Colonel John Singleton Mosby
This road, along which many of his skirmishes took place, is named for Colonel John Singleton Mosby, commander of the 43rd Battalion of Confederate Partisan Rangers. Their activities in this area helped keep the Confederate cause alive in Northern Virginia toward the end of the Civil War.
Marker is at the intersection of Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway (U.S. 50) and Sully Road (Virginia Route 28), on the right when traveling west on Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway.
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