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Excerpt from The Scout of Pea RidgeGeneral Price swept clear up to the Missouri River with his army, capturing Lexington with over three thousand prisoners, and was allowed to escape unscathed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally re...

Excerpt from General Nelson's ScoutHad slightly pressed its Signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth, Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.All military movements chronicled in the S are historically correct. The riot in Louisville, fight for the arms, the foiling of the plot, the t ing of the train from the track, are all his incidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publis...

Excerpt from General Nelson's ScoutHad slightly pressed its Signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth, Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.All military movements chronicled in the S are historically correct. The riot in Louisville, fight for the arms, the foiling of the plot, the t ing of the train from the track, are all his incidents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publis...

Excerpt from With the Army of the PotomacThe year 1862 was a year of humiliation to The Army of the Potomac. The soldiers fought bravely, but owing to poor generalship, jealousy among the officers, and interference from Washington, suffered disastrous defeats.During this period our boy scouts keep, up their reputation for daring, and this daring leads them into numerous adventures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Battling for AtlantaThose who have read the preceding volumes of the Young Kentuckians Series should bear in mind that the boys of sixteen and seventeen years of age to Whom they were first introduced have been in the army between three and four years, and are now young men of nearly twenty. For that reason this volume is not so juvenile in character as the preceding ones, but Captain Shackelford is as full of youthful valor and p...

Excerpt from Scouting for SheridanIt is with some misgivings that this volume has been written, for the great war in which this nation is now engaged must necessarily detract from that which occurred fifty and sixty years ago. But the part this country is now taking could never have been if the South had been successful, for we would be a divided people.The old soldiers of 1861-65 builded better than they knew. In saving the nation they saved ...

Excerpt from With Lyon in MissouriAs that book dealt with the struggle to hold Kentucky in the Union, so this deals with the struggle which held Missouri. The contest for Missouri was ten-fold more intense than that for Kentucky, for in it the Federal authorities had to meet the hostility of the entire State Government, composed of brave and determined men.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from From Atlanta to the SeaWhile ¿avoring the story with a spice of romance, the author has been careful never to sacrifice truth to partisanship. So far as these tales depict the young hero's joys and sorrows, his woo ing and his wedding, their object is to entertain, but so far as they depict important events in the war, their aim is to instruct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

Excerpt from On General Thomas's StaffHistory and fiction are here closely interwoven, and there is hardly an incident given that is not founded on fact.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the origi...

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Excerpt from From Atlanta to the Sea While ¿avoring the story with a spice of romance, the author has been careful never to sacrifice truth to partisanship. So far as these tales depict the young hero's joys and sorrows, his woo ing and his wedding, their object is to entertain, but so far as they depict important events in the war, their aim is to instruct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cla...

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Excerpt from With the Army of the Potomac Now that the clouds of war are again hanging over our beloved country it is the hope of the author that his books may have at least a small part in teaching the youth of the land a love for the ¿ag which every true American boy should have. The Young Virginians Series will be completed in one more volume, entitled, Scouting for Sheridan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of tho...