{"product_id":"2940013655300","title":"TAKEN BY THE ENEMY","description":"PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"TAKEN BY THE ENEMY\" is the first of a new series of six volumes which\u003cbr\u003eare to be associated under the general title of \"The Blue and the Gray\u003cbr\u003eSeries,\" which sufficiently indicates the character of the books. At the\u003cbr\u003econclusion of the war of the Rebellion, and before the writer had\u003cbr\u003ecompleted \"The Army and Navy Series,\" over twenty years ago, some of his\u003cbr\u003efriends advised him to make all possible haste to bring his war stories\u003cbr\u003eto a conclusion, declaring that there could be no demand for such works\u003cbr\u003ewhen the war had come to an end. But the volumes of the series mentioned\u003cbr\u003eare as much in demand to-day as any of his other stories, though from\u003cbr\u003etheir nature the field of their circulation is more limited. Surprising\u003cbr\u003eas this may appear, it is still the fact; and certainly the author has\u003cbr\u003ereceived more commendatory letters from young people in regard to the\u003cbr\u003ebooks of this series than concerning those of any other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong these letters there has occasionally been one, though rarely, in\u003cbr\u003ewhich the writer objected to this series for the reason that he was \"on\u003cbr\u003ethe other side\" of the great issue which shook the nation to the centre\u003cbr\u003eof its being for four years. Doubtless the writers of these letters, and\u003cbr\u003emany who wrote no letters, will be surprised and grieved at the\u003cbr\u003eannouncement of another series by the author on war topics. The writer\u003cbr\u003ehad little inclination to undertake this task; for he has believed for\u003cbr\u003etwenty years that the war is over, and he has not been disposed to keep\u003cbr\u003ealive old issues which had better remain buried. He has spent some time\u003cbr\u003ein the South, and has always found himself among friends there. He\u003cbr\u003ebecame personally acquainted with those who fought on the Confederate\u003cbr\u003eside, from generals to privates, and he still values their friendship.\u003cbr\u003eHe certainly is not disposed to write any thing that would cause him to\u003cbr\u003eforfeit his title to the kind feeling that was extended to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not, therefore, with the desire or intention to rekindle the fires\u003cbr\u003eof sectional animosity, now happily subdued, that the writer begins\u003cbr\u003eanother series relating to the war. The call upon him to use the topics\u003cbr\u003eof the war has been so urgent, and its ample field of stirring events\u003cbr\u003ehas been so inviting, that he could not resist; but, while his own\u003cbr\u003eopinions in regard to the great question of five-and-twenty years ago\u003cbr\u003eremain unchanged, he hopes to do more ample justice than perhaps was\u003cbr\u003edone before to those \"who fought on the other side.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present volume introduces those which are to follow it, and presents\u003cbr\u003emany of the characters that are to figure in them. Though written from\u003cbr\u003ethe Union standpoint, the author hopes that it will not be found unfair\u003cbr\u003eor unjust to those who looked from the opposite point of view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Dorchester, June 12, 1888.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                              Page\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eAstounding News from the Shore                  13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eThe Brother at the South                        24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eDangerous and Somewhat Irregular                35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eThe First Mission of the Bellevite              47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eThe Bellevite and those on Board of her         58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eMr. Percy Pierson introduces himself            69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eA Complication at Glenfield                     80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eA Disconsolate Purchaser of Vessels             91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eChristy matures a Promising Scheme             102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eThe Attempt to pass into Mobile Bay            113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eThe Major in Command of Fort Gaines            124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eHow the Bellevite passed Fort Morgan           135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eA Decided Difference of Opinion                146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003eThe Blue and the Gray                          157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003eBrother at War with Brother                    168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003eChristy finds himself a Prisoner               179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003eMajor Pierson is puzzled                       190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003eThe Morning Trip of the Leopard                201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX.\u003cbr\u003eThe Report of the Scout from the Shore         212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX.\u003cbr\u003eA Rebellion in the Pilot-House                 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI.\u003cbr\u003eThe Sick Captain of the Leopard                234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII.\u003cbr\u003eThe Proceedings on the Lower Deck              245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII.\u003cbr\u003eThe Expedition from the Leopard                256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV.\u003cbr\u003eThe Engineer goes into the Forecastle          267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV.\u003cbr\u003eThe First Lesson for a Sailor                  278","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157852045552,"sku":"2940013655300","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013655300_p0.jpg?v=1763583986","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013655300","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}