by Harold Keith

Rifles for Watie is about Jeff, a 16-year-old Union army soldier, who is anxious to get a taste of battle. When he is sent on an errand, he misses his first battle at Wilson Creek. After many punishments by a cruel officer Clardy, Jeff fights in his first battle in which he and another man save the union’s artillery and he receives a Medal of Honor. After becoming a Cavalry trooper and meeting his love, he becomes a scout and after going deep undercover joins the Confederacy, and uncovers a terrible scheme that could mean the fate of the Union.

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