With Lee in Virginia

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Courier Corporation, May 10, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 336 pages
In this spirited tale of adventure, Vincent Wingfield, who is not yet sixteen, returns home to Virginia after four years of school in England to find conditions in America greatly unsettled. When war breaks out in 1861, Vincent staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry to fight for the Confederacy.
Henty's gripping story, written several decades after the war, weaves the spirited teenager's adventures with real-life events, while providing an acute glimpse of the conflict from a Southern perspective.
A prolific 19th-century author, G. A. Henty celebrates family, honor, loyalty, bravery, and determination in the face of adversity. Set against the backdrop of an exciting historical era, this story, recently rediscovered by young readers, will excite the imaginations of today's youngsters as much as it thrilled readers when first published.
 

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Title Page Copyright Page Preface CHAPTER I A Virginia Plantation
Buying a Slave
Aiding a Runaway
Safely Back
Secession
Bull
The Merrimac and the Monitor
McClellans Advance
The BushWhackers
Laid
Across the Border
Fredericksburg
The Search for Dinah
Chancellorsville
A Perilous Undertaking
Free

A Prisoner
The Escape
Fugitives
The End of the Struggle
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A storyteller who specialized in blending authentic historical facts with exciting fictional characters, Henty produced more than 140 books and achieved a reputation as "The Prince of Storytellers." Immensely popular and widely used in schools for many years, Henty's novels continue to fire young imaginations with their spirited tales of adventure amid exciting historical times.

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