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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, (vii)-xvi, (19)-492 pgs, frontis, illustrations, portraits, folding map, facsimile. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Spine with discolored spot at base of spine, else minor soiling and rubbing. Interior is clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author served with Mosby in the 43rd Battalion Cavalry, also known as Mosby's Partisan Rangers. He had access to Mosby and other officers with whom he served. From his Preface: "These accounts, under appropriate headings, I reduced to writing, until my notes had increased to many volumes. From many of the officers and men of the Battalion whom I could not visit, I received voluminous notes, which, together with the facts and explanations furnished by the Partisan chief himself, have enabled me to compose a full and authentic history. To enable me the more perfectly to attain this end, I resided in Colonel Mosby's family for some time, and from that central point rode with him to inspect the most interesting localities." A scare and desirable Confederate narrative. REFERENCES: DORN II #1300; COULTER #407: "Written in the form of letters, this narrative was composed the year after the war, from fresh memory aided by Mosby's military papers, documents, and the reminiscences of various individuals. The author, a member of Mosby's Rangers, criss-crossed the so-called 'Mosby's Confederacy' (the northern Virginia counties) in every direction. There are many personal touches in the description of this country and its people."; NEVINS I pg. 156 "Although presented as a series of letters, this narrative was written after the war from memory and a few sources; gives many personal insights of Mosby and his rangers.". …