John Singleton Mosby
Born: December 6, 1833
Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia
Father: Alfred Daniel Mosby 1809 – 1880
(Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia)
Mother: Virginia J. McLaurie 1815 – 1897
(Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia)
Wife: Pauline Mariah Clarke 1837 – 1876
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Married: December 30, 1857 in Nashville, Tennessee
Children:
May Virginia Mosby Campbell 1858 – 1904
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Beverly Clarke Mosby 1860 – 1946
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
John Singleton Mosby Jr. 1863 – 1915
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Lincoln Mosby 1865 – 1924
(Buried: Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, Kansas)
Victoria Stuart Mosby Coleman 1866 – 1946
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Pauline V. Mosby 1869 – 1951
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery Warrenton, Virginia)
Ada B. Mosby 1871 – 1937
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
George Prentiss Mosby 1873 – 1874
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Alfred McLaurine Mosby 1876 – 1876
(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)
Education:
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Howardsville and Bristol Virginia
Civil War Career:1861 – 1862: Private Company D, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862: 1st Lt. And Adjutant, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1862: Scout for General J.E.B. Stuart
1862: Captured by Union Army, Exchanged in July
1863: Detached to Organize & Command guerrilla forces North Virginia
1863: Captain of Mosby's Confederate Rangers
1863 – 1864: Major of Mosby's Confederate Rangers
1864: Lt. Colonel of 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion
1864 – 1865: Colonel of Mosby's Confederate Rangers
1865: Disbanded his men after Appomattox - Lee's Surrender
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1866: Fugitive wanted by the Union Army
1866: Arrested and Pardoned by Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant
Attorney in Warrenton, Virginia & San Francisco, California
U.S. Counsel in Hong Kong, China
Died: May 30, 1916
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia
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