An oddly hidden plaque for John S. Mosby ("The Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy) along State Street on the Virginia side. The plaque is tucked in the middle of some bushes in front of a bank's entrance. Most known for his service in the Confederate Army, Mosby spent a fair amount of time in SWVA as an attorney prior to his military service. He joined the Rebels as a private at the outbreak of war. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was a very prominent figure in the war. He led the 43rd Battalion

"I had no faith in the sabre as a weapon. I only made the men draw their sabres to prevent them from wasting their fire before they got to closer quarters." ~John S. Mosby~ #JohnMosby #CivilWar #MilitaryStrategy #Sabre #WarTactics #HistoryQuotes | Massie's Antiques and Civil War Relics

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CAPTURED BY MOSBY'S RANGERS, SENT TO ANDERSONVILLE John Singleton Mosby and his Partisan Rangers disrupted U.S. Army communications along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Virginia as part of a coordinated effort to support Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s 1864 invasion of the North that culminated in the Battle of the Monocacy and the Raid on Washington, D.C. In one move, Mosby's men compelled the surrender of a garrison at Duffield's Station along the B&O without firing a shot. One of the captured men,