The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
NEW
M0SBY'S
RANGERS.
"a History Of the Forty-third Battalion
Virginia Cavalry Mosby's Command).
from It's Organization 10 the SUR
render. BY j. ]. Williamson, OF
Company A. Syo, cloth. 52 pp.
Over 200 illustrations. =
THE BOOK or THE PERIOD.

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The greatest ana most authentic work on the
life and doings of the famous baud .ofsSoutherns
A story Of Mosby's raids and wonderful adj
ventures graphically told with aneedates and
beautifully Illustrated with oyer 200 .engtay-
Absolutely the only book on the market Civ
ing a thorough and complete history of the
daredevil band. i
Thrilling War Record of the Nineteenth
Century. sasfz4 s1l
Mosby had no camp. He ala not want one.
He was here today. anywbere tomorrow. The
men collected all ready for a dash. and them
melted away after the coup. Their quarters
We're IN farmhouses along the Blue. Ridge andsH
the Bull Run Mountains.-New York Times
The charm Of the book Is that Of guerrilla
adventure, which is the romance OF the war
me story makes II clear, however, that
Mosny's men won their reputation by hard
ngnEas and plenty of it, The general reader 2
companion. To his surviving, companions 1t
will be an invaluable Observation-Disclosures sun,
Nearly every book Of the late war written
and his men figure as eat-thrpatsr and seamps
James j.. Williamson. of Company A one at :
Rangers. which places NOISY in anofhga iisbfs
We are told that the guerilla chief had a rich
fund Of humor, and although at times he was
laxative, was, as a rule, generally t~aeiturns
The sketch Is a hatteEfnsE book Will
perhaps throw some light on several on thso
mysterious chapters of the laee
On. ~ Daily Advertiser. - ,alfgT 753as7
A chronicle of the operations OF Mosbys
Men during the civil war supplies IAN Interest,"
ing chapter in American history. The kind of
warfare waged by this redoubtable battaliorr
is peculiarly and characteristicalx Azaericansa-
The whereabouts of Mosby's Men was half the
time unknown at the Confederate headquarters.
and the Colonel acted according to his own i'm
SEPARATIONS, turning up now and again in some
daredevil expedition, such as the capture OF
General Stoughton, a laug1able Feat, related
with skin.|Chicago Record.
A retrospect of the story told IN fhis volume
shows that an irregular force lke4M4sby's had
little or no effect on the generaf result but. It
is of interest to see-fn detail the ability with
which Mostly was able to disturb the OPERATIONS
of the Union army and TO gain reputation and
slory--Philadelphia PablfciLedge 1JE1aSEscsgs
The name * History Of the Forty4third Bat
talon, Virginia cavalry. ttA does Hnotsia itself
indicate that the volume so entftled IS 9ikelys
to prove different from the ordinary regimesftal
history. But the most important part of the
title is "Mosbyss Rangers and that name in-
dicates that the book differs as much from its
predecessors as the body of men described
therein differed from other regiments of the
civil war. Besides being a valuable contri-
button to war history, 1t is an interesting ac-s
count of an interesting Observation-Disclosures York
Sun.
The history of Mosby's command i. rscited
by this book, and is one of the most enhancing
breath-taking escapades, probably no other par--
tisan regiment was its qual.-Baltimor World.
To old soldiers it will be full of fascination.
Mosby has been regarded as a kind of land
pirate by most persons at the North, perhaps.
but there was another side to his doings, and
in the story told by Mr.. Williamson it Is set forth
mply.-Providenc Or IL Journal.