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John S. Mosby Image With Autograph Note Signed

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John S. Mosby Image With Autograph Note Signed
<B>John S. Mosby Image With Autograph Note Signed,</B></I> "<I>Jno. S. Mosby</B></I>". This unique pairing consists of an albumen print, 4" x 3.75", framed with an explanatory note in Mosby's hand measuring 3.75" x 3". It reads, "<I>Copy of a daguerreotype taken in Charlottesville when I was student at the University - or soon after I left there: I am wearing the badge of the Washington Society.</B></I>" Both items are matted and framed to an overall size of 12" x 14". Light aging and stains, else good condition. Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby won enduring fame by raiding deeply into Federal-held territory from early 1863 until war's end. A lawyer by trade, Mosby had attended the University of Virginia until being expelled for shooting another student!<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)