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Selden Connor
1839–1917
Best remembered as a Civil War officer and Maine governor, he also left behind first-hand wartime writings that give his work unusual immediacy. His books feel grounded in lived experience, public duty, and a close knowledge of 19th-century America.
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Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the great Civil War
by Rossiter Johnson, Selden Connor, John Brown Gordon, Henry W. B. (Henry Ward Beecher) Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis) Howard, John Tyler Morgan, John Clark Ridpath
About the author
Born in Fairfield, Maine, in 1839, Selden Connor was an American soldier, banker, and politician who later became the 35th governor of Maine. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, rising to senior command, and his public career continued after the war in both business and state government.
Project Gutenberg lists works under his name, confirming that he is also remembered as an author. Because his life included military service at a high level and years in public office, his writing is especially interesting for readers who enjoy memoir, history, and firsthand perspectives from the 19th century.
He died in 1917. Today, his reputation rests on that unusual combination of roles: soldier, governor, and writer whose published work connects directly to the events and institutions he knew from the inside.