Horace Mewborn is a native of North Carolina. After graduating from Campbell College he served seven years in the U.S. Army, with 2-1/2 years in Vietnam. After leaving the army, he graduated from East Carolina University and entered the FBI. Among his assignments with the FBI were tours of duty in New York City, Washington D.C., and FBI headquarters. He has authored five articles for Blue and Gray Magazine, including three articles about the operations of John Mosby and his Rangers and an August, 1998 article on Stuart's ride around McClellan. Horace co-authored the book on Mosby's command, the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, for the H.E. Howard Virginia Regimental series, and he compiled and edited “From Mosby's Command”. A guide for the CWRT's 2006 battlefield tour, Horace currently resides in New Bern, N.C.