Living History Interpretations
by Jeff Smith:Jeff Smith has been doing a "first person" living history impression of John Singleton Mosby since 1995. He was previously a Confederate reenactor for 10 years.
As Mosby, Jeff has helped give a wide variety of people a better appreciation of Mosby's extraordinary role in the War -- school children and adults alike.
A dedicated horseman, Jeff is a long-distance trail rider, undertaking trail rides for charity. He has covered nearly 1500 miles on horseback, the longest being a round trip from Connecticut to Richmond Virginia -- over 1000 miles.
Jeff and the late Oreo,
his first horseHe initially began the long distance rides to experience first hand what it felt like to be a Confederate cavalryman. He conducts his rides completely "in character", camping outdoors with no modern accoutrements or staying in historic houses, as a partisan ranger in Northern Virginia would have done.
He strives for as authentic an intrepretation as possible, right down to his restored 1859 McClellan saddle.Jeff is always willing to consider undertaking trail rides and living history presentations for charity, particularly if the charities involve historic / battlefield preservation, mounted search and rescue teams, or riding for the disabled. His terms are that part of the proceeds go to his own non-profit group, the Oreo Foundation, which supports these three areas and living history projects.
He also was filmed portraying Mosby for a TV film still in production, and like many Civil War reenactors, was an extra in Ted Turner's "Gettysburg".
If you would like to request Jeff for an event, click here to send an e-mail.
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