sent volume introduces those which are to follow it, and presents
many of the characters that are to figure in them. Though written from
the Union standpoint, the author hopes that it will not be found unfair
or unjust to those who looked from the opposite point of view.

Dorchester, June 12, 1888.

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.
Astounding News from the Shore 13

CHAPTER II.
The Brother at the South 24

CHAPTER III.
Dangerous and Somewhat Irregular 35

CHAPTER IV.
The First Mission of the Bellevite 47

CHAPTER V.
The Bellevite and those on Board of her 58

CHAPTER VI.
Mr. Percy Pierson introduces himself 69

CHAPTER VII.
A Complication at Glenfield 80

CHAPTER VIII.
A Disconsolate Purchaser of Vessels 91

CHAPTER IX.
Christy matures a Promising Scheme 102

CHAPTER X.
The Attempt to pass into Mobile Bay 113

CHAPTER XI.
The Major in Command of Fort Gaines 124

CHAPTER XII.
How the Bellevite passed Fort Morgan 135

CHAPTER XIII.
A Decided Difference of Opinion 146

CHAPTER XIV.
The Blue and the Gray 157

CHAPTER XV.
Brother at War with Brother 168

CHAPTER XVI.
Christy finds himself a Prisoner 179

CHAPTER XVII.
Major Pierson is puzzled 190

CHAPTER XVIII.
The Morning Trip of the Leopard 201

CHAPTER XIX.
The Report of the Scout from the Shore 212

CHAPTER XX.
A Rebellion in the Pilot-House 223

CHAPTER XXI.
The Sick Captain of the Leopard 234

CHAPTER XXII.
The Proceedings on the Lower Deck 245

CHAPTER XXIII.
The Expedition from the Leopard 256

CHAPTER XXIV.
The Engineer goes into the Forecastle 267

CHAPTER XXV.
The First Lesson for a Sailor 278

CHAPTER XXVI.
The Post of Duty and of Danger 289

CHAPTER XXVII.
A Cannon-Ball through the Leopard 300

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The American Flag at the Fore 311

CHAPTER XXIX.
On Board of the Bellevite 322

CHAPTER XXX.
Running the Gantlet 333

TAKEN BY THE ENEMY

CHAPTER I

ASTOUNDING NEWS FROM THE SHORE