| Summary: | (Photographed in civilian clothes). Entered Confederate service as a private; commissioned as a first lieutenant in February 1862. After promoting through the grades, Mosby was promoted to colonel in December 1864. Major campaigns and battles include First Manassas, the Peninsular campaign, and the Wilderness. Spent the majority of his Confederate service as the leader of the Partisan Rangers, who harassed Union forces throughout northern Virginia. After the war, Mosby returned to his law practice and became involved in politics. He died in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1916 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Faust, Patricia, ed. Historical Time Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York: Harper, 1986.
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