on a main road that the union cavalrylf was probably gog to be using, one of these men would know another route where they could leave point "a" and bebe at point "b" when the unio cavalry got there because they took a circuitous route. and it helped mosby tremendously from start to finish. rarely was he surprised by union activity, but quite often was the union surprised by his activity. john munson also talks about mosby's correct estimate of men. many of the men, again, remarked on the fact that mosby could meet a man, maybe not even talk toto him. simply look at him but when this man wanted to join the unit, mosby would say, no, i don't want doyou, or, you're in. a perfect example of that is in thee case of james "big yankee" ames showed up in february of 1863 early on in mosby's career as a ranger and wanted to join the small band that mosby had at the time.ge the other rangers said no, i don't trust him. mosby spoke tos him for a momen and said no, he'll be fine and allowed him into the unit. when all was said and done, ames would become a lieutenant under mosby and would become one of the most trusted and liked and respected men in the command, liked and