The Mosby Myth A Confederate Hero in Life and

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) was only one of a number of heroes to emerge during the Civil War, yet he holds a singular place in the American imagination. He is the irrepressible rebel with a cause, the horseman who emerges from th

Paul Ashdown (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) and Edward Caudill (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) are professors of journalism at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Foreword

xiii

Paul Ashdown

Foreword

xvii

Edward Caudill

Introduction

xxi

PART ONE Satyr'S Child

1

(110)

Phantoms of the Past

3

(36)

The Name on the Wall

39

(40)

Smoke and Shadows

79

(32)

PART TWO Mythmakers

111

(100)

The Idea of a Myth

113

(18)

Bohemian Fables: Mosby in the Press

131

(14)

Mosby in Popular Literature and Biography

145

(32)

Mosby on Television and in Popular Art

177

(34)

Bibliography

211

(12)

Index

223

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The Mosby Myth A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend

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