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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Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston
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
PREFACE
"In The Saddle" is the second of the "Blue and Gray—On Land." In thefirst volume a New Hampshire family was transplanted to the southernpart of one of the Border States just before the breaking out of theGreat Rebellion, now happily an event of the somewhat distant past. Anattempt is made in that book to describe the condition of the region inthe progress of the story; and the material for it was diligently lookedup in the records of those stormy times, in those of official characterin the archives of the State in which the events transpired, as well asin "The Record of the Rebellion," Congressional Reports, and t