Only three men in the Confederate army knew what I was doing or intended to do; they were Lee and Stuart and myself.

- John S. Mosby

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.

- John S. Mosby

He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yan…

- John S. Mosby

The military value of a partisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of men killed or captured, but by the numb…

- John S. Mosby

Well, it made you famous.

- John S. Mosby

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle. I have a more vivid recollection of the first that the last one I wa…

- John S. Mosby

General, get up dress quick you are a prisoner!

- John S. Mosby