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G. C. Kniffin
1831–1917
A Civil War veteran turned historian, he wrote vivid accounts of Union campaigns and helped preserve the story of the Army of the Cumberland. His work also reached beyond military history through his contribution to a major state history of Kentucky.
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
Born in Le Roy, New York, in 1831, Gilbert Crawford Kniffin served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later sketches of his life describe him on the staff of the Army of the Cumberland, experience that clearly shaped the books and papers he wrote afterward.
Kniffin is best known as the author of Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River and The Third Day at Stone's River, both careful, firsthand-minded accounts of major Civil War actions. He also wrote other military pieces on campaigns such as East Tennessee and Lookout Mountain, bringing a veteran's perspective to the events he described.
His name also appears alongside William Henry Perrin and J. H. Battle on Kentucky: A History of the State, showing the wider historical interests that marked his writing life. He died in 1917, leaving behind work that still appeals to readers interested in Civil War memory, military detail, and regional history.