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- Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
Confederate John Singleton Mosby forged his reputation on the most exhilarating of military activities: the overnight raid. Mosby possessed a genius for guerrilla and psychological warfare, taking control of the dark to make himself the "Gray Ghost" of Union nightmares. Gray Ghost, the first full biography of Confederate raider John Mosby, reveals new information on every aspect of Mosby's life, providing the first analysis of his impact on the Civil War from the Union viewpoint.
Table of Contents
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- 1 Mosby’s Weapon of Fear
- pp. 1-10
- 2 The Weakling and the Bullies
- pp. 11-27
- 3 “Virginia is my mother.”
- pp. 28-37
- 4 Scouting behind Enemy Lines
- pp. 36-57
- 5 Capturing a Yankee General in Bed
- pp. 58-76
- 6 Miskel’s Farm
- pp. 77-95
- 7 Featherbed Guerrillas
- pp. 96-104
- 8 Unguarded Sutler Wagons
- pp. 105-119
- 9 Masquerading as the Enemy
- pp. 120-130
- 10 Seddon’s Partisans
- pp. 131-146
- 11 Mosby’s Clones in the Valley
- pp. 147-164
- 12 The Night Belonged to Mosby
- pp. 165-183
- 14 The Lottery
- pp. 201-215
- 15 Sheridan’s Mosby Hunt
- pp. 216-227
- 16 Sheridan’s Burning Raid
- pp. 228-242
- 17 Apache Ambuscades, Stockades, and Prisons
- pp. 243-261
- 18 “All that the proud can feel of pain”
- pp. 262-270
- 19 Grant’s Partisan in Virginia
- pp. 271-284
- 20 Hayes’s Reformer in Hong Kong
- pp. 285-299
- 21 Stuart and Gettysburg
- pp. 300-317
- 22 Roosevelt’s Land Agent in the Sand Hills
- pp. 318-332
- 23 The Gray Ghost of Television and Film
- pp. 333-343
- Conclusion
- pp. 344-348
- Bibliographic Essay
- pp. 401-406
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 407-410
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813129457
Related ISBN(s)
9780813121352, 9780813138497, 9780813192536
MARC Record
OCLC
826519992
Pages
464
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No