The Boys of '76. A History of the Battles of the Revolution.

xii, 423 pp. Illustrated by Wallis Sturtevant. A history of the American Revolution. Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist, author and politician. In 1854 Coffin became employed by The Boston Journal he went on to work for The Boston Atlas until The Boston Atlas merged with The Boston Bee in 1856 becoming the Bee and Atlas. In 1858 Coffin went back to work for The Boston Journal. He wrote a number of historical works, including biographies of James Garfield and Abraham Lincoln.