CDV is a three-quarter seated view of Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby. He is wearing a double breasted frock coat with three stars on the collar, and holding his slouch hat. Bottom of mount is labeled, “COL. MOSEBY”.

Reverse has the seller’s imprint, “THE MONUMENTAL BOOKSTORE, 178 BALTO. ST BALTIMORE, WM. F. RICHSTEIN”.

Image is clear and the contrast is good. Surface has some light dirt from age.

John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), also known by his nickname, the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate army cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity was known during the war and ever since as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby became a Republican and worked as an attorney and supported his former enemy's commander, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, serving as the American consul to Hong Kong and in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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