A Diary of Battle: The Personal Journals of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright 1861-1865

When Colonel Charles S. Wainwright (1826-1907), later a brevet brigadier general, was commissioned in the First New York Artillery Regiment of the Army of the Potomac in October 1861, he began a journal. As an officer who fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Spotsylvania, and Petersburg, and who witnessed the leadership of Generals McClellan, Hooker, Burnside, Meade, Grant, and Sheridan, he brilliantly describes his experiences, views, and emotions. But Wainwright's entries go beyond military matters to include his political and social observations. Skillfully edited by Allan Nevins, historian and author of the classic multivolume Ordeal of the Union, this journal is Wainwright's vivid and invaluable gift to posterity.

Author: Allan Nevins, Charles S. Wainwright
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 04/01/1998
Pages: 564
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 7.98h x 6.68w x 1.41d
ISBN: 9780306808463

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 11/22/1998 pg. 42

About the Author
Allan Nevins is an historian and author of the classic multivolume Ordeal of the Union.