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MOSBY’S WAR REMINISCENCES STUART’S CAVALRY CAMPAIGNS BY JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY Late Colonel, 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States of America FINE - CONDITION Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Antique Book Contains the First-Hand Account of Confederate Colonel John Mosby on His Campaigns Handsome Frontispiece Illustration of Cavalry Raid PUBLISHED BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, IN 1898 This rare, antique book is the memoir of the daring, Confederate raider Colonel John Singleton Mosby. It is a thrilled memoir, filled with first-hand accounts of this operations. An exciting factual story by one of the South's greatest leaders and raiders, acknowledged as one of the geniuses of the war - by operated behind the Union Army lines destroying supplies, taking prisoners, and wreaking havoc on the Federal Army of the Potomac. MOSBY’S WAR REMINISCENCES AND STUART’S CAVALRY CAMPAIGNS is one of the cornerstone accounts of Confederate warfare. Long out of print and commanding premium prices, Mosby’s personal military narrative is indispensable to anyone interested in the Civil War. General Lee said: “I wish I had a hundred more like him.” General Grant said: “There were probably few men in the South who could have commanded successfully a separate detachment, in the rear of the opposing army and so near the border of hostilities, as long as Mosby did without losing his entire command.” THIS BOOK IS IN FINE - CONDITION This rare, 117-year old, antique book is in excellent condition and is uncommonly nice for its age. The book is clean and has solid binding throughout. Bound in bright red covers with gold lettering and decorative highlights, the exterior is sharp, bright and clean with no bumping, rubbing or discernible edge wear. There is some darkening to the spine, but the exterior is in uncommonly nice condition overall and remains attractive, sharp and bright. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. The book is free of any writing or foxing. It has two pasteboard on the front, inside cover as shown, but has no other stamps or markings; it is not an ex-library book. The book has fine binding; it has no looseness or lean and both hinges are fine. It contains a frontispiece illustration of Mosby raiding a Union train. This is an excellent condition, antique book which is the first-hand account of Mosby on his combat operations during the Civil War. Book will be well packed and padded to protect it during shipment. DON'T LET THIS RARE, CONFEDERATE, COLLECTIBLE GET AWAY