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 A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN (Other volumes in preparation) Any Volume Sold Separately. Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston [Illustration: "Three Cheers for Captain Passford" (Page 75)] The BLUE AND THE GRAY Series [Illustration] By Oliver Optic TAKEN by the ENEMY _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. PREFACE "TAKEN BY THE ENEMY" is the first of a new series of six volumes which are to be associated under the general title of "The Blue and the Gray Series," which sufficiently indicates the character of the books. At the conclusion of the war of the Rebellion, and before the writer had completed "The Army and Navy Series," over twenty years ago, some of his friends advised him to make all possible haste to bring his war stories to a conclusion, declaring that there could be no demand for such works when the war had come to an end. But the volumes of the series mentioned are as much in demand to-day as any of his other stories, though from their nature the field of their circulation is more limited. Surprising as this may appear, it is still the fact; and certainly the author has received more commendatory letters from young people in regard to the books of this series than concerning those of any other.