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Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders by Virgil Carrington Jones released in 1956, 1st edition signed by the author for members of the Civil War Book Club. Hardcover with unclipped priced dust jacket. Cloth boards in good shape, binding tight, no writing except signature, has an old "Bayou Books" store sticker on front paste-down, no moisture stains or soiling, dust jacket has some chips and tears, is mylar wrapped. Very good condition, rare limited signed version, classic historical book about guerilla warfare during the civil war... "Gray Ghosts introduces a cast of daring and dashing Southern soldiers: John Singleton Mosby, Turner Ashby, and Harry Gilmore, among others. These men used irregular troops and even more irregular methods against the invading Union Army. A fast-paced narrative describes daredevil acts performed by these small, bold bands of fighters, and shows how, over and over again, they managed to thwart Union efforts. Defiant to the end, the “gray ghosts” and rebel raiders resisted surrender after Appomattox and continued to fight until all hope was gone."