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This awesome myspace layout is from CompleteMyspace.comJohn Singleton Mosby was born on December 6, 1833, the second-born and eldest surviving child of Virginia Jackson McLaurine Mosby (b. 1815) and Alfred Daniel Mosby (b. 1809). The couple's eldest child, Cornelia, had died in infancy.After John, came six daughters -Ada, Victoria, Lucy, Leila, Florence, and Blakeley and a second son, William.He married the former Pauline Clarke, of Frankfort, Kentucky in 1857 and had eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood.At the outbreak of war, the 27 year old Mosby enlisted as a Private in the 1st Virginia Cavalry, under the command of that unit's colonel, "Grumble Jones."His bravery and skills as a scout soon earned him the respect of General JEB Stuart. In Feburary 1862, he was promoted to first lieutenant and joined JEB Stuart's staff as a scout. During the Peninsula Campaign his advance scouting paved the way for Stuart's famous ride around McClellan.After a brief period of captivity in July 1862 he rejoined Stuart and was rewarded with the authority to raise a band of partisans for service in the Loudoun Valley in northern Virginia.

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