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John S. Mosby was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War, famed for his swift and elusive guerrilla tactics that earned him the nickname “The Gray Ghost.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate military officer
diplomat
human
allegiance Confederate States of America
areaOfOperations Loudoun and Fauquier counties, Virginia
Northern Virginia
birthDate 1833-12-06
birthPlace Powhatan County, Virginia
burialPlace Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia
linked to: Warrenton Cemetery
commanded 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
Mosby’s Rangers
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1916-05-30
deathPlace Washington, D.C.
education University of Virginia
employer United States Department of Justice
United States Department of State
familyName Mosby
fullName John Singleton Mosby
linked to: John S. Mosby
givenName John
language English
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
militaryRank colonel
name John S. Mosby
nickname The Gray Ghost
notableFor command of Mosby’s Rangers
guerrilla warfare tactics
swift cavalry raids behind Union lines
notableOperation Fairfax Court House raid
Greenback Raid
occupation attorney
author
diplomat
soldier
politicalAffiliation Republican Party
positionHeld U.S. consul to Hong Kong
professionAfterWar U.S. government official
lawyer
serviceEnd 1865
serviceStart 1861
sideInWar Confederacy
spouse Pauline Clarke Mosby
stateOfOrigin Virginia
usedTactics hit-and-run raids
partisan ranger operations
wrote The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby

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John S. Mosby givenName John
subject linked to: Mosby
John S. Mosby givenName John
subject linked to: The Gray Ghost
John S. Mosby givenName John
subject linked to: John