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Special operations require special men. Elite units, especially in modern warfare, often turn the tide of war, but these engagements often require a seemingly super-human dose of bravery and audacity from the men involved.
Pandemonium unfolded. “It looked as though the light and life of the Guerrilla must be swept from the face of the earth. Never before or after had the Federal troops had such a chance to secure Mosby and wipe out his men,” remembered one Ranger. The Confederates tried to bridle, saddle, and mount their horses in the midst of the onslaught.
The book reveals the drama of the irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War, including the story of Lincoln’s special forces who donned Confederate gray to hunt Mosby and his Confederate Rangers from 1863 to the war’s end at Appomattox—a previously untold story that inspired the creation of U.S. modern special operations in World War II. The book also captures the story of the Confederate Secret Service.
Five bullets from the Rangers brought down Yankee commander Flint. The leaderless Vermonters became “panic-stricken and fled precipitously” down the lane. The Rangers then attacked the Union cavalry’s flank and rear as they rushed toward the closed gate, creating a deadly choke point. Here the men “got wedged together, and a fearful state of confusion followed.”
After Mosby’s remarkable victory at Miskel Farm, the North strengthened its resolve to destroy the Rangers, forming special units to take on the South’s most dangerous men. The special men in these irregular forces and the Confederate Secret Service enhanced, expanded, and pioneered this unique new form of warfare, which continues to influence modern special operations and irregular warfare today.
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