Charles Minor Blackford
|birth_place=Fredericksburg, Virginia |death_date= |death_place=Lynchburg, Virginia |spouse=Susan Leigh Colston |education= |allegiance= |branch=Confederate States Army |rank=Captain |battles=American Civil War }}Charles Minor Blackford (October 17, 1833 – March 10, 1903) was a Virginia lawyer and an author of American Civil War stories. His wartime correspondence with his wife, since published, remains a valuable resource for facts about life in the Confederate Army. Blackford's war experiences ranged from Manassas to Gettysburg to Appomattox. Provided by Wikipedia