Charles Carleton Coffin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Carleton Coffin

American journalist, war correspondent, author and politician

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1823

Place of Birth: Boscawen, New Hampshire, United States

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1896

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Charles Carleton Coffin (July 26, 1823 – March 2, 1896) was an American journalist, American Civil War correspondent, author and politician. Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War.
He has been called "the Ernie Pyle of his era," and a biographer, W.E.
Griffis, referred to him as "a soldier of the pen and knight of the truth."