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Publication Date

1860 - 1925
(years)

Genre

  • Historical fiction (40) + -
  • War stories (35) + -
  • Civil War stories (20) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (9) + -
  • Sea stories (6) + -
  • Adventure stories (3) + -
  • Spy stories (3) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (1) + -

Series

  • Blue and gray weekly (19) + -
  • Pluck and luck (13) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (12) + -
  • Nugget library (2) + -
  • Beadle's dime novels (1) + -

Author

  • Lee, Harry, Lieut. (19) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (10) + -
  • Wade, William (7) + -
  • Braddon, Paul (2) + -
  • Emmet, H. C. (2) + -
  • Old scout (2) + -
  • Rattler, Corporal Morgan (2) + -
  • Sherman, John (2) + -
  • Small, George G. (2) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (2) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (1) + -
  • Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
  • Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (1) + -
  • Clyde, Kit (1) + -
  • Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (1) + -
  • Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
  • Granville, George W., Captain (1) + -
  • Johnston, J. L., General (1) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (1) + -
  • Scott, J. R. (1) + -
  • St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
  • Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (36) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (8) + -
  • Street & Smith (2) + -
  • Beadle and Company (1) + -

Topic

  • Escapes (7) + -
  • American loyalists (5) + -
  • Indians of North America (5) + -
  • Prisoners (5) + -
  • Privateering (5) + -
  • Conduct of life (3) + -
  • Enemies (3) + -
  • Guerrillas (3) + -
  • Revenge (3) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (3) + -
  • Traitors (3) + -
  • Young men (3) + -
  • Battles (2) + -
  • British (2) + -
  • Indians (2) + -
  • Pioneers (2) + -
  • Rescues (2) + -
  • Savage's Station, Battle of, Va., 1862 (2) + -
  • Scouts and scouting (2) + -
  • Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 (1) + -
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1) + -
  • Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 (1) + -
  • Capitulations, Military (1) + -
  • Captivity (1) + -
  • Cavalry (1) + -
  • Courage (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Dueling (1) + -
  • Executions and executioners (1) + -
  • Flagellation (1) + -
  • Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 (1) + -
  • French (1) + -
  • Horsemen and horsewomen (1) + -
  • Investigation (1) + -
  • Liberty (1) + -
  • Lighthouses (1) + -
  • Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • Massacres (1) + -
  • Military deserters (1) + -
  • Military supplies (1) + -
  • Murder (1) + -
  • Naval operations (1) + -
  • Naval operations, American (1) + -
  • Naval operations, British (1) + -
  • Pirates (1) + -
  • Rappahannock Station, 1st Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • Richmond, Battle of, Richmond, Ky., 1862 (1) + -
  • Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 (1) + -
  • Siege, 1836 (1) + -
  • Smugglers (1) + -
  • Soldiers (1) + -
  • Stuttering (1) + -
  • Twins (1) + -
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Character

  • Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (19) + -
  • Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (19) + -
  • United States. Army of the Potomac (17) + -
  • Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia (16) + -
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (7) + -
  • Beauregard, G. T., 1818-1893 (5) + -
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (5) + -
  • McClellan, George B., 1826-1885 (4) + -
  • Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 (3) + -
  • Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
  • Halleck, H. W., 1815-1872 (2) + -
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (2) + -
  • Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 (2) + -
  • Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871 (2) + -
  • Sherman, William T., 1820-1891 (2) + -
  • Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 (2) + -
  • United States. Navy (2) + -
  • Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
  • Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (1) + -
  • Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 (1) + -
  • Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (1) + -
  • Butler, Benjamin F., 1818-1893 (1) + -
  • Confederate States of America (1) + -
  • Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836 (1) + -
  • Floyd, John B., 1806-1863 (1) + -
  • Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (1) + -
  • Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 (1) + -
  • Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (1) + -
  • Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910 (1) + -
  • Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
  • Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 (1) + -
  • Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876 (1) + -
  • Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903 (1) + -
  • Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832 (1) + -
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Place

  • United States (43) + -
  • Atlantic Ocean (2) + -
  • Corinth (Miss.) (2) + -
  • Ireland (2) + -
  • South Carolina (2) + -
  • Valley Forge (Pa.) (2) + -
  • Virginia (2) + -
  • Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) (1) + -
  • Atlantic Coast (U.S.) (1) + -
  • Boston (Mass.) (1) + -
  • Fort Frederick (Me.) (1) + -
  • India (1) + -
  • Leesburg (Va.) (1) + -
  • Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) (1) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Salem (Mass.) (1) + -
  • Texas (1) + -
  • Wind River Valley (Wyo.) (1) + -
  • Wisconsin (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (46) + -
  • Dime novels (1) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) = History
  • (-) = Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.
  • (-) ≠ Treasure troves

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Off to the war, or, The boys in blue mustered in
At the front, or, The boys in gray in battle
Holding the line, or, The boys in blue's great defence
On a forced march, or, The boys in gray to the rescue
Bivouac and battle, or, The boys in gray's hard campaign
Hemmed in, or, The boys in blue's hard fight
Cedar swamp, or, Wild Nat's brigade
At Fort Donelson, or, The boys in blue's great charge
Held at bay, or, The boys in gray baffled
At Pittsburg Landing, or, The boys in blue's greatest battle
Leading the line, or, The boys in gray's best work
Between two fires, or, The boys in blue cut off
Chasing the enemy, or, The boys in blue in hot pursuit
Beyond the "dead line", or, The boys in gray besieged
Before Richmond, or, The boys in gray's great trust
In the trenches, or, The boys in blue surrounded
At Cedar Mountain, or, The boys in gray with Stonewall Jackson
Driven back, or, The boys in blue's clever retreat
Against great odds, or, The boys in blue repulsed
Forced to surrender, or, The boys in gray's hard luck
Star-spangled Dick, or, The boy hero of Wyoming
Hugh Lee, or, The Hawks of the Sound
Clarence Rhett, or, The cruise of a privateer
At 12 o'clock, or, The mystery of the lighthouse, a story of the revolution
Rattling Rube, or, The jolly young scout and spy
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