Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard

Speed, boldness, and controversy marked the Civil War careers of this trio of Confederate cavalrymen. John Singleton Mosby teamed with J. E. B. Stuart to conduct the famous ride around McClellan’s army in 1862. A year later, John Hunt Morgan led his gray raiders deep into Ohio, farther north than any other uniformed rebel force. Lacking military training, Nathan Bedford Forrest proved himself one of the war’s best generals with his hit-and-run campaigns in Tennessee. Masters of scouting, raiding, and harassing the Union, Mosby, Morgan, and Forrest charged into history as pioneers of irregular warfare.