Copyright, 1889,
by Lee and Shepard
_All rights reserved._

WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES.




A MON JEUNE AMI,
(que je n'ai jamais vu, et que je ne connais pas,)

Monsieur Lucien Bing,
de Paris, France,

En Reconnaissance de la Bonté de son Père,
Cette Historiette de la Guerre Civile en Amerique
Est affectueusement Dédié.




PREFACE


"WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINES" is the second volume of "The Blue and the
Gray Series." Like its predecessor, of course, its scenes are connected
with the war of the Rebellion; and perhaps the writer ought to be
thankful that he is not required in such a work to rise to the dignity
of history, but he believes that all his events were possible, and that