Eyewitness to Gettysburg: The Story of Gettysburg As Told by the Leading Correspondent of His Day

Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) was an American war correspondent for the Boston Journal whose detailed, graphic accounts of the major battles of the Civil War offer an important glimpse into life and death at the battlefront. Includes a biographical essay on Coffin and appendices placing his accounts in context. B&w illustrations, maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.