Mosby's
War Reminiscences
Stuart's
Cavalry Campaigns

By

JOHN S. MOSBY

New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1898

Copyright, 1887,
BY
GEO. A. JONES & CO.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
Opening of Hostilities. Volunteering to serve theConfederacy. Virginia Brimfull of Patriotism. J. E. B. Stuart showingQualities of a Great Leader of Cavalry[5]
CHAPTER II.
Experiences in the Confederate Cavalry. Adventures onthe Picket Line. Capture of a Federal Wagon Train[14]
CHAPTER III.
Christmastide Raids. Why Union Cavalrymen once lefttheir Turkeys. Cripples who harassed the Federal Camp by Night. BenHatton's Experience as an Unwilling Guide[27]
CHAPTER IV.
Harassing the Army of the Potomac. Exciting Raid inNorthern Virginia. The Bucktail Plan to capture Mosby's Command[39]
CHAPTER V.
How Major Gilmer tried to capture Mosby's Command.Scared Vermonters hide in a Miller's Wheat Bins. Sorrow changed toHappiness at Middleburg, Va.[50]
CHAPTER VI.
Sergeant Ames, of the Fifth New York Cavalry, desertsand joins Mosby. Old Dr. Drake's Saddle-Bags. Capture of a FederalPicket at Herndon Station. The Dash and Excitement of a CavalrySkirmish. A Shot in the Dark[62]
CHAPTER VII.
Sudden Attacks upon Federal Cavalry Outposts. AConfederate Blacksmith's Achievements in Arms. A Running Fight How aRepulse was Turned into a Victory. The Sabre as a Weapon forCavalrymen[78]
CHAPTER VIII.
The Influence of Martinets and Red Tape on theConfederate Service. A Hand to Hand Fight with Vermont Cavalry. AClose Call. The Remorseless Revolver. Impending Defeat turned intoTriumph. The Ludicrous[98]
CHAPTER IX.
In Pursuit. Elaborate Plans made to capture "Mosby."How a Union Major-General deceived himself. A Chase that failed toaccomplish its Object. Why a Raid on a Railroad was temporarilypostponed[115]
CHAPTER X.
In the Saddle. What saved Hooker's Supplies atChancellorsville. Cavalry Skirmishes. Raids against Wagon Trains andRailroad Guards[129]
CHAPTER XI.
Raid through the Lines of the Union Army. A WreckedTrain. Brave Spirits who fell by the Little Howitzer[142]
CHAPTER XII.
On the Road to Gettysburg. Raid over the Potomac Riverinto Maryland. Narrow Escape from Capture. Marches at Night in theUnion Columns[154]
CHAPTER XIII.
Gen. Stuart's Raid around the Rear of Hooker's Army.Gen. Longstreet, in the Century Magazine, condemns Stuart's "Wild Ridearound the Federal Army." Letter from Gen. Longstreet to Gen. Lee,suggesting Stuart's "Wild Ride around the Federal Army." Stuart actingunder Orders[178]
CHAPTER XIV.
Stuart's Cavalry. Descriptive of Stuart's Raid aroundMcClellan's Army[205]