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[Dereku]

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[Dereku]

Completely derailed your thread here, but you are clearly around like minded people.

 

[HillFolk]

Completely derailed your thread here, but you are clearly around like minded people.

Yes, I sensed a higher level of intelligence here!

 

[Grumpaw]

You named it "Mosby" after John Mosby, a Confederate Cavalry commander, during the Civil War.
He was known as "The Gray Ghost". (I'm a history buff)

 

[HillFolk]

You named it "Mosby" after John Mosby, a Confederate Cavalry commander, during the Civil War.
He was known as "The Gray Ghost". (I'm a history buff)

You are correct, sir!

We love history, and that includes our daughter (co-owner and soon to be owner of Mosby). She helped pick out the name.

Last Christmas we went to the 1818 Christmas at the Netherland Inn in Kingsport, and among the bluegrass, cider, history talks, etc. was Union and Confederate reenactors. Among the Rebs was Col. Mosby and that caused us to study up on him.

The fact that the Ranger was silver (kinda grey), and a Ranger... and we strike like lightning and disappear (well, we leave Toyotas/ Chevys/ Rams thunderstruck on the green light and then disappear) made it a good fit.

I'm impressed, and a tad disappointed in Ranger Pride.

Not a Wikipedia fan, but this is a decent summary:

" John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname, the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War (War Between the States). His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning-quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity became known as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby became a Republican and worked as an attorney, supporting his former enemy's commander, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served as the American consul to Hong Kong and in the U.S. Department of Justice."

 

[Grumpaw]

You are correct, sir!

We love history, and that includes our daughter (co-owner and soon to be owner of Mosby). She helped pick out the name.

Last Christmas we went to the 1818 Christmas at the Netherland Inn in Kingsport, and among the bluegrass, cider, history talks, etc. was Union and Confederate reenactors. Among the Rebs was Col. Mosby and that caused us to study up on him.

The fact that the Ranger was silver (kinda grey), and a Ranger... and we strike like lightning and disappear (well, we leave Toyotas/ Chevys/ Rams thunderstruck on the green light and then disappear) made it a good fit.

I'm impressed, and a tad disappointed in Ranger Pride.

Not a Wikipedia fan, but this is a decent summary:

" John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname, the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War (War Between the States). His command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning-quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity became known as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby became a Republican and worked as an attorney, supporting his former enemy's commander, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served as the American consul to Hong Kong and in the U.S. Department of Justice."

Little known factoid, both Gen. Frank Merrill of Merrill's Marauder's who is famous for his fight in Burma, and Gen. Orlando Darby who formed the first Ranger Batt. in Europe, both in WW ll, were historians and followers of Civil War Confederate's Mosby, Stuart, and Quantrill, patterned some of their hit and run tactics after these cavalry leaders.

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