Col John Mosby Confederate The Gray Ghost Color Tinted photo Civil War 03240
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Note that the size you choose may require cropping and the finished image may appear slightly different than the one shown. If preferred a white border can be added above/below or left/right to allow all of the original image to print. Unless requested when placing your order, your image may be cropped. E-Surface Photo Paper is by far our most popular photographic paper. As a professional paper, it boasts rich, sharp color that won't fade or yellow, creating beautiful prints that will last for years to come. Our Metallic Photo Paper features a unique pearlescent surface. It offers highly saturated colors, ultra-bright backgrounds, and will last a lifetime with typical home storage. John Singleton Mosby, better known as the Â"Gray GhostÂ", is remembered best for the tactics that he brought to the Civil War. Using small bands of Â"rangersÂ", he led his men on raiding parties that terrorized the North. In 1863, he managed to capture General Stoughton while he was asleep.Mosby replied ÂDo you know Mosby, General? Have you got the rascal? ÂNo, but he has got you! Tactics like this led Grant to order to hang any of MosbyÂ's men without trial.
Following the war, Mosby, an attorney by trade, decided the best way to help the South, was to support the Union. Becoming not only a Republican in the deeply Democratic South, but GrantÂ's campaign manager in Virginia, caused many problems. The hero that had once defended the South, now was forced to leave.
After moving to California he was befriended by other Confederates and their families. He would spend long hours recanting his adventures for his new friends and their children. One small boy was so enthused that he would ride out on the ranch and pretend to be Robert E. Lee, while Mosby rode with him as himself. Mosby would spend hours tutoring in the art of quick lightning strikes, how to effectively use a small group of men against a large Army and other more Â"modernÂ" tactics not usually associated with the Civil War.By 1909 that boy had graduated from West Point and began a career that would last the rest of his life. It turns out that Â"Old Blood and GutsÂ" was trained by Â"The Gray GhostÂ". General Patton had learned from the original ranger tactics that are still in use today.
Colonel Mosby died in 1916, just two years before Patton would achieve the same rank.