. With the Army of the Potomac . He found his way blocked by a squad of the enemy [Page 24] THE YOUNG VIRGINIANS SERIES WITH THE ARMY OFTHE POTOMAC BY BYRON A. DUNN Author of The Young Kentuckians Series, The Young Missourians Series WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS By J. Allen St. John. CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 THE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDBN FOUNDATIONS B 1939 L Copyright A. C. McClurg & Published September, 1917 W. r. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO PREFACE THIS volume takes Robert Hunter and Jim Kid-der, the heroes of The Boy Scouts of the Shen-andoah, into the bloody
. With the Army of the Potomac . He found his way blocked by a squad of the enemy [Page 24] THE YOUNG VIRGINIANS SERIES WITH THE ARMY OFTHE POTOMAC BY BYRON A. DUNN Author of The Young Kentuckians Series, The Young Missourians Series WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS By J. Allen St. John. CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1917 THE NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDBN FOUNDATIONS B 1939 L Copyright A. C. McClurg & Published September, 1917 W. r. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO PREFACE THIS volume takes Robert Hunter and Jim Kid-der, the heroes of The Boy Scouts of the Shen-andoah, into the bloody conflicts which were foughtin Virginia in 1862 and 1863. The year 1862 was a year of humiliation to TheArmy of the Potomac. The soldiers fought bravely,but owing to poor generalship, jealousy among theofficers, and interference from Washington, suffereddisastrous defeats. During this period our boy scouts keep up theirreputation for daring, and this daring leads theminto numerous adventures. As in the other books of the author, with the excep-tion of the adventures of the boys and their friends,he keeps to the true facts of history as he sees it. The publishers of these books have well said: The youth of America should be familiar with thestory of the great strug
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