Mosby Men III presents an extraordinary collection of biographical information about 36 more men who rode with the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry. Included in the book as an appendix is a copy of a very rare booklet written by Captain Bradford Smith Hoskins - a one-time British-serving officer who was mortally wounded while riding with Mosby's Rangers. 

Detailed biographical information, coupled with passages from books, letters, newspaper articles and many other sources of personal details comprise this book about 27 more men who rode with Mosby's Rangers. The reader will meet "Cab" Maddux who joined Mosby by jumping on an old nag while walking out of school one day as some of the Rangers rode by in pursuit of Yankee raiders and took part in the chase. He was 14. After the war, the 5' 5" Maddux weighed over 400 pounds and was known throughout Virginia as a "Sporting Man". Charles Broadway Rouss who went off to New York City after the war with some change in the pocket of his old Confederate uniform (the only clothes he owned) to make his fortune is profiled in the book. He did make his fortune - to the tune of several million dollars.

An in-depth compilation of fascinating biographical information on 26 men who rode with Mosby's Rangers. The book also contains many photos of the men. In this book you will meet Charles Edward Conrad who was 14 when he joined Mosby. After the war, he and his brother traveled to Montana and arrived there with one silver dollar between them. Within ten years they were both millionaires. The story of John Cromwell Orrick, Jr. who left his home state as a man wanted for murder and ended life as a highly respected law man named George Washington Arrington is told. The book brings the men to life once more and leaves no doubt as to the quality (usually excellent, sometimes "questionable") of the men who comprised the heart and soul of Mosby's Rangers. 

This book is a collection of biographical information about the 58 men who matriculated at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and also rode with the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry - Mosby's Rangers. 21 of the men also fought with the Corps of Cadets at the Battle of New Market. The men profiled in the book (average age in 1864 was 18) packed a lot of living into their lives before turning 20, but many went on to have even more thrilling and productive lives after the war. Charlie Dear was 16 when he left VMI to join Mosby - he was wounded 12 times as a Ranger, but lived to be a rough and ready 82 year old. George Raum lived a life so full of experiences and travels that it is almost beyond belief. He had a private meeting with the Pope, attended the coronation of the Czar of Russia and made new discoveries while excavating the Sphinx. Ben Palmer, it was said, was so polite that he would ask to be excused while shooting a Yankee. The book also contains many photos of the men that are not even found in the VMI Archives.  

The lapel pin is patterned after the lapel pin and cufflinks presented to Rangers who attended a reunion of the unit (most likely in 1895). Around the outside of the pin is written: 43rd Battalion VA. Cavalry C.S.A. Mosby's Men. The pin is slightly smaller than a dime.

The face of the cufflink is exactly the same as the lapel pin.

For a limited time, I will be offering a deal on purchasing the Lapel Pin and Cufflinks together. The pieces together make an extremely handsome set.