The Sword of Antietam by Joseph Altsheler

Historical novel from the Civil War series. The Sword of Antietam tells a complete story, but it is one in the chain of Civil War romances, begun in The Guns of Bull Run and continued through The Guns of Shiloh and The Scouts of Stonewall. The young Northern hero, Dick Mason, and his friends are in the forefront of the tale. 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.