author
Charles C. Nott
1827–1916
A Civil War officer who later became a federal judge, he wrote with the eye of someone who had seen battle, prison camps, and public life up close. His books blend firsthand experience, legal learning, and a deep interest in American history.
3 Audiobooks
Sketches in Prison Camps: A Continuation of Sketches of the War
by Charles C. Nott
Sketches of the War A Series of Letters to the North Moore Street School of New York
by Charles C. Nott
The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
by Charles C. Nott
About the author
Born in Schenectady, New York, in 1827, Charles C. Nott studied at Union College, trained in law, and built a career in New York before the Civil War. During the war he served in the Union Army, including service with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, and his wartime experiences later became the basis for some of his best-known writing.
Nott went on to a long federal judicial career. Appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the Court of Claims in 1865, he later served as chief justice of that court, combining public service with a serious literary and historical life.
As an author, he is remembered for works such as Sketches of the War, Sketches in Prison Camps, The Great Hymns of the Medieval Church, and The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught. His writing ranges from vivid personal recollection to constitutional history, making him an unusually varied voice from 19th-century America.