Rebel Raider

At the stroke of midnight on a cold January night in 1863, a makeshift celebration winds down in a Fairfax home occupied by Union troops. General J.E.B. Stuart, fresh from a daring horse‑back raid that scattered Union outposts, lingers with his confidants and the local ladies, savoring a brief respite before the cavalry heads back to Culpepper. Amid the fading music and whispered goodbyes, the general promises to leave a small force under the command of the charismatic Captain Mosby to protect the beleaguered Confederate sympathizers.

Young John Mosby, barely thirty and more dandy than soldier, eyes the offer with a mixture of humor and fierce ambition. A former law graduate and reluctant secessionist turned cavalryman, he possesses a keen intellect, extraordinary marksmanship, and an uncanny knack for riding the thin line between audacity and discipline. As he straps his twin Colt .44s and accepts Stuart’s charge, Mosby stands on the brink of forging his own legend deep behind enemy lines.