| Show COL JOHN S MOSBY john singleton mosby was wan one of the roost most r conspicuous P J C u Z fighters in th ill confederate ton a army r n 1 y OUA A a a d duhan a it in q r raider a 1 I 1 ear IN ht e MR s U unapproachable oxen among the bet dent of oc tho the rat ders tt of the southern somi senal ho he was barn fit 11 Pott hatan a n coun county t Y va 1 0 O r k 6 1832 at the th begin alth eni alln nanc of the var a r lie he enlisted lit in the ram earn sign of 0 chaliy caa liy and served iti in th campaign in the th shenandoah under gen joseph B E johnston at tho the close of the war mosby nent ent to va and took up the practice of oc law lie he was there in 2972 aben hon the greeley grant campaign cam palyn camo came and the incorrigible rebel agu ear ri I 1 I 1 1 1 1 am I 1 V I 1 4 i t ji I 1 I 1 I 1 1 k I 1 C 51 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I A col john S ellla amazed his friends and camp aArli ota of the south by hoisting hla his standard ard for grunt grant instead of tile the democrat lie ho supported hayea in 1876 and was waa rewarded it ith the consulship at AC hong honc kong he was a proud man and ex cedith ely sensitive la in those choso trying times and twice refused to accept onic office under unac r president grant on his return from china he settled settle in california and has dono done well there asa as a lawyer As a soldier helas he waa IL a terrible disciplinarian and as EL a lawyer a shrewd reader of statutes though not a brilliant brUl Jant pleader |
