The Rock of Chickamagua by Joseph Altsheler

Historical novel from the Civil War series. The Rock of Chickamauga, presenting a critical phase of the great struggle in the west, is the sixth volume in the series, dealing with the Civil War, of which its predecessors have been The Guns of Bull Run, The Guns of Shiloh, The Scouts of Stonewall, The Sword of Antietam and The Star of Gettysburg. Dick Mason who fights on the Northern side, is the hero of this romance, and his friends reappear also. According to Wikipedia: Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 - 1919), was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the papers Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the Worlds tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing childrens stories for the magazine.