My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Frontline War Correspondent's Eyewitness Memoir of the American Civil War and the Human Cost of ConflictBy Charles Carleton Coffin
Length6h 14m
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Charles Carleton Coffin's *My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field* is an eyewitness chronicle of the American Civil War that combines immediacy, patriotic conviction, and vivid descriptive reporting. Moving between camp, march, battlefield, and hospital, Coffin records the physical ordeal of campaigning as well as the emotional and moral pressures placed upon soldiers and civilians. His prose belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of illustrated war correspondence and popular history: direct, anecdotal, and dramatic, yet attentive to military movements, leadership, and the larger meaning of the Union cause. The book's episodic structure and firsthand perspective make it both documentary testimony and crafted literary narrative, preserving the sensory texture of wartime experience while shaping it into an argument about courage, sacrifice, and national preservation. Coffin, a Massachusetts journalist and one of the Union's prominent war correspondents, wrote from unusual proximity to the armies and their operations. His experience observing battles and interviewing participants gave him an authority grounded not in retrospective abstraction but in sustained presence amid danger, confusion, and loss. As a Northern writer committed to the Union, he also reflects the period's reformist and patriotic belief that the conflict demanded moral interpretation as well as military reporting. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a historically grounded account of Civil War life in the field, especially those interested in the development of American journalism, popular war literature, and nineteenth-century constructions of national identity. Its energetic narrative and documentary value offer an illuminating complement to official histories and later scholarly studies.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 14 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field (Annotated)
19THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING.
2Introduction
20CHAPTER VIII.
3Synopsis
21THE BATTLE.
4Historical Context
22CHAPTER IX.
5INTRODUCTORY.
23EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS.
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6CHAPTER I.
24CHAPTER X
7HOW THE REBELLION CAME ABOUT.
25OPERATIONS AT NEW MADRID.
8CHAPTER II.
26CHAPTER XI.
9THE GATHERING OF A GREAT ARMY.
27OPERATIONS AT ISLAND NUMBER TEN.
10CHAPTER III.
28CHAPTER XII.
11THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN.
29FROM FORT PILLOW TO MEMPHIS.
12CHAPTER IV.
30CHAPTER XIII.
13THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
31THE NAVAL FIGHT AT MEMPHIS.
14CHAPTER V.
32THE END
15THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON.
33Analysis
16CHAPTER VI.
34Reflection
17THE SURRENDER.
35Memorable Quotes
18CHAPTER VII.
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