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We should have an entry about Rufus Kinsley / Rufus B. Kinsley and his diary with a brief sketch of the historian and author who edited and wrote an essay introducing it.

David C. Rankin is / was an instructor of history at Oberlin College in Ohio and an author. He edited Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War about Rufus Kinsley (1831–1911)[1] and his diary.[2][3][4] One reviewer was laudatory though noting a few mistakes and calling for more maps of the areas discussed.[5]

He edited and wrote the introduction to My Passage at the New Orleans Tribune; A Memoir of the Civil War Era by Jean-Charles Houzeau.[6][7]

Rufus B. Kinsley a relative? One and the same? Rufus Kinsley biggest business man in Newport in 1858.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ https://vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/kinsley.pdf
  2. ^ "David C. Rankin, Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xxi+281 pp. $30.00 (cloth). | The Journal of Religion: Vol 85, No 1". doi:10.1086/428528.
  3. ^ "Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 208244540.
  4. ^ Moorhead, James H. (May 1, 2005). "Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War". Journal of Southern History. 71 (2): 465–467. doi:10.2307/27648774. JSTOR 27648774 – via go.gale.com.
  5. ^ "Wickman on Rankin, 'Diary of a Christian Soldier: Rufus Kinsley and the Civil War' | H-Net". networks.h-net.org.
  6. ^ "David C. Rankin".
  7. ^ Rankin, David C. (1974). "The Origins of Black Leadership in New Orleans During Reconstruction". The Journal of Southern History. 40 (3): 417–440. doi:10.2307/2206492. JSTOR 2206492 – via JSTOR.
  8. ^ "Rufus Kinsley biggest business man in Newport in 1858". Newport Daily News. 15 February 1954. p. 8.
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