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Introduction

During the Civil War, the Union Army was successful in pushing the Cofederate forces back into the South. As the Union Army progressed South, the Confederacy desperately tried to slowdown or completely halt its progress. Enter John Mosby. Nicknamed "The Gray Ghost", Mosby and his Rangers took part in quick lightening raids against the Union Army by primarily intercepting and capturing their railroads, dispatches, horses, and soldiers. But who was John Mosby, and why was he feared by the Union Army?