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Charles Minor Blackford
1833–1903
A Virginia lawyer who turned lived experience into vivid Civil War writing, he is best remembered for preserving the voices and daily realities of Confederate army life. His work still draws readers who want personal, ground-level history rather than distant overview.
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Campaign and battle of Lynchburg, Va.
by Charles Minor Blackford
About the author
Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1833, Charles Minor Blackford became a lawyer in Lynchburg and later wrote about the American Civil War from direct experience. Reliable reference sources describe him as both an attorney and an author, and note that his wartime letters and recollections remain valuable to historians.
During the war, he served with the Confederate army and witnessed major campaigns from early fighting through Appomattox. That firsthand perspective shaped the writing he is known for today, including accounts connected with life in Virginia during the conflict.
Blackford died in 1903. Readers often come to his work for its personal tone: instead of broad military theory, it offers scenes of camp life, movement, hardship, and the intimate record of a man living through a defining national crisis.