Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby: The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg
328Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby: The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg
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ISBN-13: | 9780786470853 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 06/14/2012 |
Pages: | 328 |
Sales rank: | 606,922 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 3.10(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface 1
Introduction 3
1 August 30-November 30, 1862: "Buford's cavalry are entirely used up" 7
2 "For special service in mountainous districts infested by bushwhackers" 18
3 December 1-December 20, 1862: "The same old coon" 27
4 December 21-December 30, 1862: "A raid into Yankeedoodledom" 35
5 December 29-December 31, 1862: "I thought I could make things lively" 51
6 December 31, 1862-January 13, 1863: "The war is to be more desperate and deadly" 57
7 January 14-January 31, 1863: "Bush Whackers are all around" 69
8 February 1-February 19, 1863: "There is a rebel captain … by the name of Mosby" 80
9 February 16-March 8, 1863: "It is their business to fight and if necessary die" 93
10 March 9, 1863: "It was the best raid of all" 109
11 March 10-March 17, 1863: "There is no evidence to show that the accused did not act with courage and zeal" 115
12 March 17-March 31, 1863: "We are now to occupy the ground in which the guerrillas live and act" 124
13 April 1, 1863: "Mr. Capt. Mosby" 136
14 April 2-April 23, 1863: "Citizens except… when they are the terror-inspiring band of Capt. Mosby" 147
15 April 24-April 30, 1863: "General Stahl and his miscreants" 155
16 May 1-May 9, 1863: "He came in like h - 1 and went out like damnation" 164
17 May 10-May 13, 1863: "Those Bushwhackers fire on you as they would fire on a sparrow" 174
18 May 14-May 27, 1863: "These skulking Bushwhackers are all we have to [deal] with at the present" 183
19 May 28-May 30, 1863: "Grand Rebel Raid expected" 193
20 May 31-June 12, 1863: "I fear that he is trying to get my cavalry" 203
21 June 12-June 21, 1863: "Tomorrow perhaps we will be on the war path" 216
22 June 21-June 24, 1863: "To disperse about 100 guerrillas" 229
23 June 22-June 25, 1863: "We may have stirring times for a while now" 235
24 June 25-June 30, 1863: "Washington was again like a city besieged as after Bull Run" 240
25 History's Dusty Attic 254
Appendix: The Order Captured by John Mosby, June 17, 1863 263
Abbreviations 265
Chapter Notes 267
Select Bibliography 299
Index 309