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LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
BOSTON
The Blue and the Gray Series
Fighting for the Right
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 SERIES" "THE ONWARD AND UPWARD
SERIES" "THE YACHT-CLUB SERIES" "THE LAKE SHORE SERIES"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES" "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES"
"TAKEN BY THE ENEMY" "WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES"
"ON THE BLOCKADE" "STAND BY THE UNION"
"A MISSING MILLION" "A MILLIONAIRE
AT SIXTEEN" ETC., ETC., ETC.
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1892, by Lee and Shepard
All rights reserved.
Fighting for the Right
Type-Setting and Electrotyping by
C. J. Peters & Son, Boston
To
MY GRAND NEPHEW
RICHARD LABAN ADAMS
This Book
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
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PREFACE
"Fighting for the Right" is thefifth and last but one of "The Blue and the Gray Series." The characterof the operations in connection with the war of the Rebellion, and theincidents in which the interest of the young reader will beconcentrated, are somewhat different from most of those detailed in thepreceding volumes of the series, though they all have the same patriotictendency, and are car
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