eric buckland. [applause] mr. buckland: good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the union -- at the unit level, the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander, i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil war to actually put together a unit and candidate all the way until the very end of the war when he disbanded the unit. i can't think of another regiment was formed where that commander, if you lived, continued to command. in many cases, they would have been promoted out of the job. he was a remarkable man, but i will make the case, it's with my title, i believe of the perfect man in the perfect place at the -- that the stars aligned for john singleton mosby. he had some luck in his success, a great deal of it had to do with his abilities. but i also think that the stars aligned to a certain extent in what he was able to do and you might say get away

eric buckland, the author of five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosby's rangers, which deal with the men from bmi who served with mosby, and who has subsequently done four more books which overall tell the story of 110 more men who served with mosby and he is told me there's a fifth volume at press right now which will be the final volume in that series. he has received two awards by the udc, the jefferson davis historical gold medal.

quacks american history tv, historian eric buckland talks about the leadership qualities and militaryexploits of confederate colonel john s. mosby. stuarterving under jeb early in the war, in 1863, he formed and took command of his own ranger battalion. the unit gained notoriety for its raids behind union lines. this talk was part of a daylong seminar on civil war leadership posted by longwood university in farmville, virginia, at appomattox court house national historical park. it is just under one hour.