Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) to Marcus Joseph Wright
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.22 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 14 October 1885-1886 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
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.
In 1878, Marcus J. Wright (1831-1922), a brigadier general for the Confederacy for much of the war, was made the agent for the federal government of a collection of Confederate records.
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