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Mosby's Memoirs

Name: Mosby's Memoirs
Author: John S. Mosby
ISBN: 9781879941274

by John S. Mosby, James O. Tate

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Overview

The Confederate guerrilla cavalry chieftain relates the history of his daredevil command in this memoir. “No other figure of the Civil War became during his lifetime such a storybook legend as John Mosby.”—Edmund Wilson. Southern Classics Series.

Synopsis

The story of the activity of this flamboyant commander and his men from his own perspective.

About the Author, John S. Mosby

John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) studied at the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1854. Upon the secession of Virginia he entered the Confederate military service and subsequently formed an independent cavalry unit which operated behind Union lines in a region that came to be known as “Mosby’s Confederacy.” After the war, Mosby held several U.S. Government posts, including a consulship in Hong Kong.