Mosby’s Rangers The Men Who Rode With the Gray Ghost Few Confederate units were as feared, or as admired, as Mosby’s Rangers. Officially the 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, they were led by Colonel John Singleton Mosby, a lawyer turned cavalryman whose lightning raids earned him the nickname “the Gray Ghost.” Mosby’s men operated behind
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“They were fathers, husbands, brothers and sons…” The Families Behind the Uniform The old photograph in this image shows a Confederate soldier with his wife and little daughter. It is a reminder of something easy to forget when we talk about armies and battles: every soldier had a family waiting for him at home. When
“American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.” You have probably seen it on a bumper sticker, a t-shirt, a coffee mug or a flag hanging from a front porch. It is one of the best-known sayings in the South, and for the people who share it, those nine words carry a lot of
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“Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” It is one of the most quoted lines ever attached to General Robert E. Lee. It hangs on classroom walls, appears in speeches and books, and every freshman cadet at
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“…the contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered upon a new and enlarged arena.” Jefferson Davis After the War These words are attributed to Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States of America. Davis was a West Point graduate, a hero of the Mexican War, a United
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General Robert E. Lee and his horse, Traveller A General and His Faithful Horse Few partnerships in American history are as well known as Robert E. Lee and his horse, Traveller. The gray horse carried Lee through most of the war, from the hills of western Virginia to the long road home from Appomattox. Lee
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“All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth.” — General Robert E. Lee Where the Quote Comes From General Lee wrote these words after the war, while he was president
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“Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southern man apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance. Our cause was so just, so sacred, that had I known all that has come to pass, had I known what was to be inflicted upon me, all that my country was to suffer,
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The bravery of Texans was established long ago. Most Americans know the story of the Alamo, defended without surrender, literally down to the last man. It is also true that the most decorated combat soldier during World War II was a Texan: Audie Murphy was not only awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, but all
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