Mosby's Rock in Herndon, Virginia

John S. Mosby, also known as the “Gray Ghost,” was a first-class rabble-rouser who commanded the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.  His unit was a partisan ranger unit known as Mosby’s Raiders (also Mosby’s Rangers and Mosby’s Men), and they were infamous for lightning-fast raids on Union targets and their uncanny ability to elude capture as they repeatedly disrupted Union supply lines and communications. In 1863, a southern spy named Laura Ratcliffe suggested this rock to Mosby as a meeting place where…

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