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G. C. Kniffin

A Union Army officer and later Civil War writer, this author brought firsthand experience to his accounts of the Army of the Cumberland. His work is especially tied to the battles around Stone's River and the western theater of the war.

2 Audiobooks

The Third Day at Stone's River

The Third Day at Stone's River

by G. C. Kniffin

Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River

Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River

by G. C. Kniffin

About the author

Born in Le Roy, New York, on October 10, 1831, Gilbert C. Kniffin was raised in a family with strong patriotic roots and later lived in Kentucky as the Civil War approached. Contemporary biographical material says he sided firmly with the Union despite strong local pressure and helped recruit loyal volunteers in Kentucky.

During the war, he served in the Army of the Cumberland, first as a captain and commissary of subsistence and later as a lieutenant-colonel. A period biography credits him with serving through the full war and taking part as a staff officer in the major campaigns of that army, including the fighting from Mill Springs to Nashville.

Kniffin also wrote about the war from direct experience. Project Gutenberg lists works including Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River and The Third Day at Stone's River, both based on papers he presented in 1907 for the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. His writing is valued for its close connection to the events he described.