NF Books On John Singleton Mosby

[Mr King]

I have not read a book on John Singleton Mosby and would like to hear from ya'll book recommendations. The only writings I've read is online but not in a book and there is one called: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby by Mosby himself. What about Mosby's Rangers by Jeffry Wert? Or any other books you recommend...

 

[jackt62]

A pretty good biography that I read is "Gray Ghost: The Life of Colonel John Singleton Mosby" by James Ramage.

 

[Mr King]

Thank you jackt62!

 

[Philip Leigh]

I have not read a book on John Singleton Mosby and would like to hear from ya'll book recommendations. The only writings I've read is online but not in a book and there is one called: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby by Mosby himself. What about Mosby's Rangers by Jeffry Wert? Or any other books you recommend...

Ranger Mosby by Virgil Carrington Jones.

Mosby's memoirs are free online.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Wert's book is excellent.

 

[donna]

Ramage's book is very good. We have actually meet Mr. Ramage several times and have copies of several of his books.

 

[Mr King]

Thank you Philip Leigh and Eric Wittenburg and donna!

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Thank you Philip Leigh and Eric Wittenburg and donna!

Once upon a time, I designed and used to teach a master's degree-level course on Civil War cavalry operations, and when we did the unit on Civil War partisan units, Wert's book on Mosby's Rangers was the chosen text book for that segment of the course. That's what I think of the quality of that particular book.

 

[Mr King]

Once upon a time, I designed and used to teach a master's degree-level course on Civil War cavalry operations, and when we did the unit on Civil War partisan units, Wert's book on Mosby's Rangers was the chosen text book for that segment of the course. That's what I think of the quality of that particular book.

Eric Wittenberg- that's awesome!

 

[Stone in the wall]

I'm not recomending this book. But who was Major John Scott? His book was Partisan Life with Mosby's Ranger's. I don't find him listed in the 43rd battalion, and it only had a few Majors.

 

[Mr King]

I'm not recomending this book. But who was Major John Scott? His book was Partisan Life with Mosby's Ranger's. I don't find him listed in the 43rd battalion, and it only had a few Majors.

I've never heard of Major John Scott....But again, I don't know much about Mosby either except the story, with my mind fuzzy, is when he and a few of his men captured a general, some prisoners and made their way out without firing a shot.

 

[Stone in the wall]

I've got the H E Howards book on the 43rd Battalion. They are a little pricey, but gives the history, and has a long list of members and others that rode with him on a raid or two.

 

[Mr King]

I've got the H E Howards book on the 43rd Battalion. They are a little pricey, but gives the history, and has a long list of members and others that rode with him on a raid or two.

Thank you Stone in the wall!

 

[JPChurch]

James J. Williamson's book "Mosby's Rangers" is worth checking out. Originally published by Kenyon in New York 1896. IIRC the battalion's surgeon Dr. Monteiro wrote a book also. Don Hakenson published his book (2013) on Mosby's military operations in Fairfax County VA.That's a nice read; also a tour guide with lots of photos.

 

[howaybigbren]

Wert's book is very good.
Someone asked about Scott's book - he was not in the 43rd, but as I understand things, Mosby knew him and asked him to write the book. It is written in the form of letters to someone named "Percy" - it's a literary affectation, but the stories and info in the book are accurate and solid.
John Munson's "Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla" and John Alexander's "Mosby's Men" are both excellent and tell the Rangers' story from the perspective of a young man riding with Mosby (both authors were Rangers).
The Regimental by Hugh Keen and Horace Mewborn is outstanding.
Virgil C. Jones' "Ranger Mosby" is still a "classic."

 

[USS ALASKA]

Some free reading on Mosby...

Mosby and his men: a record of the adventures of that renowned partisan ranger, John S. Mosby by Crawford, J. Marshall

Mosby and his men: a record of the adventures of that renowned partisan ranger, John S. Mosby, <Colonel C.S.A.> : Crawford, J. Marshall : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

375 p. 18 cm

archive.org

Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla by Munson, John W

Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla : Munson, John W[illiam] 1845- [from old catalog] : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby by John Scott

Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby : John Scott : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns by John Singleton Mosby

War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns : John Singleton Mosby : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[howaybigbren]

Some free reading on Mosby...

Mosby and his men: a record of the adventures of that renowned partisan ranger, John S. Mosby by Crawford, J. Marshall

Mosby and his men: a record of the adventures of that renowned partisan ranger, John S. Mosby, <Colonel C.S.A.> : Crawford, J. Marshall : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

375 p. 18 cm

archive.org

Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla by Munson, John W

Reminiscences of a Mosby guerrilla : Munson, John W[illiam] 1845- [from old catalog] : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby by John Scott

Partisan Life with Col. John S. Mosby : John Scott : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns by John Singleton Mosby

War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns : John Singleton Mosby : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

archive.org

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

Mosby's men : Alexander, John Henry, 1846- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

180 p. 22 cm

archive.org

 

[howaybigbren]

Mosby's men : Alexander, John Henry, 1846- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

180 p. 22 cm

archive.org

War reminiscences by the surgeon of Mosby's command : Monteiro, Aristides : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

viii, 9-236 p. 19 cm

archive.org

 

[howaybigbren]

War reminiscences by the surgeon of Mosby's command : Monteiro, Aristides : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

viii, 9-236 p. 19 cm

archive.org

Art Recounting Mosby’s Berryville Raid on General Sheridan’s Wagon Train, Four Paintings of Mosby and his Men American Civil War Museum - Google Play

Four paintings with supplemental documentation presents an illustrated story of Col John S Mosby and his Rangers engaged in the “The Berryville Raid”, one of the most significant of their actions during the American Civil War. This was an action in what became known as Mosby’s Confederacy...

play.google.com

 

[USS ALASKA]

More free stuff...

James Madison University
JMU Scholarly Commons
Masters Theses The Graduate School
Spring 2017

Form over function: How the Confederate oligarchy's pretense of conventional military legitimacy abandoned the legitimate American military spirit
Jacob D. Harris
James Madison University

This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the The Graduate School at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]

Abstract
In the Summer of 1864, Confederate General Robert E. Lee tasked Major General Jubal Early to protect the Army of Northern Virginia's rear by defending the strategically vital Shenandoah Valley from Union conquest. By the Fall, Early was losing decisively, hopelessly outnumbered, and making no strategic refinements. He never seriously attempted to synchronize his Valley operations with Colonel John S. Mosby's nearby 43rd Ranger Battalion, despite ominous reversals and Mosby's attempts to cooperate.

Mosby was a gifted tactician who patterned his actions after his revolutionary hero, Brigadier General Francis Marion. He achieved his dream of being a "partisan" like Marion by organizing and leading Virginians behind enemy lines in hit-and-run raids against the Bluecoats. Like Early, the Patriot Major General Nathanael Greene had been significantly outmatched in the Carolinas in 1780. He had turned the tables on the British with a plan that combined European-style pitched battles with guerilla raids.

Greene strategically defeated Major General Charles Cornwallis' Redcoats in 1781 by providing partisans like Marion with clear direction and a sense of purpose. He recognized Marion's skill and provided him with written orders to provide intelligence, attack supply lines, and suppress Loyalists. By contrast, Early never nested Mosby's Rangers into his operations, even when defeat appeared obvious. Greene had created opportunities with a spirit of humility and cooperation in 1780; in 1864, Early denied Mosby's nearby Rangers any real opportunities to effectively influence his forlorn conventional strategy against Major General Phillip Sheridan's vastly larger army

https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1501&context=master201019

Cheers,
USS ALASKA