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Frank Warren Coburn
1853–1923
A careful local historian with a gift for reconstructing Revolutionary War battles, this New England writer devoted much of his work to Lexington and Bennington. His books remain useful for readers interested in how early American history was remembered and recorded close to the places where it happened.
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About the author
Frank Warren Coburn was an American author and local historian best known for writing about pivotal Revolutionary War sites in Massachusetts and Vermont. Records from library catalogs and book archives identify him as the author of works including The Battle of April 19, 1775, Fiction and Truth about the Battle on Lexington Common, and A History of the Battle of Bennington, Vermont.
His writing focused on battlefield history, especially the opening clashes of the American Revolution around Lexington and Concord. The surviving editions of his books show a strong interest in documenting events in detail and preserving local historical memory for later readers.
Coburn lived from 1853 to 1923. Based on the available sources, he is most clearly remembered not as a novelist, but as a dedicated chronicler of New England’s past whose work centered on careful historical narration and commemoration.