Download or read book The Boys of '61 written by Charles Carleton Coffin and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coffin writes his personal observations while with the United States Army and Navy during the Civil War. From the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Lee, he experienced the war at close quarters and takes us through the intimacy of the march and the camp, among ordinary men and officers, as momentous events unfolded and important decisions were made.