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2024-03-09 -Land of the Free

O'Donnell: ‘I am Mosby,' The Perfect Special Operation

[Breitbart] Special operations and irregular warfare are shaping the world’s future. Irregular forces sparked a regional war and are shutting down crucial shipping lanes as covert operations are attempting to influence elections. What is old is new: the inspiration for modern American special and covert operations originates in a previously untold Civil War story. John Singleton Mosby, one of the main characters of this story, 161 years ago this week conducted what is considered the perfect special operation.
The Hunter's Head 9048 John S. Mosby Highway (Route 50)
Upperville, VA 20184
Through the drizzling rain and melting snow on the night of March 9, 1863, Mosby, the guerrilla leader who had most confounded the Union Army with his incessant raids on enemy pickets, rail lines, and other strategic targets and then faded back into the Virginia countryside defying all attempts to capture him, led his men on yet another midnight special operation. Shrouded in darkness and black rain ponchos that hid their Confederate gray uniforms, the 30 men rode toward an unknown destination, which Mosby had revealed only to the man he was trusting to get them through enemy checkpoints—Sergeant James F. “Big Yankee” Ames, who had deserted from the Union Army only weeks earlier.
Dine where Mosby's men once rode. Pub style with Guinness on tap. Horses and dogs welcome. Ample hitching and watering available.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-09 06:24|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 ...This place is just a short drive from where my wife grew up. Might have to make a run up there one of these days.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-03-09 07:56|| 2024-03-09 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ I have taken a number of family and friends there. Never experienced a disappointment.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-09 11:28|| 2024-03-09 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Fascinating post civil war friendship with Grant, but the Patton connection is astounding: "His influence extended even further to his time in San Gabriel, California, with a young George Patton, Jr on their family ranch. Undoubtedly, America’s greatest guerrilla warfare practitioner’s lightning attacks and cavalry tactics impacted the young man’s tank and maneuver warfare tenets that he later developed and utilized in World War II."

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-03-09 13:57|| 2024-03-09 13:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Fine TV show in 1957 about Mosby - 'The Grey Ghost' - which I watched as a child.

Posted by borgboy 2024-03-09 17:08|| 2024-03-09 17:08|| Front Page Top

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