During his post war years in California Mosby was a frequent visitor at the home of an old Virginia family he knew. He thrilled and inspired their young son with tales of his wartime exploits.That young man was George Patton.
Mosby did a lot more than tell young Georgie Patton stories. He taught him to ride and shoot from horseback and taught him raiding and ambush tactics as I have been told.
I grew up in the deep piney woods of east Texas and my ancestors were in the war of northern aggression. My history teacher was the son of a Lt in Hoods brigade. Till this day his class was the only one I made A's He was 83 years old and drove from Alto Texas to Elkhart Texas where I was schooled and raised to teach about 100 miles a day. He gave me an assignment to remember the Bill of Rights and to this day I can remember it by heart. He really took me under his wing. He was the only teacher that could get me to listen. I have been studying political science, world history ever since.I am absolutely amazed at how ignorant people are about this war. The true difference I have found out is that to understand the constitution is to understand the Confederacy. Those who say that these warriors were traitors are sheep to the federal government and aren't independent thinkers. This history teacher made me bold, polite and in the same breathe mean as hell when defending the truth of my forefathers.GBD I'm not antigovernment but since then I have never had blind faith of anything under the stars and stripes that are belched from politicians and Yankee tales of its disinformation machine. These today that fight for my freedom are there real Americans and I respect them all as Americans but not through the American flag.
It was not a war of "Northern agression": it was an illegitimate rebellion that sought to opress a people of their natural God-given rights, to establish an old Europe arostricy, destroy an almost immaculate document of freedom: US Constitution & further the evil of the undeniable evil of slavery & destroy the Constitution via faction. The Slaveocricy made thier power off the oppressed poor, robbing the poor of the very pittance of the poor, while they sat as fat cats high above even getting drafted. Don't give me this bs of "northern aggression". The Slaveocricy didn't like the results of democracy & sought to overthrow it. You know damn well the Slaveocricy controlled the Confederacy & started this tragic war.
As a veteran of the 75th Ranger Regiment I’m proud to also be a member of the Sons of Mosby. J. S. Mosby was the quintessential American Ranger. We enshrined him into the Ranger hall of fame inaugural class alongside col rudder and Darby. He trained the young boy named George S. Patton Jr. and was a U.S. diplomat after the civil war. He led an amazing life of a true warrior.
John Singleton Mosby only made one mistake ....and that was not killing George Armstrong Custer in Virginia during the War. When Custer and his men were hanging innocent farmers. Mosby let Custer off with a warning, "To get out of Virginia."
Yes, Custer was a piece of work, but no where near as evil as the oligarchs of the the Slaveocracy who robbed the poorest of the very pittance of the poor, who threw off the light yoke of US Constitution & democracy in favor of an old European arostoricy where slaveholders didn't have to fight. Hell yes! I would have fought to supress this unbiblical, unreasonable evil rebellion!
My name is Jim Buscher and I would like to get in contact with you as my Grandmother remembered and spoke about Mosby. Mosby and Fount Beattie were close friends both during and after the war. Beattie was a pallbearer at Mosby's Funeral.
Beautiful painting. Living around Annandale, Virginia Mosby used the unfinished railroad bed to move about Little River Turnpike & Braddock Road. Fountain Beatty lived at Green Springs Farm and Mosby would visit. The Minor Farm straddled Braddock Road south of the Little River Turnpike. Minor Lane is the only trace left to mark the farm entry.
Eric Buckland was excellent! I have read Mosby's bio. but I still learned some new things about this incredible man!! My favorite story?!His arrest of Gen. Stoughton (who he slapped on the butt) & his taking of many horses. Lincoln supposedly said, "I can replace a general for $5.00! But those horses are expensive! NOrma Jean Morrissey
Mosby has long been my hero. I have him in a starring role in a new historical horror story and there is a General Mosby in my Z-War series. To me, Mosby was an upscale Josie Wales!
Excellent video! Great attention to minutiae and personal detail. Shelby Foote would be proud of the job you have done with your presentation. My compliments to you Sir.
My 2nd Ranger Batt. Buddy whom is now deceased, lived and operated an Apple farm in Flint Hills VA. (South Front Royal) Where at the gate of his driveway stood the spot marker where Mosby's Men were hanged. A cut from the tree was displayed in the Smithsonian which Kevin insisted we see during my last visit him. RLTW!
The Colt 1860 Army .44 revolver pictured in this talk, being a "cap & ball" revolver, appears very primitive to modern viewers and shooters. The Colt is primitive to load, compared to modern weapons, as the loading lever under the barrel is used to ram a slightly over-sized ball/bullet into each of the six chambers. I've tested Uberti's faithful replicas of the Colt 1860 Army, (and Remington Army). With proper black powders and charge levels, using the Civil-war style 220 grain (1/2 ounce of lead!) pointed conical bullet, these "primitive' C&B revolvers are superbly accurate to 100 yards, with MORE than enough power to kill a horse at that range. Mosby's Rangers, (and other Partisan Rangers) would have become very good revolver shots from horseback, given the constant practical revolver use they would have had. Even today, such a unit would be terrifying to face, even if the defenders were equipped with modern weapons. Where the modern weapons would be totally superior to the Colt/Remington .44 revolver would be in the natural reloading speed advantage of metallic cartridges and box magazines. But until the reload factor hit, the Colt/Remington .44 revolver would be practically on par with modern auto pistols and rifles. If gotten into action first, the Colt/Remington .44 could actually win against a unit equipped with modern weapons. Even when the Union cavalry began to adopt breech loading carbines, the Partisan Ranger forces preferred the revolvers because the revolvers could be gotten into action much faster than a slung carbine. So a modern soldier with a slung M4/AR15 carbine, may not be able to get that carbine into action fast enough to prevent a Partisan Ranger from dropping him with a 1/2 ounce slug from a Colt/ Remington .44 revolver! It is easy to look at these Civil War folks as "Storybook Characters", alive in a more genteel, less crude time. But when the capabilities of their weapons are accurately evaluated, the reality sets in that these "Partisan Rangers" were a force every bit as deadly and effective as any modern force, the Partisan Ranger only being limited by the slower reloading required from his C&B Colt/Remington .44 revolvers!
My great uncles Sprigg and John Lynn were proudly serving under McNeill’s Rangers.Sprigg met Mosby on a train taking Crook and Kelly south after capturing them in CUMBERLAND MD.Mosby said to top the capture of gen crook and Kelly he would have to take Abe out of the white house
I wish that Civil War lecturers would learn to call soldiers on horseback "cavalry" and not "calvary". Calvary is where Jesus died on the cross! Please get this right. I hate to hear speakers who mispronounce or use incorrect terms for things! Norma Jean Morrissey
I wholly agree. One often spots otherwise presumedly literate chaps using this ignorant mispronunciation. My reaction is the ,,off" button. On a much milder complaint level I laugh at many of these new england trust babies' treatment of Mason, GA and Stawntun, VA. One learns to endure their muttering butchering of Beuuforrt, SC 🐽. Small matter...I pronounce boston as ,,bostunski". My pronunciation of various left koast kalipornia places is best kept en famille 😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸💞😎.
Mr. Buckland - If you see this question, I hope you can provide an answer: During the war, Grant ordered that all captured guerillas, like Mosby's men, be executed on the spot. After the war, however, Grant & Mosby apparently became friends, and Grant even appointed Mosby the US ambassador to Hong Kong. Do you know how their reconciliation came about? And thank you for this very interesting presentation.
I realize your question is a year old, by now, but I TRULY hope it will get answered. 🤞 This is the 1st time I’ve heard about it and would definitely ❤️ the chance to learn more!!!
After the War Ulyses S. Grant was President of the USA and the Union Pacific Rail Road and after Grant's death, John Singleton Mosby became President of the Union Pacific Rail road.
Mosby's wife was kicked out of President Johnson (17th President) office and General Grant concerned seeing her crying, inquiring as to why, Mrs. Mosby explained that she was seeking parole for her husband. Grant was still commanding all the Armies and wrote Colonel Mosby his parole personally.
At the behest of my ancestors and others, General Grant went to President Johnson to get my ancestor, a 43rd Va P.R. POW, paroled. He was facing execution as a bushwhacker, not as a legitimate CSA soldier engaged in Acts of legitimate warfare, which he was. He was a teenager. He was freed, and I exist. Thank you General Grant. Thank you Mr Buckland for your service to those soldiers past and present, and your own service.
Never hear of one 43rd Virginia Ranger, presumably dismounted, in and about Washinton City one April night, whacking away at Seward when his side arm (Whitney?) wouldn't fire: defective or sabotaged? So when and where did Mosby dissolve his Ranger unit again? Strange ...
It is a known FACT that John Singleton Mosby rode with numerous different men, depending on what his mission was. It is UNKNOWN, to this day, to whom these men were. And John Singleton Mosby made it perfectly, clear that he would NEVER divulge who these men were. Mosby took their names with him to his grave. It is known that Mosby sat on the White House front porch and he was never recognized but other as the Wealthy Virginia Planter, that he was. Mosby is known to never wear a uniform, accept on rare occasions, when he went to see Robert E. Lee.....I know some of Mosbys' descendants. Yes! I would have loved to met the "Grey Ghost."
As soon as this guy hears the first few bars of Dixie, he gets hard, haha. For too long this cult of military history has kept the Confederacy relevant. Guys they committed treason, and they lost. I’m sorry they made that choice, but they did
They did lose you are right. The war is over and we are one people which was understood pretty much immediately even by the soldiers that actually fought in the war. Union and Confederate regiments held ruinions for years each inviting their respective former opponents and each graciously hosting and enthusiastically welcoming the opposing sides for years after until none survived. The stories from these soldiers are the reason for the history still being alive today and can properly honor the soldiers on both sides. The same thing is happening with talks like these today will keep the stories going on in perpetuity. In other words, if the soldiers can get over it 150 years ago you can too!
They DID NOT commit treason! They had a lawful right to secede and form a new government that they felt suited their needs. This is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence
