author
G. C. Kniffin
Best known for Civil War writing grounded in firsthand experience, this late-19th- and early-20th-century author combined a soldier’s eye for detail with a historian’s interest in Kentucky and the Union war effort.
2 Audiobooks
Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River
by G. C. Kniffin
The Third Day at Stone's River
by G. C. Kniffin
About the author
Gilbert C. Kniffin is best known as a Civil War veteran and historical writer. Records from Project Gutenberg and the University of Pennsylvania’s Online Books Page connect him with works including Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone’s River, The Third Day at Stone’s River, and contributions to Kentucky: A History of the State.
A biographical sketch published online as Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert C. Kniffin, U.S.V. identifies him as Gilbert Crawford Kniffin, born in Le Roy, New York, on October 10, 1831. That same source describes his Union Army service and later reputation as a writer on major campaigns in the western theater of the Civil War.
His books are especially appealing to listeners who enjoy military history told by someone close to the events. The surviving record available online is fairly limited, but it clearly shows a writer whose work preserved both battlefield memory and pieces of Kentucky’s regional history.