability to consistently elude pursuit, the Rangers disrupted Union communications and supply lines. By the summer of 1864, Mosby's battalion had grown to six cavalry companies and one artillery company, comprising about 400 men. The battalion never formally surrendered, but was disbanded on April 21, 1865 - after Lee’s Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
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Mosby, Morgan, Forrest, Jones, Stuart, Hampton, and several others gave the Southern Confederacy awesome guerrilla fighters, horsemen, scouts, raiders, cavalry and dismounted cavalry.
Although he was short-lived, I would add Turner Ashby too. Oh, & Cav. Gen. Joe Shelby in Missouri also. 👍
@@gregdzialo9998 Turner Ashby.. very sad story. He has to be the most deadly mounted infantry in the history of history. Nothing to live for but killing Yankees, didn’t need any food and enough courage for an army.
Quantrills Raiders was one of my favorites.
I don’t have anything good to say about Stewart. Glory hound bastard.
After the war, Mosby became active in Republican Party politics and became the US Consul in Hong Kong (1878-1885). His Virginia neighbors turned on him for siding with Republican Presidents Grant and Hayes. He received death threats, his boyhood home was burned down, and at least one attempt was made to assassinate him. Later reflecting on the animosity shown to him by his fellow Virginians, Mosby stated in a May 1907 letter that "There was more vindictiveness shown to me by the Virginia people for my voting for Grant than the North showed to me for fighting four years against him."
That's very interesting.
He was also against slavery which makes sense because he had a high IQ and typically racists have low IQs.
Until Biden and Obama came along, Grant's admin was considered the most corrupt.
Grant was President of the Union Pacific Rail Road until his death and John Mosby was an investor of the Union Pacific Rail Road and upon Grants' death: John Mosby assumed the position as President of the Union Pacific Rail Road. They had became friends.
@@JesusChrist2000BC What was Mosbys' IQ? Mosby was one of the most Wealthy men in the USA. He wanted for nothing.
Mosby was one of my childhood heros.
I was pleased to see a road sign in Northern Virginia marked "John Mosby Highway". I thought it was great that Virginia honored its history and heros.
I would say that for me at first he wasn’t one of my hero’s and the reason is he captured my 3x great uncle George Washington shriver and my ancestor was captured and sent to Andersonville prison where he sadly passed away from the horrible conditions but after reading a book about mosbys childhood and how he was picked on for being small and sickly he is my sort of hero because I don’t like it when people treat other people the way that people treated mosby when he was very young
He needed a statue.....im sure before too long the demoncrats will want it removed.
Bass Huntet no I would think that the democrats would keep the statue up because during the time of the civil war there was an election between Lincoln who represented the republicans and former union general George Brinton McClellan and you see if McClellan won the election he said that he would seak Peace with the confederacy so I would think that it’s the republicans who would remove the statue
Unfortunately, all the communists who are masquerading as Democrats that have moved to Northern Virginia to suck off of your tax dollars and mine are anti-American and anti-All that America stands for - the last redoubt of Freedom. I pray that Virginia and America can some day recover.
Mind Shock I completely agree with you on Virginia and America recovering
I grew up hearing stories about Mosby and his Rangers. My brother in law's family owns property with his last barracks built onto the only iron furnace the Yankees never found just outside of Harper's Ferry. The payroll train raid was planned at this place. The upstairs barracks still has the racks they slept in, left untouched till this day.
Damn I wish I could see that . Maybe you ought to film a little tour of it and put it on here.
@@trevorfuson715 Let me see what I can do, I haven't been up there for awhile, they can be tempermental.
@@KillrMillr7 that would be great !! It would make a really interesting video . I hope they let you . Thank you very much !!!
That's pretty awesome man. I live a little bit South in the Shenandoah Valley about 40 miles south of Winchester.
Unfortunately I’m related to him
In a book titled, "They called me the Grey Ghost," supposedly by Mosby himself, he stated he carried four revolvers, two were LeMat revolvers, and two were "Colt Designs."
Having tested Uberti's faithful replicas of the Colt 1860 Army .44 and the Remington Army .44, using the proper black powders and conical bullets used as service charges in the 1860's, I can say with certainty that facing a pair of those 44's in the hands of a skilled shooter on horseback would be terrifying! Even when the Union cavalry began to go to breech loading metallic cartridge carbines, the Southern Partisan Rangers preferred the .44 revolvers , because a pair of revolvers can be gotten into action MUCH faster than a slung carbine. In ballistic power, these C&B .44's properly loaded with the right black powder and conical bullets, are about the same power as a 45 ACP +P loading from a 5" 1911 automatic, firing a soft lead 1/2 ounce (220 gr) conical bullet at 950+ fps. The C&B .44's are superbly accurate and deadly at long pistol range (100+ yards). The open top Colt design is a natural point shooter and can be fired with almost instinctive accuracy. For the first 12 shots, at the 0-to-50 yard combat range typical in cavalry or modern urban fighting, a pair of C&B 44's in the hands of a skilled shooter would be every bit as deadly and effective as any modern small arm. The C&B .44 revolver would suffer only against the faster reloading of modern metallic cartridges and box magazines. So it would be possible, for Partisan Rangers on horseback, in a surprise meeting against modern troops armed with M4 carbines, to inflict severe casualties on the modern troops, before the modern troops could get their slung carbines into action!
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@@63DW89A This is SUCH an underrated comment!
@@63DW89A That's some great history.
Most Southern cavalrymen, in all various units carried as many pistols as they could. On lanyards,vin saddlebags, in holsters, & pockets. Many also relied on the shotgun. However, there was a substantial number of Mosby' s men who carried the Sharps carbine & used them to great effect against the invaders either in well designed ambushes or in defense.
You mean criminals opposed the lawful forces of the united states
John S. Mosby is my great great great (I think it’s 3 greats?) grandfather, i think its really cool. Especially since he enlisted due to loyalty to his home.
My gg grandaddy was Joseph H. Powell enlisted in Alabama in 1862. He was in Company H, 5th Alabama Cavalry. He survived the war, lost everything they had to carpetbaggers, and moved to Fulton Mississippi. He lived to the ripe old age of 92, passing away in 1923. He is buried there in Fulton.
My great great Uncle was Capt. J. BOATMAN he was in the calvary here in Nashville.
My grandmother is 93, and talking to her the other day, I hadn't realized that her grandfather was a Mississippi soldier for the Confederacy. I've held the hand of a lady that talked to a civil war soldier.... crazy!!
@@jacksonholmes9955 My mom passed away at 96. Her grandpa was a confederate soldier with the 36th NC…My mom and dad both knew many of them…
I congratulate your Honored Deceased Great, Great, Grandfather. As you should know, my heart is with the Confederate States of America. I personally would have been extremely proud to have fought for the Confederacy, being that I, myself, am from the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. I truly bear no hate in my heart towards anyone, no matter where they are from, North or South. Be that as it may, my Home State is Virginia, and I would have been proud, to have defended it, even at the cost of my own life! I salute everyone, that ever fought for the Confederacy.
I don't believe in Slavery, but I do believe in defending our States, and our Homes and our Families. In fact: That's why many a Man fought for the Confederacy, if the truth be told.
I'd join the Confederacy today, if it still existed.
Period!
@@kevinburnes3216I personally salute the Life, and the Memory, of your Great, Great Uncle.
My sixth great grandpa was a Texas Confederate raider. We are part of both the Sons of Confederate veterans as well as the sons of the republic of Texas
I myself am a decorated combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps
All true American patriots with the blood of liberty in your veins!
You come from a long line of savages who did the unspeakable. Your 6 grandfather is s disgrace to humanity
@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 the blood of entitlement you mean. My people built the county you claim to love
#Reparations
Thank you for your service.
Mighty great history there. Many thanks for posting this video. Sure shows the importance of these partisan units bogging down entire enemy regiments.
God Bless Mosby and the Rangers. God bless the Confederacy
It would have been nice if Mosby's capture of General Edwin Stoughton had been mentioned. The link to modern Special Forces should have been made stronger, as well.
I defer to U remembering the captured General's name, I could not...but if I recall correctly, it was @ Fairfax or Fairfax C.H., & Mosby allegedly caught the officer sleeping in bed in the nude & awakened him with a rude slap on the "azz" ~ basically telling him "Get dressed, you're coming with me!"
The special forces risk their lives to help the oppressed. The farthest thing from a godless southern slaver burning in hell.
@@gregdzialo9998 The General asked Mosby if he had caught Mosby and Mosby replied: "No sir, he has caught you."
Here is a nice little video/reenactment they did here locally
ua-cam.com/video/htnff3nPHxk/v-deo.html
My Ancestor in the 4th VA Black Horse Cavalry until being detached as a scout for Stewart and rode with Mosby until he Mosby got his Partisan unit in 63 and then after being wounded in the battle of Wilderness in 64 and no longer deemed fit for further combat in the regular Army joined Mosby's Partisan 43rd batt until the close of the war.
Pretty cool stories from that that are all documented. He is actually mentioned in Mosby's memoirs and in the official war records as well.
Love this guy and his men
They don’t make men like Mosby anymore 👍👍👍👍
Cool video, I'm glad you shared it! It's good to see some history about confederate calvary. Most people always think about the artillery and infantry. The calvary had an important role as well.
The Cavalry was considered the "eyes & ears" for gathering enemy troop movement intelligence. The lack thereof is what got Stuart in hot water with Lee & contributed to the defeat @ Gettysburg.
My Great Great Grandfather was a 2 LT in the Thirteenth Ill. Calvary. Their are stories of him in a book call "The History of The Thirteenth Ill. Calvary" His pistol and sword are in the possession of a Judge in Ill. we have never been able to buy them back.
6/25/2020
it’s not Calvary it’s cavalry you knucklehead.
That opening statement is why I hold great respect for the Confederate soldiers. Most didn't fight for slavery. Indeed many of them opposed it. They fought to protect their homes even though quite frankly they brought it upon themselves by attacking Fort Sumter and starting the war in the first place.
Virginia didn't succeed till Lincoln tried to March the US army through VA to attack South Carolina. Virginia didn't want to leave the union. But they didn't want an invading Army passing through their state.
@MGTOW Paladin yeah didn't a Cannon explode and kill some troops or something?
Fort Sumter was their own, they didn’t attack it, the north refused to leave
They did attack it and it was property of the US.
@@TorianTammas But sir you fail to relize it is in South Carolina, which at the time of the liberation of Fort Sumter, SC was a confederate state.
Every time I hear him say Mosby's Raiders, I cringe, it is Mosby's Rangers. They were Partisan Rangers of the 43rd VA Cav BN, true soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Unlike the Quantrill's Raiders such as Bloody Bill, James brothers, and Younger brothers who were not true Confederate Soldiers but irregular guerrillas or bushwhackers.
I prefer Mosbys Ranger's as well. It actually grew up and still live in what is considered Mosbys Confederacy. There was another group called McNeils Ranger's that operated just a hair south of Mosby. He was pretty bad ass as well.
Well considering Loudoun County where he was based had a high school mascot be the Raiders after John Mosby's Raiders. I think that at least locally they were commonly enough known as raiders.
John Singleton mosby later in life with teaching young man in California Calvary tactics. He would teach this young man how to think out of the box and how to use all the knowledge that he had learned in the civil war. That young boy grew up to be general George Patton
We need more mosby’s today.
I think if your a trumpy you will find ur not in line with mosbys beliefs at all
Disbanding his unit before the union could seize it, sounds like something a partisan ranger would do. It has been good to watch this video. Thank you for sharing it.
I'm Sorry but 8 minutes is not enough on this man and his actions
There is at least one history on him. We cannot always get what we want from videos. Remember the old phrase, "Reading is fundamental". And good for 'mental' actually. :)
My great-great-great grandfather's nephew rode with Mosby, Company B.
One of the greatest commanders
Who lost the war.
Bruce Brock I would agree with you and I would agree with you on that because like he drew people to his band and like even though my ancestors fought for the north Mosby really interests me because like on January 2nd 1863 he made an attack with just 9 men and I am also interested in Mosby because of his nickname the grey ghost and he also interests me because he modeled his operations on continental army Brigadier General Francis Marion who ambushed the British and then disappear.
As being black unfortunately I’m related to him
@@doggonoburritos4327 so what do you want a medel
@@brucebrock9369 No I just want you to know he’s an awful person
John Singleton Mosby was a Wealthy Virginian. He did not have to serve in no man's army. Mosby went South on a business trip for his plantation as the Civil War was just beginning. The Union Army Soldiers detained Mosby, questioning him, as being possibly a spy. They put John Mosby on a Union Ship with other Southern prisoners, that carried them up the James River to the Northern Union Camps. While on his journey, up the James River: Mosby maintained riding on a boat, made him sick and asked to remain on the upper deck. Being held prisoners, by the North, made Mosby angry. So while he was on the upper deck, Mosby made a mental memo, where each of the Union encampments were along the James River. When they arrived at the Union Camp, one of the Union officers knew Mosby and that he was just a Wealthy Planter business man. So, they Freed Mosby. Mosby now be back home, in Northern Virginia researched to find where Robert E. Lee was encamped. And Mosby went to Lees' camp and asked to speak with Lee. Mosby at first was denied to speak with Lee. But some of Lee's men knew Mosby as the Wealthy Virginian, that he was...and Mosby was permitted to speak with Lee. Mosby told Lee of his Union detainment and the ship trip up the James River. Telling Robert E. Lee where each Union encampment was along the James. Lee requested John S. Mosby join the Army of Northern Virginia, for intelligence.
2 of my ancestors... fell at Battle of Wilderness...CSA Forever!!!
My great great great grandfather Albert Wrenn was a Mosby’s ranger.
I hunted ground in Delaplane virginia, there was a graveyard om the property that had members of Mosbys raiders buried there. Beautiful country, i consider myself lucky to walk the ground these men rode, fought, and died on.
Mosby was just an all around badass. My favorite officer of the civil war.
His post war life is also extremely facsinating.
There should be a monument to this guy
Maybe you should be the builder.
@@xotl2780 I'd build it.
Just a few short years, ago, there was a very nice restaurant in Wise, Virginia, named Mosby's. Great food and a great atmosphere with Civil War artifacts, paintings and weapons. A wonderful place. Too bad it's not there anymore.
It’s a shame that some people want to take down confederate monuments or anything related to confederate history.
@@freestateproductions1790 The Confederacy deserves to be forgotten. By everyone.
Thank you for making this. I'm related to him.
the entry quote from him is so nice
Thank you Mr confederate man and praise be to Dixie Land!⚡👻⚡🏴☠️
In his later years, Col. Mosby was a frequent guest at the Patton family ranch in California. During his stays at the ranch, the Colonel would re-tell stories about his Civil War adventures to a young George S. Patton, Jr. whose grandfather was a compatriot of Colonel Mosby's during the War. The young Patton eagerly absorbed the details of the strategies and tactics involved in mounted guerilla warfare conveyed by Col. Mosby and actually practiced some of those on horseback at their ranch with the Colonel since both were avid horsemen. As a young cavalry officer, Patton later applied some of those mounted tactics while serving under General John J. Pershing during the campaign against Poncho Villa. It has been said that the dynamic, fluid tactics General Patton became famous for during WWII was instilled by the tales of Col. Mosby's Civil War exploits. Great men think alike.
Patton thought he was following the foot steeps of Alexander the Great a king and leader of his own cavalry. As well as Hannibal and Ceasar and other great leaders.
I know that general mosbys mothers name was Virginia ,I'm trying to find out his father's name ,he is one of one of my ancesters- Gareth
I am also a descendant of John S. Mosby. I know my grandmother has a family history book that takes you back to John but not sure if it goes any further if I see it again and can find this comment I will let you know for sure.
This is awesome thank you for your great video 🧐🤔🤘
"Colonel John S. Moby's..." should be spelled, "Colonel John S. Mosby's..."
Sorry I missed that and thanks for pointing it out. - fixed
Real history here
Mosby is my great great uncle. My grandmother was a Mosby.
Like many men of honour Mosby gets abused by those he faught for once the war is over
After the war, he served in Grant's administration and portrayed himself in an early silent film.
As a kid hearing stories from my grandfather Frank Robinson. In learning of a distant relative , John Robinson fighting with Mosby Rangers . He was killed in action.✌🏻😭
Is it possible that the original author of The Outlaw Josey Wales possibly based the characters in his story on these Rangers?
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is based on Confederate Bushwacker / Partisan Ranger activity in Missouri & Kansas, so it is similar but in a different theater of war, and would have been based around the activities of Quantill's Guerrillas and "Bloody Bill Anderson's" unit. Frank and Jesse James rode with Bloody Bill's unit. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL is a great movie showing the Bushwacker activity at the start of, and during the Civil War, around Missouri / Kansas. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES shows how the Bushwhackers were after the end of the war. And another great movie, THE LONG RIDERS shows the Bushwackers long after the war, and follows the James and Younger Brothers. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL, while set in the Missouri / Kansas area, will still demonstrate very well how Mosby's Rangers operated!
Outlaw Josey Wales is based on real Confederate guerrilla gunfighter Bill Wilson. There is a video on youtube explaining that. If you recall, it’s the alias Wales was given in the very end of the movie when he came face to face with Fletcher
Great video. One small mistake... Roger's Rangers (British) began and we're active in the French & Indian war, (1754 -1763) not American Revolution.
👍👍👍👍👍👍very good and useful
Great video
Good to know that Todd Kern is still alive.
I wish my great great grandfathers had used hit and run tactics more than they did and thomas jackson had not been killed.
I have the book on the Grey Ghost
I love the Civil War era. Have many books on it.
Great man.
Great!!!
Is it possible that Clint Eastwood based The Outlaw Josey Whales on Mosby's Rangers?
No. Josey Wales initially rode with Bloody Bill Anderson and Wales was based on a man named Bill Wilson.
Who use play war on horseback with a little kid name of George S. Patton Jr. Well The Gray Ghost himself. That & study of Stonewall countless other famous generals both sides & all wars. That where he got his lighting fast attack & keep going forward style from.
I met someone whose father was on Patton's staff. The War Between the States is just 3-4 handshakes away. 🤔
The Confederates contributed much to the military prowess and professionalism of the armed forces of the United States to win the struggles of the 20th Century against the great enemies of fascism, nazism, and the evil empire of socialist communism, And will continue into our times to thwart jihadist zealotry and terrorism.
I've heard of Mosby as the original "Gray Ghost", but not of Patton. However, as for Patton, he was also descended from a Virginia family, & lost his paternal Grandfather leading his VA Reg't @ Gettysburg in Pickett's Charge , & his paternal Great-uncle leading his VA Reg't @ the 3rd Battle of Winchester, (Opequon Creek).
@@richardkluesek4301 and may have continue were our ancestors left off Lot of corruption and tyranny in our state and country
yep, and this occurred in California
I dig the oldest artifacts in the United States, Digging 1500s 1600s Colonial St Augustine Florida, I recently dug up two railroad / stagecoach baggage tags on a Confederate campsite.
the name on both tags is ...
J.W. BOOTH
You can see them in my video list.
Mosby was appointed and confirmed by the Senate as US Consul to Hong Kong from 1878-1885.
Morrill Tarriff Act of 1859 > 22 northern states with 20 million citizens wage economic WAR against 13 Southern states with 10 million Patriots > 39% tax on exports of cotton and tobacco
My great grandfather was in the 2nd SC Cavalry.
My dad has these amphibian headphones for his garrett at pro with john mosby on them
Most of the people in the South didn't even own a single slave. I 'betcha' most people today don't know that. And as far as who was behind the slave trade, I suggest you go right here on UA-cam and look up Professor Tony Martin, and the slave trade. YOU WILL BE AGHAST, GUARANTEED!!
Yep only four percent owned slaves.
@@trevorfuson715 upwards of 40% of one “chosen” demographic on the other hand…
Discriminating black people denying them right to vote to own land to marry and a lot of other things they were fine with.
My haminja was once in the mosby raiders. Although they owned slaves they treated them with dignity an respect. Lincoln wasn't too kind to the isrealites. #odinwenesday beam. Much love for the education.
I'm Australian my great-grandfather is Edward Mosby from Baltimore or Virginia
Roger's Rangers were in the French and Indian war.... Rogers fought with the British in the Revolution.
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
Turner Ashley another one, but died very early in the War.
in the group pic taken years after the war circle in red where mosby is,all them grey moustaches,,they look alike
Is this a series?
To liken Mosby’s Raiders to modern US Special Forces is inaccurate. SF operates in enemy territory, organizing indigenous forces, or assisting pro-government forces against rebels. A more accurate analogy would be with the US Army Rangers, or maybe the USMC FOrce Recon. Light forces, making an impact with swift, violent raids behind enemy lines and collecting valuable reconnaissance information for the commander.
Mosby operated fully in enemy territory and stayed behind the lines, and in fact it was known as "Mosby's Confederacy." So yes, Mosby and his unit was a true ranger unit. In fact, he ordered it disbanded and he alone surrendered after Lee. Mosby wasn't about to surrender a unit that the Union couldn't catch in Union controlled territory.
@@raymondlee3414 with respect, Mosby operated in Virginia which was always within the border of the CSA. His unit was never asked to train or operate with foreign indigenous troops. The comparison to modern SF doesn’t hold up.
@@raymondlee3414 Not being part of an army structure nor wearing their uniforms makes thrm to a band of criminals.
Mosby was one of the very few genuinely honorable confederate officers. In addition to being a brilliant guerilla commander, Mosby had real moral courage. Mosby recognized the confederacy was wrong, that slavery was wrong, and that racism was wrong. He financially supported his 1 former slave for decades after the war. Mosby never deny the real cause of the Civil War:
"I've always understood that we went to war on account of the thing we quarreled with the North about. I've never heard of any other cause than slavery." - John Singleton Mosby
Mosby was a brilliant soldier, and more importantly, a decent human being.
There were 3 northern slave states....Maryland where I'm from being one of them... most people dont know that? If the north were fighting to free the slaves then why weren't those 3 northern slave states included in the emancipation proclamation... I'll tell you why? cause they were told if they sided with north they were gonna be able keep their slaves......Lincoln being killed musta changed all that.....somewhere along line politics rewrote history... ????
John S. Mosby intel for Robert E. Lee at the battle of Gettysburg was crucial for a Southern victory, but it was sadly foiled.
Mosby? I thought Stuart was the cavalry commander connected to Gettysburg.
@@VideoMask93 It was Stuart. He was on another circle the enemy tour and was not available for intel at the start of Gettysburg.
Lee could only lose as he never had any chance to reach any strategic objective . The high losses Lee caused coukd not be replaced. So Lee speed up the confederates loosing the rebellion.
No use for the sabre? Lewis Powell/Paine was Virginia 43rd Cavalry and slashed away with a Bowie knife on Seward. Evidently there must have been some exceptions. Dual identities is a hallmark of Intelligence, right? So, Booth really was heading to Montreal for the French woman. Where did that fancy diamond stick pin go again? Never found you say?
A bowie knife in an assassination attempt is rather different from the cavalry sabre in warfare. The big problem was that cavalry couldn't get close enough to use their sabres in most cases.
@@VideoMask93 my point and probably Powell's too, but why would one of Mosby's guys (a partisan ranger) bring an unserviceable pistol to Seward's only then to need the Bowie knife, and for Paine's intent and purpose it wasn't too much smaller than a sabre. The pistol bothers me other than to plant it as evidence.
@@Imtahotep I mean, I doubt he intended to bring a bum pistol. Certainly wasn't the first time a pistol misfired in an attempted assassination.
@@VideoMask93 there's more to that pistol than you think: it wasn't a misfire, and it wasn't an Atlanta Arsenal Spiller & Burr as I fist thought but looks like it was sabotaged, given to him to use that night but why he didn't service it before hand would be most unusual for one of Mosby's mounted cavalry Rangers who ditched the sabre in favor of pistols.
Set the Standard / Pistol craft
Texas Rangers Followed / Captain Marsh
If Mosby's unit was officially part of the Confederate Army, his unit was surrendered by Lee at Appomattox. There was no need for a separate surrender. ???
Lee only surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia.
Mosby was operating independently from Lee even though he answered to Lee. Jubal Early et al. didn't appreciate Mosby and how effective his rangers were until it was way too late.
By Year 2 of the war, the cavalry were used for nothing more than scouting. Most senior officers found they had no other value until dismounted and serving as infantry.
Fact remains that, NO one knows who, did or did not ride with Mosby. Or exactly what they did, or did NOT do. They didn't call Mosby the "Grey Ghost," for nothing..
THERE IS A FULL PICTURE of the Top Boys !!!That Served in the CO g
I put a thumbs up before I viewed this video. Do you think I made a mistake?
No mistake
🤠 "God Bless the South".
i found the cave where mosby was hiding after he robbed the berryville wagon raid that sheridan and his barn burners found and sealed up last yr.......ans found a box marker or treasure marker round it.......i have to go back and start digging....had to wait
Damn it! I was NOT a Civil War! That occurred in 1790s France where the monarchy was executed and classes were displaced
@MGTOW Paladin Well, tyrant is a bad connotation. How was he a tyrant when he was elected? If the South didn't want him as president, the Southern and Northern Democrats should've been more united in 1860 to beat him. Their own fault. And don't mention Lincoln's suspension of habeus corpus; he's not the first and only one to do it. Andrew Jackson also did it and so did Jefferson Davis.
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It's really important to remember history. Troops like Maj. Rodgers , Mosby's Rangers. Also the troops in the Marine Corps who conducted earlier raids. And the S.F. Troops in Afghanistan who rode into battle on horse back. Makes me wish I was young enough to ride with them. And let's not for get the Native Americans who taught the white man the battle tactics everyone uses today. That... You cannot deny. ALL THE WAY.
Am I the only one who takes exception to the repeated use of the term, "Mosby's Raiders," especially since this video is making the connection to modern day RANGERS?
GOD rest there souls and GOD bless the south 😇 !
So you’re familiar with guerilla warfare then? How come you was so surprised of it during the Vietnam War? Have you forgotten...
Guys named Zeke are always ass holes...
He was a devote solder and not a coward true to what he belived and what he was thaut from his parents we him and i didn't own slaves a d we are only are accountable before god what we have done be for God judgement day is coming and we don't apologise for for how we are i don't owe the demorats nothing
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Mosby: *offers to make peace with Hancock*
Hancock: *doesn't come to an agreement*
Mosby: Fine! We'll have our own peace. With blackjack, and hookers!
How are Mosby’s Rangers part of America’s special forces?
Your America wouldn’t be jack squat without Southerners filling it’s ranks
Every body who rode in such units are the forefathers of the Special Forces.
Thomas Watson yes, but they weren’t Americans
Eddie Perank are you going to include the Mongolians in that statement as well? They were also on horses
Christopher Bogie wrong on both counts I’m afraid.
They were citizens of the Confederate States of America.
Not US citizens or US military veterans .
Unless you are referring to “Americans” to mean “North Americans”.
Which in that case would also include Canada and Mexico.
So I guess my favorite American military hero is Pancho Villa.
Truly a great American
There were three men in the entire Confederacy who knew what I was doing or what was about to do and they were Lee Stuart and Myself
Colonel John S Mosby
I can’t take the name Mosby seriously anymore, I’m always reminded of Mr. Mosby from the suite life of Zach and Cody whenever I hear about this guy. I always imagine him massacring a bunch of innocent union soldiers while shouting “WOULD YOU LIKE AM OR FM” in the content aware voice
I take his name VERY seriously!! To me, he was one of the South's greatest Hero's. And as for 'massacring' a bunch of 'innocent' union soldiers?, Custer started it, and our faithful leader John Singleton Mosby, put a stop to it by replying in kind.
Yanks had to copy his pistols
Jesus Loves You
Sad my great great great uncle was a slavest
war criminal. cool
Another historically ignorant commenter. You do realize that Mosby represented 2 presidents over seas etc.? You know U.S. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes? Of course you think you know more than they did.
They lost.
The end
But will they lose the next one?
Well, actually Mosby didn't. He disbanded his unit following Lee's surrender. Many wanted him to start fighting a guerilla war but he refused.
No sense of history
Look like you still fighting the cvil war
My great, great great grandfather was captured by them and escaped when they went asleep. Not the sharpest bunch.
Mosby didn't want to hang him, so he let him escape.
Your ggg grandfather was a big bag of wind.