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The Blue and the Gray Series
TAKEN BY THE ENEMY WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES ON THE BLOCKADE In Press
Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston
The Blue and the Gray Series
WITHIN THE ENEMY’S LINES
BY
OLIVER OPTIC
AUTHOR OF "THE ARMY AND NAVY SERIES," "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE GREAT WESTERN SERIES," "THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE STARRY FLAG SERIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES," "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD SERIES," "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES," "THE LAKE-SHORE SERIES," "THE RIVERDALE SERIES," "THE BOAT- BUILDER SERIES," "TAKEN BY THE ENEMY," ETC.
BOSTON 1890 LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 MILK STREET NEXT "THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE" NEW YORK CHAS. T. DILLINGHAM 718 AND 720 BROADWAY
Copyright, 1889, By Lee and Shepard.
All rights reserved.
WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES.
A MON JEUNE AMI,
(QUE JE N'AI JAMAIS VU, ET QUE JE NE CONNAIS PAS,)
Monsieur Lucien Bing,
DE PARIS, FRANCE,
En Reconnaissance de laBonté de son Père, Cette Historiette de la Guerre Civile en Amerique Est affectueusement Dédié.
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PREFACE
"Within the Enemy's Lines" is thesecond volume of "The Blue and the Gray Series." Like its predecessor,of course, its scenes are connected with the war of the Rebellion; andperhaps the writer ought to be thankful that he is not required in sucha work to rise to the dignity of history, but he believes that all hisevents were possible, and that every one of them has had its parallel inthe actual occurrences of the historic period of which he writes. Infact, some of the experiences of the actors in the terrible drama of aquarter of a century ago would pass more readily for fiction than forreality, and detailed on the pages of a story would be deemed impossibleby the conservative reader.
The nation has passed out of its ordeal of fire, and an excellentspirit on the part of both parties to the great strife is still growingand strengthening,8in spite of an occasional exhibition of folly on both sides on the partof those who have not outlived the bitterness of the past, and who