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Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston
The Blue and the Gray Series
TAKEN BY THE ENEMY
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" ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers
Copyright, 1888, by Lee and Shepard
All rights reserved.
Taken by the Enemy.
TO
MY NEPHEW,
HERBERT W. ADAMS,
This Book
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
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PREFACE
"Taken by the Enemy" is the first ofa new series of six volumes which are to be associated under the generaltitle of "The Blue and the Gray Series," which sufficiently indicatesthe character of the books. At the conclusion of the war of theRebellion, and before the writer had completed "The Army and NavySeries," over twenty years ago, some of his friends advised him to makeall possible haste to bring his war stories to a conclusion, declaringthat there could be no demand for such works when the war had come to anend. But the volumes of the series mentioned are as much in demandto-day as any of his other stories, though from their nature the fieldof their circulation is more limited. Surprising as this may appear, itis still the fact; and certainly the author has received morecommendatory letters from young people in regard to the...