My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field - Primary Source Edition

by Charles Carleton Coffin

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Genres: Civil War

344 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 1887

About the author

Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, Civil War correspondent, author and politician.

Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War. He has been called "the Ernie Pyle of his era," and a biographer, W.E. Griffis, referred to him as "a soldier of the pen and knight of the truth." Yet he remains little known to the present day generation.

A descendant of Tristam Coffin who arrived in the American colonies from England in 1642, Charles Carlton Coffin was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, on July 26, 1832. Growing up in rural New Hampshire he was home-schooled by his parents. Village life revolved around the church, and in his teens Charles went to work in a lumbering operation and with $60 from his earnings, he purchased an organ which he gave to the church, and became the first organist.


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Reviews

[Francisco Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read!

A must read for history lovers and none lovers. I enjoyed very much reading this excellent book for not only for the details but also for the writing style.

[Monte Lamb · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was written by a journalist for his northern audience. It makes the South always be the villain and the North the good guys. When you get past this, the book has some interesting parts. The description of the Island No. 10 campaign was pretty good.

[Terena · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a Favourite

This book was, I think, I intended to show some of the events that transpired during The Civil War. However I was much dismayed to find the author let his personal prejudices influence the narrative.