Charles Winslow Hall

Charles Winslow Hall was an American lawyer and author of Boston who wrote as Captain Charles W. Hall, having served as an officer in the Civil War. His books include Twice Taken, a tale of the war, The Great Bonanza and Adrift in the Ice-Fields (1877), a story of winter sport and survival among the sea fowl and seals of Canada's maritime provinces, written for boys with close attention to natural history. He also compiled regimental and historical works, including a history of the Massachusetts volunteer militia. The dates of his life are not well recorded.