The enemy have moved their cavalry from Germantown back of Fairfax Court House on the Alexandria pike.
In this affair my officers and men behaved splendidly, &c.
JNO. S. MOSBY,
Captain, &c.
[Indorsement.]
Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.
Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia,
March 21, 1863.
Respectfully forwarded for the information of the department and as evidence of the merit and continued success of Captain Mosby.
R. E. LEE,
General.
CHAPTER VII.
"'Tis sweet to win, no matter how, one's laurels.