Following the flag : from August 1861 to November 1862, with the Army of the Potomac
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Following the flag : from August 1861 to November 1862, with the Army of the Potomac
- Creator - the author
- Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
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- personal memoir
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- 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.
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- 1865
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- New York : Hurst & Co.
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- This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.
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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
- Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the text
- 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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