Produced by Louise Hope, David Garcia, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) THE BLUE AND THE GRAY--AFLOAT Two colors cloth Emblematic Dies Illustrated Price per volume $1.50 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 Two colors cloth Emblematic Dies Illustrated Price per volume $1.50 BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER IN THE SADDLE (In Press) A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN (In Press) (Other volumes in preparation) Any Volume Sold Separately. Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston [Illustration: "Christy leaped upon the rail." Page 181.] The BLUE AND THE GRAY Series [Illustration] By Oliver Optic A VICTORIOUS UNION _The Blue and the Gray Series_ A VICTORIOUS UNION by OLIVER OPTIC Author of "The Army And Navy Series" "Young America Abroad, First And Second Series" "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 Stories" "The Boat-Builder Series" "Taken by the Enemy" "Within the Enemy's Lines" "On the Blockade" "Stand By the Union" "Fighting for the Right" "A Missing Million" "A Millionaire at Sixteen" "A Young Knight-Errant" "Strange Sights Abroad" etc. BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers 10 Milk Street 1894 Copyright, 1893, by Lee and Shepard _All Rights Reserved_ A Victorious Union Type-Setting and Electrotyping by C. J. Peters & Son, Boston S. J. Parkhill & Co., Printers, Boston To My Friend FRANK L. HARRIS Who came from the cold of the Arctic regions, where he was a member of the Hayes expedition, and went into the heat of the War of the Rebellion, serving as a Naval officer until the end of the strife, To whom I am greatly indebted for much valuable information relating to his profession, This Book Is Gratefully Dedicated. PREFACE