The Boys of '61 or Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy is a collection of extraordinary notes and personal experiences of Charl

Coffin writes his personal observations while with the United States Army and Navy during the Civil War. From the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmo

Reproduction of the original: The boys of ́61 by Charles Carleton Coffin

During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cri