Guns of Bull Run
Author: first_name: Joseph A.
last_name: Altsheler
Language: English
Year: 1914

The first volume in the Civil War series, following the adventures of Harry Kenton, who leaves his home in Kentucky. He travels through dangerous territory to South Carolina on a secret mission on the eve of the Civil War. <br /><br />
(From Chapter 4) "They will not fire! They dare not!" cried Shepard in a tense, strained whisper. 
As the last word left his lips there was a heavy crash. A tongue of fire leaped from one of the batteries, followed by a gush of smoke, and a round shot whistled ove