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Coffin (CHARLES CARLETON an American)

CHARLES CARLETON, an American novelist and lecturer; born in Boscawen, N. H., July 26, 1823; began life as a civil engineer; afterward gave his attention to telegraphy. In 1851 he began to write for the Boston papers; and during the Civil War and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 was war correspondent for the "Boston Journal," writing over the signature of "Carleton." His books include: "Days and Nights on the Battle-Field" (1864); COFFIN "Our New Way Round the World" (1869); "Story of Liberty" (1878); "Life of Garfield" (1883) and "The Drum-Beat of the Nation" (1887), the first volume of a series. He died in Brookline, Mass., March 2, 1896.