Benson John Lossing

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Benson John Lossing (1813-1891) was an American historian and wood engraver, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War.

He was born in Beekman, New York, and led an active life as a journalist and publisher.

He prepared:

• Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution (1850-52)
• The Hudson from the Wilderness to the Sea (1866)
• Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War (1866-69)
• Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 (1868)

Investigations connected with the preparation of these works led to many historical studies, of which the chief are:

• The Life and Times of Philip Schuyler (1860; revised, 1880)
• Our Country: A Household History of the United States for all Readers, From the Discovery of America to the Present Time (1873)
• The American Centenary (1876)
• Story of the United States Navy for Boys (1880)
• Cyclopœdia of United States History (1881)
• History of New York City (1884)
• The Empire State (1887)

This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• Works by Benson John Lossing at Project Gutenberg
• Benson Lossing Collection at Syracuse University
• The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution (online) by Benson Lossing
• The Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution Scanned at Google