Quote of the day
There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
John S. Mosby
Born: December 6, 1833
Died: May 30, 1916 (aged 82)
Bio: John Singleton Mosby, also known by his nickname, the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War.
Known for:
- Mosby's War Reminiscences (1887)
- Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign (1891)