John Singleton Mosby
Colonel John Singleton Mosby, known as the “Gray Ghost,” was a Colonel in the Civil War, and lived for a time in Fauquier County in what is now the Town of Warrenton.
James Markham Marshall Ambler
James Markham Marshall Ambler, born in Fauquier County in 1848, was a soldier in the Confederate Army, and a physician on the Arctic exploring ship, the U.S.S. Jeanette, which sailed from San Francisco, California.
Turner Ashby
Turner Ashby, born in Fauquier County in 1828, was a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War. He achieved prominence as Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s cavalry commander in the Shenandoah Valley.
John Marshall
John Marshall, born in Fauquier County in 1755, was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835, helped shape American constitutional law and make the Supreme Court a center of power.