Scope and Content Note
The papers of John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) span the years 1861-1904, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1860s. The first part of the papers consists of a bound volume of thirty-seven items, thirty-six of which are negative photocopies, including correspondence, military intelligence, general and special orders, and military appointments. The papers primarily pertain to Mosby's Civil War activities, including the organization and activities of Mosby's Rangers, treatment of prisoners of war, casualties, the death of Major John Pelham, the capture of General Edwin H. Stoughton, and raids and skirmishes in northern Virginia. Correspondents include Jubal Anderson Early, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Mosby's wife, Pauline Mosby, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, and Jeb Stuart. The 1991 addition to the papers contains two letters from Mosby to Mary Vernon Williams and an inscribed copy of an 1898 edition of Mosby's book of war reminiscences (first published in 1887).