Edward Mott Robbins

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Edward Mott Robbins

A Union Army veteran turned memoirist, he wrote with the steady, observant voice of someone who had lived the events himself. His Civil War recollections bring soldiers’ daily life and major campaigns into sharp, human focus.

1 Audiobook

Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville

Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville

by Edward Mott Robbins

About the author

Edward Mott Robbins was an American author best known for Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865, a firsthand memoir of his service in the Union Army. Records for the book identify him as a member of Company H of the 78th Illinois Infantry, and the work was published in 1919.

Rather than writing a distant history, Robbins drew on his own experience in the field. His memoir follows the regiment through major campaigns including Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and Bentonville, giving readers a ground-level view of marching, camp life, battle, and survival.

Reliable biographical detail about his wider personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm, so this overview stays close to what is clearly documented through his published work. What stands out most is the plainspoken immediacy of his writing: it preserves the memories of a soldier who saw the war up close and wanted to set them down for later generations.