Sarah might well have taken one or two pages from one of America’s first Spec-Ops warriors, the Grey Ghost, John Singleton Mosby.
Here’s a John Singleton Mosby, Grey Ghost, action. Bear in mind that Union forces were beside themselves at the hit and run tactics of Mosby’s Rangers and were searching for him every where and had placed a five thousand dollar bounty on him.
“Mosby is famous for carrying out a daring raid far inside Union lines at the Fairfax County courthouse in March 1863, where his men captured three Union officers, including Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton.
Mosby wrote in his memoirs that he found Stoughton in bed and roused him with a “spank on his bare back.” Upon being so rudely awakened the general indignantly asked what this meant. Mosby quickly asked if he had ever heard of “Mosby”. The general replied, “Yes, have you caught him?” “I am Mosby,” the Confederate ranger said.
“Stuart’s cavalry has possession of the Court House; be quick and dress.” Mosby and his 29 men had captured a Union general, two captains, 30 enlisted men, and 58 horses without firing a shot.”
Asymmetrical warfare? Yup, she got it.
Unexpected!