The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abbot, Willis John

ABBOT, Willis John, American author and editor, grandson of John S. C. Abbot; b. New Haven, Conn., 16 March 1863. He was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1884. In 1892 he became managing editor of the Chicago Times, holding this position for about a year. From 1896 to 1898 he was on the editorial staff of the New York Journal. His chief works are: ‘Blue Jackets of ’61’; ‘Blue Jackets of 1812’; ‘Battle Fields of 1861’; ‘The American Merchant Ships and Sailors’ (1902); ‘A Story of Our Navy for Young Americans’ (1910); ‘Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose’ (1913).