Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY--AFLOAT

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TAKEN BY THE ENEMY
WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES
ON THE BLOCKADE
STAND BY THE UNION
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT
A VICTORIOUS UNION

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY--ON LAND

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BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
IN THE SADDLE
A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN (IN PRESS)

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THE
BLUE AND THE GRAY
ON LAND

BY OLIVER OPTIC

IN THE SADDLE

_The Blue and Gray Army Series_

IN THE SADDLE

BY
OLIVER OPTIC

AUTHOR OF "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES" "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD" FIRST
AND SECOND SERIES "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES" "THE GREAT WESTERN
SERIES" "THE WOODVILLE STORIES" "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD
SERIES" "THE LAKE SHORE SERIES" "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES" "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES"
"THE BLUE AND GRAY NAVY SERIES" "A MISSING MILLION"
"A MILLIONAIRE AT SIXTEEN" "A YOUNG
KNIGHT-ERRANT" "STRANGE SIGHTS ABROAD"
"AMERICAN BOYS AFLOAT" "THE
YOUNG NAVIGATORS" ETC.

BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 MILK STREET
1895

COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY LEE AND SHEPARD

_All Rights Reserved_

IN THE SADDLE

TO MY FRIEND

WILLIAM R. BEATTY

MY COMPANION IN MANY VERY AGREEABLE ASSOCIATIONS
THIS VOLUME
IS CORDIALLY DEDICATED