Sword of Antietam

Historical novel from the Civil War series. "e;The Sword of Antietam"e; tells a complete story, but it is one in the chain of Civil War romances, begun in "e;The Guns of Bull Run"e; and continued through "e;The Guns of Shiloh"e; and "e;The Scouts of Stonewall."e; The young Northern hero, Dick Mason, and his friends are in the forefront of the tale. According to Wikipedia: "e;Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 - 1919), was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine."e;