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John Singleton Mosby led a successful partisan campaign during the American Civil War for the Confederacy. Prior to the war, Mosby was a frail nondescript lawyer. Entering the war as a private; Mosby eventually rose to the rank of Colonel. He organized, trained, and equipped the 43rd Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers. This unit grew from nine men to almost nine hundred at the war's end, and conducted many daring celebrated raids on the Union forces and their supply lines. In addition to his raids Mosby provided accurate and timely intelligence to Major General J. E. B. Stuart and General Robert E. Lee throughout his service. This study is a leadership analysis of John Singleton Mosby using the U.S. Army's Field Manual 22-1 00, Army Leadership. The study examines Mosby's leadership development and evaluates him against the sixteen leadership dimensions that the Army currently uses to evaluate potential officers. The purpose of this study is to determine what leadership qualities Mosby possessed that contributed to his success. The study concludes that Mosby was able to influence subordinates, peers, superiors, and non-combatants; he provided a purpose and gave them direction and motivation; he also continuously sought ways to improve and expand the organization.

During the Civil War, John Singleton Mosby led the Forty-third Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers, in bold and daring operations behind Union lines. Throughout the course of the war, more than 2000 men were members of Mosby's command, some for only a short time. Mosby had few confidants (he was described by one acquaintance as \"a disturbing companion\") but became close friends with one of his finest officers, Samuel Forrer Chapman. Chapman served with Mosby for more than two years, and their friendship continued in the decades after the war. Take Sides with the Truth is a collection of more than eighty letters, published for the first time in their entirety, written by Mosby to Chapman from 1880, when Mosby was made U.S. consul to Hong Kong, until his death in a Washington, D.C., hospital in 1916. These letters reveal much about Mosby's character and present his innermost thoughts on many subjects. At times, Mosby's letters show a man with a sensitive nature; however, he could also be sarcastic and freely derided individuals he did not like. His letters are critical of General Robert E. Lee's staff officers (\"there was a lying concert between them\") and trace his decades-long crusade to clear the name of his friend and mentor J. E. B. Stuart in the Gettysburg campaign. Mosby also continuously asserts his belief that slavery was the cause of the Civil War -- a view completely contrary to a major portion of the Lost Cause ideology. For him, it was more important to \"take sides with the Truth\" than to hold popular opinions. Peter A. Brown has brought together a valuable collection of correspondence that adds a new dimension to our understanding of a significant Civil War figure.

This first scholarly biography of Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Chapman (1840-1929) covers the life of Colonel John Singleton Mosby's second-in-commmand. Chapman, a student at the University of Virginia before the Civil War, started his own bridgade but later joined the cavalry as one of Mosby's Rangers. After the war's end, the Confederate embraced the Republican party and found employment with the Federal government as an IRS agent. Though he had fought enthusiastically and vigorously for his native South, when the war was over and the cause was lost, he accepted defeat with dignity and devoted the remainder of his life to rebuilding the nation.

John Singleton Mosby led a successful partisan campaign during the American Civil War for the Confederacy.Prior to the war, Mosby was a frail nondescript lawyer.Entering the war as a private; Mosby eventually rose to the rank of Colonel.He organized, trained, and equipped the 43rd Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Rangers.

When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse community? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn answer these questions and uncover the vivid stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Drawing information from government documents, soldiers' journals, and one of the most extensive research projects about Union Army soldiers ever undertaken, Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. Heroes and Cowards highlights the inherent tensions between the costs and benefits of community diversity, shedding light on how groups and societies behave and providing valuable lessons for the present day.

A particularly interesting case occurred in December 1942 along the Russian front. In the small village of Nekrasovo, a heavy concentration of German troops was observed by Soviet commanders. These troops were primarily transport and supply personnel who did not practice camouflage discipline or camouflage construction, believing themselves to be well out of range of Soviet artillery.

1861: John Armistead Carter, of Crednal, near Upperville, and John Janney, of Leesburg, represent Loudoun at the Richmond Convention that will debate secession. Initially opposed to a breakup, 88 to 45, the body changes its mind after the bombardment of Fort Sumter and President [Abraham] Lincoln's declaration of war on April 14. While Carter and Janney, president of the convention, vote against secession, the convention votes 88 to 55 for withdrawal from the Union. But now the citizens must decide. 1861: For the last time under the old regime, Loudoun voters trek to the polls May 23. Leesburg Precinct votes 400 to 22 to secede, but adjacent Waterford Precinct rejects secession 220 to 31. Lovettsville Precinct registers the largest pro-Union tally, rejecting secession 325 to 46. Lower Loudoun precincts vote 412 to 10 to secede, as does the county, 1,626 to 726. 1861: In June, Col. Thomas Jackson (soon to be known as \"Stonewall\") orders the Berlin and Point of Rocks bridges burned to keep Union troops from crossing into Virginia. Construction begins on three earthen forts to guard approaches to Leesburg (two remain in excellent condition) and on stone bastions (many still intact) atop the Blue Ridge to protect Harpers Ferry. Hundreds join more than 20 Confederate units. Far fewer enlist in Maryland Union outfits and two cavalry companies known as the Loudoun Rangers--the only Federal unit from Virginia. Quakers remain noncombatants.

Although Maj [Burke]'s suntan could make one very suspicious as to how much work is actually going on at the RDJTF Headquarters, perhaps we should be grateful-maybe he's had more time to think. Certainly his recent article, \"Maneuver Warfare and the MAGTF,\" (Sep82) should be reviewed and debated at the highest level. He is correct.

During the course of the American Civil War, John Mosby, the famed \"Gray Ghost of the Confederacy\" sat for more than 20 photographs, and many of them do not resemble each other. Four genuine photos of Mosby are featured.