Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
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appears in Civil War, Teen & Young Adult, and Teen & Young Adult.
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers. It was 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff was elated at the prospect of fighting for the North at last.In the Indian country south of Kansas there was dread in the air; and the name, Stand Watie, was on every tongue. A hero to the...
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appears in Civil War, Teen & Young Adult, and Teen & Young Adult.
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