Following the flag : from August 1861 to November 1862, with the Army of the Potomac

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book

Title - full title of the published work

Following the flag : from August 1861 to November 1862, with the Army of the Potomac

Creator - the author

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896

Subject - ex: regimental history, personal memoir, battle narrative

personal memoir

Abstract - a brief summary of the content of the text

A personal narrative of the experiences of correspondent Charles C. Coffin while cover the Army of the Potomac, (Aug. 61 - Nov. 62) during the American Civil War.

Date Available - date published

1865

Publisher - company, organization, or printer

New York : Hurst & Co.

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Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

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Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

1861 - 1862

Spatial Coverage - place(s) or area covered in the text

Eastern United States

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Charles C. Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War. He worked for the Boston Journal and covered the entire war, mostly with the Army of the Potomac. 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." (Wikipedia)

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