Mosby’s Rangers A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry >From Its Organization to the Surrender By James J. Williamson (of Company A) Published 1909, 554 pages, Illustrated, searchable - Bonus Book #1 – Memoirs of Col. John S. Mosby Edited By Charles Wells Russell Published 1917, 414 pages Illustrated, Indexed - Bonus Book #2 – Partisan Life With Col. John S. Mosby By Major John Scott Published 1867, 492 pages - Bonus Book #3 – Mosby’s Men By John H. Alexander Published 1907, 180 pages *********************************************************** EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View (or MAC Preview Ver. 3) ************************************************************* $13.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Mosbys-Rangers-Bonus-Books-43rd-Battalion-VA-Cavalry-/130381633761?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5b59d8e1 The 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, also known as Mosby's Rangers, Mosby's Raiders or Mosby's Men, was a battalion of partisan cavalry in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Noted for their lightning strikes on Union targets and their ability to consistently elude pursuit, the Rangers disrupted Federal communications and supply lines. The 43rd Battalion was formed on June 10, 1863, at Rector's Cross Roads, near Rectortown, Virginia, when John S. Mosby formed Company A of the battalion. Mosby was acting under the authority of General Robert E. Lee, who had granted him permission to raise a company in January 1863 under the Partisan Ranger Act of 1862, in which the Confederate Congress authorized the formation of such units. By the summer of 1864, Mosby's battalion had grown to six cavalry companies and one artillery company, comprising about 400 men. After February 1864, the Confederate Congress revoked the authority of all partisan units, except for two, one of which was the 43rd Battalion. The battalion never formally surrendered, but was disbanded on April 21, 1865, after General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, but not before attempting to negotiate surrender with Major General Winfield S. Hancock in Winchester, Virginia. “This book is really the result of the habit of keeping a diary. During my imprisonment in the spring of 1863, in the Old Capitol prison in Washington, I kept a diary as a means of whiling away the tedious hours of prison life. After being exchanged, I joined Mosby in April, 1863, two months before the organization of Company A, his first company, and was with him until the surrender. The habit acquired while in prison still clung to me when I entered upon the active life of a ranger. It then became a pleasure to jot down the events that came under my observation or that I heard related by my comrades or others. I soon began to feel that my work was not completed until I had noted down briefly what had happened during the day. In this way my diary was kept sometimes written by the wayside, sometimes by the camp-fire, sometimes in the quiet of the fireside.” CONTENTS - Memoirs Introduction vii I Early Life . .1 II The War Begins . . .11 III A Private In The Cavalry .... 22 IV Johnston's Retreat From Harper's Ferry . 33 V Recollections or Battle Of Manassas . 47 VI The Strategy Of The Battle Of Manassas . 55 VII About Fairfax Court House ... 86 VIII Campaigning With Stuart .... 99 IX The Campaign Against Pope . . . .122 X First Exploits As A Partisan . . . 146 XI The Raid On Fairfax 168 XII Stuart And The Gettysburg Campaign . 201 XIII The Year After Gettysburg . . . 258 XIV The Campaign Against Sheridan . . .283 XV The Greenback Raid 312 XVI Last Days In The Valley .... 327 XVTI Final Scenes 353 XVIII In Retrospect 365 XIX My Recollections Of General Lee . . 374 XX My Recollections Of General Grant . 383 Index 401