The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend

by Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill

Book Overview

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) was only one of a number of heroes to emerge during the Civil War, yet he holds a singular place in the American imagination. He is the irrepressible rebel with a cause, the horseman who emerges from the forest to protect the embattled farmer and his household and bring retribution to the invader. Mosby was the fabled 'Gray Ghost' of the Confederacy, a mythic cavalry officer who operated with virtual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084202929X
• ISBN13: 9780842029292
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"