Plot summary

The Hardy Boys travel with Brigadier General Jack Smith to an historic Civil War battlefield in the Deep South. Rocky Run Battlefield (near the town of Centerville in an unnamed state) is the center of a legend involving a Confederate general who was disgraced due to his alleged involvement with the theft of gold from a bank. Smith seeks to vindicate the long-dead officer.

Original edition (1950)

• Ghostwriter: Andrew E. Svenson
• Summary: The boys go to the South to solve a Civil War mystery involving a Confederate general's alleged theft of gold.

Revised edition (1968)

• Revision type: Minor revisions.
• Ghostwriter: David Grambs, June Dunn, Priscilla Baker-Carr