The Wasp — 1891 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "A Brush with the California Hundred" by Col. John S. Mosby This page presents a first-person account by Colonel John S. Mosby describing a Civil War cavalry engagement in February 1865. The portrait shows Mosby himself. The narrative details a skirmish involving his partisan cavalry unit and Union forces near Centreville, Virginia, where Mosby transported captured Confederate prisoners and wounded soldiers. He describes tactical decisions, pursuit by Union cavalry, and claims of casualties inflicted on the enemy. The piece includes a report from General Rufus King corroborating Mosby's account of the engagement. This appears to be post-war reminiscence rather than satire—The Wasp is publishing a straightforward historical military account by a notable Confederate officer about his wartime operations.