Fighting Joe; Or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer. A Story of the Great Rebellion

by Oliver Optic

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AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.—Page 143.

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FIGHTING JOE;

OR,

THE FORTUNES OF A STAFF OFFICER.

A Story of the Great Rebellion.

BY

OLIVER OPTIC,

AUTHOR OF “THE SOLDIER BOY,” “THE SAILOR BOY,” “THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT,”

“THE YANKEE MIDDY,” “RICH AND HUMBLE,” “IN SCHOOL AND OUT,”

“WATCH AND WAIT,” “WORK AND WIN,” “THE RIVERDALE

STORY BOOKS,” “THE BOAT CLUB,” ETC.

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BOSTON

LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS

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

WILLIAM T. ADAMS,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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Copyright, 1893, by William T. Adams

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FIGHTING JOE

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TO

F. ORMOND J. S. BAZIN

This Book

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY HIS FRIEND

WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

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