THE GUN-BOAT SERIES.


FRANK, THE YOUNG NATURALIST,
FRANK ON A GUN-BOAT,
FRANK IN THE WOODS,
FRANK BEFORE VICKSBURG,
FRANK ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.

Price, $1.25 per volume, or $6.25 per set, in a neat box,
forming a most excellent and interesting
Library for Young Folks.


THE GUN-BOAT SERIES.


Frank

BEFORE VICKSBURG.

BY

H. C. CASTLEMON,

"THE GUN-BOAT BOY."


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.


CINCINNATI:

R. W. CARROLL & CO., Publishers,

OPERA-HOUSE BUILDING,

73 West Fourth Street.

1866.



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865,

By R. W. CARROLL & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of Ohio.


STEREOTYPED AT THE

FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY,

CINCINNATI, O.


[Contents.]

PAGE
CHAPTER I.
Home Again[7]
CHAPTER II.
Harry on a Scout[23]
CHAPTER III.
On Duty Again[38]
CHAPTER IV.
The Fight in the Woods[60]
CHAPTER V.
In the Hands of the "Johnnies" Again[80]
CHAPTER VI.
An Old Acquaintance[96]
CHAPTER VII.
A Close Shave[111]
CHAPTER VIII.
Taking Down the Captain[126]
CHAPTER IX.
A Practical Joke[144]
CHAPTER X.
New Messmates[153]
CHAPTER XI.
A Good Night's Work[162]
CHAPTER XII.
In the Trenches [183]
CHAPTER XIII.
The Scout's Story[194]
CHAPTER XIV.
Running the Batteries[206]
CHAPTER XV.
A Race for the Old Flag[213]
CHAPTER XVI.
The Rival Sharp-Shooters[227]
CHAPTER XVII.
The Smuggler's Cave—Conclusion[243]

FRANK BEFORE VICKSBURG.

[CHAPTER I.]