A famous American writer's experiences of the Civil War
The title of this book, of course, refers to the men of the United
States who rallied to their nation's flag and the cause of the
maintenance of the union between all the states at the first
trumpet call to arms in 1861. The dissatisfaction of the eleven
Southern states which would form the Confederacy burst into
violence in April of that year with the attack on Fort Sumter and
these first shots heralded four years of appalling bloodshed and
acrimony before the United States of America could once again be
declared a whole nation. This is not a general history of the war,
it is, in the person of Charles Carleton Coffin, an account of
personal experiences by an expert observer who is now regarded as
one of the most important journalists the American nation has ever
produced-Coffin was also a fine author and accomplished politician.
The term 'embedded correspondent' has become a familiar term to
describe newsmen who accompany an army in the field. The nineteenth
century was however a golden age of special correspondents, of
various nations, who joined fighting forces at the sharp end of
conflict all over the globe and not a few of them-as they do to
this day-paid the ultimate price for their dogged persistence in
placing the facts before the public. Coffin was determined to
experience the Civil War at close quarters and in this substantial
book he takes us on campaign, from the intimacy of the march and
the camp, among ordinary men and officers-and close by the
commanders of the Union Army, as momentous events unfolded and
important decisions were made. All first hand accounts are
invaluable source works irrespective of the skill in penmanship of
their authors. They record events and the exploits of individuals
long gone and are, quite simply, the lifeblood of history.
Nevertheless, when history is seen by a keen eye and related by
those with a vivid turn of phrase and command of language it is at
its best. Coffin was such an observer, he experienced the war in
full measure at Bull Run, the Tennessee Campaign, Pittsburg
Landing, the invasion of Maryland and Kentucky, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg and the fall of Richmond
and witnessed many other momentous events on land and afloat.
Available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
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