Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 to Marcus Joseph Wright

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GLC#
GLC02461.22-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
circa 14 October 1885-1886
Author/Creator
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
Title
to Marcus Joseph Wright
Place Written
San Francisco, California
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mosby, who led partisan ranger bands during the Civil War, writes to Wright, a Civil War General and author/biographer. Mentions that while reading Hall's International Law, he found a reference to "Instructions issued during the war to the Army in reference to the treatment of guerilla, or partisan troops." Asks Wright to acquire the instructions and send them to him (Mosby). Also requests that Wright send any proof sheets that contain information about Mosby's command during the Civil War. Notes that his daughters live in Alexandria, Virginia, and that he hopes Wright will visit them. Mosby published his war reminisces in 1887.

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