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Happy Birthday John Mosby

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Mosby's gravestone, inscription: 43RD Battalion VA Cavalry, Col. John S. Mosby Born Dec. 6, 1833, Died May 30, 1916
John S. Mosby's gravestone in Warrenton Cemetery
Historical marker inscription: HERE APRIL 21, 1865, COL. JOHN S. MOSBY DISBANDED HIS GALLANT PARTISAN RANGERS - THE FORTY-THIRD BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY
Historical marker in Marshall, VA near where Mosby disbanded his command

Friday December 6 was John Singleton Mosby’s birthday. Known as the Gray Ghost, he is a popular figure in Northern Virginia Civil War history, remembered especially for Mosby’s Raiders guerrilla tactics against Union forces. After General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, rather than surrender his command he disbanded the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry near Marshall and sent the troopers home.

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In the footsteps of Beth Mitchell

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Nothing could be more appropriate for the lead article kicking off this site than an account of my debt to Beth Mitchell. Her body of work is the best example I could offer of mapping history and sharing it with others. The Fairfax County History Commission honors her memory with it’s Beth Mitchell Prize, which recognizes “pure research that consolidates and indexes primary source materials into a format that can be used to support further understanding and interpretation of Fairfax County history.”
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