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LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
BOSTON
The Blue and the Gray Series
ON THE BLOCKADE
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
STORIES" "THE BOAT-BUILDER SERIES"
"TAKEN BY THE ENEMY"
"WITHIN THE ENEMY'S
LINES" ETC.
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1890, by Lee and Shepard
All rights reserved.
On the Blockade.
TO MY SON-IN-LAW,
SOL SMITH RUSSELL,
of the united states of america,
though residing in minneapolis, minnesota,
who is always
"On the Blockade" against Melancholy, "The Blues,"
and all similar maladies,
This Volume
is affectionately dedicated.
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PREFACE
"On the Blockade" is the third of"The Blue and the Gray Series." Like the first and second volumes, itsincidents are dated back to the War of the Rebellion, and located in themidst of its most stirring scenes on the Southern coast, where the navaloperations of the United States contributed their full share to thefinal result.
The writer begs to remind his readers again that he has not feltcalled upon to invest his story with the dignity of history, or in allcases to mingle fiction with actual historic occurrences. He believesthat all the scenes of the story are not only possible, but probable,and that just such e