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General George B. McClellan’s powerful Army of the Potomac is preparing to march on Richmond, Virginia,
the Confederate capitol, and the South’s fortunes hang in the balance.
Transferred to Stonewall Jackson’s command, Harry Kenton and the
Invincibles wonder what their new commander’s next move will be. They
don’t have long to wait. Jackson
sends Harry on a scouting mission to ascertain the whereabouts of the
enemy. Observing a strong Union cavalry force headed for Confederate
supplies stored at Hertford, he hurries to warn the tiny Confederate
garrison, bringing along a small detachment of Confederate cavalry to
assist in the town’s defense.
After
helping to repulse the initial Union assault, Harry, under cover of
darkness, eludes the Yankees besieging the town and races back to
General Jackson with the news. Little does Harry know that the message
he carries will set in motion a chain of events that will immortalize
his commander and the men under his command. Moving so swiftly that
they receive the nickname “foot cavalry,” Jackson’s small army
successfully engages three separate Union forces sent to destroy them.
Will their exploits in the Shenandoah Valley be enough to stop
McClellan’s advance on Richmond and save the Confederacy?
This
eight-book set tells the story of America’s greatest conflict through
the lives and experiences of Kentucky cousins Harry Kenton and Dick
Mason. Torn between family ties and political beliefs, father and son
Kenton serve in the Confederate army, while Dick Mason leaves his
widowed mother and fights to preserve the Union. Unlike many
contemporary historical fiction accounts of the Civil War, this series
brings to life the human drama of the war without resorting to foul
language and gratuitous violence. Our editing team updated the
punctuation and footnoted less familiar words making these classic
books more understandable for the modern reader.
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