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Chasing Mosby, Killing Booth - The 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry (Paperback)
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Chasing Mosby, Killing Booth - The 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry (Paperback)
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Near the end of the Civil War, Army Chief of Staff Henry W. Halleck
described the 16th New York Volunteer Cavalry as ""cowed and
useless"" after they were ""cut up"" by Confederate General John
Mosby's Rangers. The following April the New Yorkers made their
place in history when 26 men led by Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
captured and killed John Wilkes Booth. An amalgam of three
partially formed regiments, the 16th was plagued by early
desertions, poor leadership and a near mutiny as its First
Battalion prepared to march to northern Virginia to bolster the
outer defenses of Washington in October 1863. The regiment spent
most of the remainder of the war chasing Mosby's cavalry, winning a
handful of tactical victories but mainly confounded by the
Confederate guerrillas. Drawing on personal letters, diaries and
memoirs by men of the 16th, and the recollections of Mosby's men,
this deeply researched history provides fresh perspective on
Mosby's exploits and the hunt for Booth.
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